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William Sterling Parsons (1901–1953), nicknamed "Deak", was an American naval officer who was the weaponeer on the Enola Gay in the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945. To avoid the possibility of a catastrophic nuclear explosion if the aircraft crashed and burned on takeoff, he climbed into the cramped and dark bomb bay and armed the Little Boy bomb in flight. He was awarded the Silver Star for his part in the mission. Before he joined the Manhattan Project in June 1943, he was involved in the development of the proximity fuze. As the associate director of the Project Y research laboratory at Los Alamos under J. Robert Oppenheimer, he was responsible for the ordnance aspects of the project, including the design and testing of the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons. He was also in charge of the development of the Little Boy gun-type fission weapon. After the war, he became the deputy commander of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project and a rear admiral. (Full article...)

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-[[William Sterling Parsons|'''William Sterling''' "'''Deak'''" '''Parsons''']] was an American naval officer who was the weaponeer on the ''[[Enola Gay]]'' in the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|bombing of Hiroshima]] on 6 August 1945. To avoid the possibility of a catastrophic nuclear explosion if the aircraft crashed and burned on takeoff, he climbed into the cramped and dark [[bomb bay]] and armed the [[Little Boy]] bomb in flight. He was awarded the [[Silver Star]] for his part in the mission. Before he joined the [[Manhattan Project]] in June 1943, he was involved in the development the [[proximity fuze]]. As the Associate Director of the [[Project Y]] research laboratory at [[Los Alamos, New Mexico|Los Alamos]] under [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], he was responsible for the ordnance aspects of the project, including the design and testing of the non-nuclear components of [[nuclear weapon]]s. He was also in charge of the development of the Little Boy [[gun-type fission weapon]]. After the war, he became the deputy commander of the [[Armed Forces Special Weapons Project]] and a [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]]. {{TFAFULL|William Sterling Parsons}}
+'''[[William Sterling Parsons]]'''<!-- biographical blurbs generally use the article title as the bolded link --> (1901&ndash;1953)<!-- lifespan generally included in biographical blurbs -->, nicknamed "Deak",<!-- moved from bolded link and caption --> was an American naval officer who was the weaponeer on the ''[[Enola Gay]]'' in the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|bombing of Hiroshima, Japan]],<!-- added country to conform with article lead --> on 6 August 1945. To avoid the possibility of a catastrophic nuclear explosion if the aircraft crashed and burned on takeoff, he climbed into the cramped and dark [[bomb bay]] and armed the [[Little Boy]] bomb in flight. He was awarded the [[Silver Star]] for his part in the mission. Before he joined the [[Manhattan Project]] in June 1943, he was involved in the development of the [[proximity fuze]]. As the a<!-- conform with mos:jobtitles ("the" is a modifier, and the title is not being used as a substitute for parsons's name) -->ssociate director of the [[Project&nbsp;Y]] research laboratory at [[Los Alamos, New Mexico|Los Alamos]] under [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], he was responsible for the ordnance aspects of the project, including the design and testing of the non-nuclear components of [[nuclear weapon]]s. He was also in charge of the development of the Little Boy [[gun-type fission weapon]]. After the war, he became the deputy commander of the [[Armed Forces Special Weapons Project]] and a [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]]. {{TFAFULL|William Sterling Parsons}}
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