Deak Parsons

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Deak Parsons was an American naval officer and physicist who played a key role in the development and deployment of the atomic bomb during World War II.

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instanceOf United States Navy officer
human
military scientist
physicist
affiliation Manhattan Engineer District
awardReceived Legion of Merit
Medal for Merit
Navy Cross
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt California Institute of Technology
United States Naval Academy
employer Los Alamos Laboratory
United States Navy
familyName Parsons
fieldOfWork nuclear physics
ordnance engineering
weapons development
givenName William
memberOf Naval Ordnance Systems Command
surface form: United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance
militaryBranch United States Navy
militaryRank rear admiral
nativeLanguage English
notableContribution development of bomb delivery and fuzing systems for atomic weapons
integration of nuclear physics with naval ordnance
notableEvent armed the "Little Boy" bomb in flight over Hiroshima
notableRole ordnance chief at Los Alamos
weaponeer on the Enola Gay
notableWork deployment of the atomic bomb
development of the atomic bomb
occupation naval officer
physicist
participantIn Manhattan Project
World War II
sexOrGender male
workLocation Los Alamos, New Mexico
Washington, D.C.

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