in 1944 , major general leslie r. groves , jr. , director of the manhattan project , sent Sending major arthur v. peterson to brief general dwight d. eisenhower and his senior staff officers at the supreme headquarters allied expeditionary force ( shaef ) .

torresola mortally wounded Bodily_harm white house police officer leslie coffelt , who killed Killing him in return fire .

about twelve hours later , it strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into tropical storm Catastrophe leslie .