In this first installment of our interview series we hear from Hal Behl, Board of Trustee Emeritus of the National museum of Nuclear Science & History. Hal has had an interesting life and has been featured in television and other media for his part in the Manhattan Project. This interview takes place at Hal Behl’s residence in Albuquerque, NM. This portion of the interview gives us Hal speaking about his early years in the Bronx, his military career, and touches briefly on his time at Oak Ridge.