| William Sterling Parsons | |
|---|---|
Laksamana Muda William S. Parsons
|
|
| Julukan | "Deak" |
| Lahir |
26 November 1901
Chicago, Illinois |
| Meninggal |
5 Desember 1953
(umur 52)
Bethesda, Maryland |
| Tempat pemakaman | Pemakaman Nasional Arlington |
| Pengabdian |
Amerika Serikat
|
| Dinas/cabang |
Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat
|
| Lama dinas | 1922–1953 |
| Pangkat |
Laksamana Muda
|
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Dunia II : |
| Penghargaan |
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star |
Laksamana Muda William Sterling " Deak " Parsons (26 November 1901 – 5 Desember 1953) adalah seorang perwira angkatan laut Amerika yang bekerja pada Proyek Manhattan pada Perang Dunia II . Ia paling dikenal menjadi operator senjata pada Enola Gay , sebuah pesawat yang menjatuhkan bom atom Little Boy di Hiroshima, Jepang pada 1945.
Ia meninggal karena serangan jantung pada 5 Desember 1953.
Kehidupan awal
William Sterling Parsons lahir di Chicago, Illinois , pada 26 November 1901, sebagai anak sulung dari tiga bersaudara dari seorang pengacara, Harry Robert Parsons, dan istrinya Clara, née Doolittle. Pada 1909, keluarganya berpindah ke , [ 1 ] dimana William mempelajari bahasa Spanyol. [ 2 ]
Catatan
- ^ Christman 1998 , hlm. 6–9.
- ^ Christman 1998 , hlm. 17.
Referensi
- Bird, Kai ; Sherwin, Martin J. (2005). American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer . New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-41202-6 . OCLC 56753298 .
- Christman, Albert B. (1998). Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-120-3 . OCLC 38257982 .
- (1959). Administration of the Navy Department in World War II . Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. OCLC 1915787 .
- Groves, Leslie (1962). Now it Can be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project . New York, New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-306-70738-1 . OCLC 537684 .
- Hewlett, Richard G.; Duncan, Francis (1969). Atomic Shield, 1947–1952 . A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-520-07187-5 . OCLC 3717478 .
- Hoddeson, Lillian; Henriksen, Paul W.; Meade, Roger A.; Westfall, Catherine L. (1993). Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943–1945 . New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-44132-3 . OCLC 26764320 .
- Hunner, Jon (2004). Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community . Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3891-6 . OCLC 154690200 .
- Lewis, Robert A. ; Tolzer, Eliot (August 1957). "How We Dropped the A-Bomb". Popular Science : pp. 71–75, 209–210.
- (1948). Volume V: The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 – February 1943 . Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Co. OCLC 4091661 .
- Shurcliff, William A. (1947). Bombs at Bikini: The Official Report of Operation Crossroads . New York, New York: William H. Wise and Co. OCLC 1492066 . Diakses tanggal 30 July 2011 .
- Terrett, Dulaney (1953). The Signal Corps: The Emergency . Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. OCLC 8990522 .
- Thomas, Gordon; Morgan-Witts, Max (1977). Ruin from the Air . London, England: Hamilton. ISBN 0-241-89726-2 . OCLC 252041787 .
- Weisgall, Jonathan (1994). Operation Crossroads: The Atomic Tests at Bikini Atoll . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-919-2 . OCLC 29477984 .
Pranala luar
- Interview with Peggy Parsons Bowditch, daughter of Deak Parsons, about her father and growing up in Los Alamos Voices of the Manhattan Project
