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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Sterling_ParsonsWilliam Sterling Parsons - Wikipedia

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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.

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   Aug 28, 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.

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   William Sterling Parsons 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. To avoid the possibility of a nuclear explosion if the aircraft crashed and burned on takeoff, he decided to arm the bomb in flight ...

4. www.history.com › news › the-inside-story-of-harryHarry Truman and Hiroshima: Inside His Tense A-Bomb Vigil

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   Oct 11, 2017 · At 7:30 a.m., William Sterling Parsons—the ordnance expert who had worked on the bomb at Los Alamos, and who was now aboard the Enola Gay as the weaponeer—climbed down to the bomb bay and ...

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5. militaryhallofhonor.com › honoree-recordRADM William Sterling “Deak” Parsons - Military Hall of Honor

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   William Sterling "Deak" Parsons Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. William Sterling "Deak" Parsons was born on 26 November 1901 in Chicago, IL. He was the oldest of three children of lawyer, Harry Robert Parsons, and his wife, Clara née Doolittle. In 1909, the family moved to Fort Sumner, NM, where William learned to speak fluent Spanish.

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   Nov 18, 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.

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   Who was William Sterling Parsons?

   • 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.

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   How did William Sterling Parsons die?

   • In 1947, he became deputy commander of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project. He died of a heart attack in 1953. William Sterling Parsons was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 26 November 1901, the oldest of three children of a lawyer, Harry Robert Parsons, and his wife Clara, née Doolittle.

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   What did Parsons develop?

   • Parsons’s division was primarily responsible for developing the gun-type/Uranium-235 bomb that was initially called “Thin Man” (after Franklin D. Roosevelt) and, later, “Little Boy.” The division also studied the implosion-type/Plutonium bomb known as “Fat Man” (after Winston Churchill).

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   How did Deak Parsons contribute to the Navy?

   • Although Deak Parsons died young, his contributions to the Navy were significant and his legacy is intact. His early Navy career was much like many other junior officers of the time, but even then, his expertise in ordnance and gunnery were apparent.

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   Aug 18, 2015 · William Sterling Parsons, born at Chicago, III., 26 November 1901, was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1918 and commissioned Ensign upon graduating in June 1922. His first assignment was in Idaho (BB-42) which was followed by post graduate study in ordnance engineering at the Navy Postgraduate School, Washington, D.C.