Leslie Groves
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Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, the top secret research program that deve
Groves in 1948
Northwest exposure showing construction of the Pentagon, 1 July 1942
Groves ran the Manhattan Project from the fifth floor of the New War Department Building.
Groves (left) and Robert Oppenheimer
William Sterling Parsons
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William Sterling "Deak" Parsons was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He is best known for being the weaponeer on the Enola Gay,
Parsons c. 1946–1953
Naval Research Laboratory complex on the Potomac River in Washington, DC
Cut away diagram of the proximity fuze Mark 53
Captain Parsons on Tinian in 1945