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William “Deak” Parsons

Los Alamos, NM

William Sterling “Deak” Parsons was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1922 and the Naval Postgraduate School in 1929 with a concentration in ordnance.

Fred Wilkerson

Tinian Island

Fred Wilkerson served in the 1395th Military Police Aviation.

T. W. Rodes

Oak Ridge, TN

T. W. Rodes worked for the Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation.

Jack Hefner

Tinian Island

Jack Hefner joined the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge in 1943. Hefner was a reactor engineer and helped supervise the construction of the X-10 Graphite Reactor.