Capt. W. S. Parsons

Captain William Sterling Parsons, navy ordnance expert and weaponeer aboard the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

Publication date: 1945-08-08

Size: 4.5 x 1.6 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Atomic bombs--American--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--1940-1950
• Bombardment--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--1940-1950
• Enola Gay (Bomber)--People
• Parsons, William Sterling, 1901-1953
• Military personnel--American--1940-1950

Genre(s):

• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (August 8, 1945), Section One, p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg