William Sterling Parsons
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.
| 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 Legion of Merit |
Ia meninggal karena serangan jantung pada 5 Desember 1953.
Kehidupan awal sunting
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 Fort Sumner, New Mexico,[1] dimana William mempelajari bahasa Spanyol.[2]
Catatan sunting
- ^ Christman 1998, hlm. 6–9.
- ^ Christman 1998, hlm. 17.
Referensi sunting
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- 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.
- Furer, Julius Augustus (1959). Administration of the Navy Department in World War II. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. OCLC 1915787.
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- 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.
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (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 sunting
- Interview with Peggy Parsons Bowditch, daughter of Deak Parsons, about her father and growing up in Los Alamos Voices of the Manhattan Project
