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Los Alamos Ordnance Division

United States · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1943

William Sterling ParsonsJune 1943

Los Alamos · Warfare / Nuclear

Navy Captain William Parsons arrives at Los Alamos to lead the Ordnance Division and direct gun-assembly development.

Names involved

William Sterling Parsons

Provenance

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