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William Sterling Parsons (26 November 1901 – 5 December 1953) was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He is best known for being the weaponeer on the Enola Gay, the aircraft which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.
William Sterling "Deak" Parsons (Chicago, 26 de novembro de 1901 - Bethesda, 5 de dezembro de 1953) foi um oficial da Marinha dos Estados Unidos que trabalhou como especialista de munições no Projeto Manhattan durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.
18 de nov. de 2020 · Rear Admiral William Sterling Parsons, USN, painting, oil on canvas board; by Charles Bittinger; 1946; unframed dimensions 16H X 12W. Rear Admiral Parsons, born in Chicago, Illinois, 26 November 1901, attended Fort Sumner, New Mexico, High School, before his appointment to the US Naval Academy from New Mexico in 1918.
28 de ago. de 2023 · William Sterling Parsons was born in Chicago in November 1901 but grew up in Fort Sumner, New Mexico after his father moved the family there in 1909. He was largely homeschooled although he attended the local elementary school for six years starting at age 8. He skipped grades and caught up to and passed his contemporaries.
William Sterling "Deak" Parsons foi um oficial da Marinha dos Estados Unidos que trabalhou como especialista de munições no Projeto Manhattan durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ele é mais conhecido por ser quem preparou a detonação da bomba atômica Little Boy, que foi lançada pelo avião Enola Gay sobre a cidade de Hiroshima, no Japão ...
Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons died on 5 December 1953 of a heart attack while being examined by doctors at Bethesda Naval Hospital, MD. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, alongside his daughter, Hannah.
William Sterling Parsons (26 November 1901 – 5 December 1953) was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He is best known for being the weaponeer on the Enola Gay, the aircraft which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.
