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    Rear Admiral William Reynolds Purnell (6 September 1886 – 3 March 1955) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War...
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    Admiral William R. Purnell of the Military Policy Committee, who were on hand to decide higher policy matters on the spot. Along with Captain William S. Parsons...
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    Manhattan Project, Brigadier General Thomas Farrell, and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell of the Military Policy Committee. The ground support echelon of the...
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    James L. Kauffman, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Willis A. Lee Jr., William R. Munroe, William R. Purnell, Francis W. Rockwell, and John F. Shafroth Jr.. On August...
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    August, the day after the bombing of Hiroshima, Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, Commodore William S. Parsons, Tibbets, General Carl Spaatz and Major General...
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    General Wilhelm D. Styer who represented the Army, and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell as the Navy's representative. Groves told them that he was looking...
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    Manhattan Project but not formally part of Project Alberta: Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, the representative of the Military Liaison Committee; Brigadier General...
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    Walter K. Kilpatrick, James L. Kauffman, Thomas C. Kinkaid, William R. Munroe, William R. Purnell, Francis W. Rockwell, John F. Shafroth Jr., and Richmond...
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    Manhattan Project, Brigadier General Thomas Farrell, and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell of the Military Policy Committee. The 509th's personnel and equipment...
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    consisting of Bush (with Conant as an alternate), Styer and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell. Tolman and Conant were later appointed as Groves' scientific advisers...
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    Sterling Price, Major General, 11th Governor of Missouri (1853-1857). William R. Purnell, United States Admiral. Years of service: 1910–1946. James Earl Ray...
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    General Wilhelm D. Styer, representing the army, and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell representing the navy. At the meeting with Roosevelt on October 9...
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    of Bush (with Conant as his alternative), Styer and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell is created to oversee the project. September - Lieutenant Colonel...
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    Policy Committee. Stimson, General George Marshall and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell reviewed the document and made minor changes, and it was then sent...
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    Farrell was joined by Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, who represented the Military Liaison Committee, and Captain William S. Parsons, the commander of Project...
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    Walter K. Kilpatrick, James L. Kauffman, Willis A. Lee Jr., William R. Munroe, William R. Purnell, Francis W. Rockwell, John F. Shafroth Jr. and Richmond...
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    Oppenheimer, Groves and Parsons appealed to Tolman and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell to release von Neumann. He visited Los Alamos from 20 September to...
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    commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 22 August 1916, Lieutenant William R. Purnell in command. Following shakedown, Rowan, based at Newport, Rhode Island...
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    Kauffman, Walter K. Kilpatrick, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Willis A. Lee Jr., William R. Purnell, Francis W. Rockwell, John F. Shafroth Jr. and Richmond K. Turner...
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    USS Lamson (DD-18) (category Ships built by William Cramp & Sons)
    (Later admiral and Chief of Naval Operations) Lieutenant Commander William R. Purnell (30 April 1917 – 14 June 1918) (Later rear admiral) Lieutenant Commander...
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    Military Policy Committee, which consisted of Styer, Rear Admiral William R. Purnell and Vannevar Bush, the head of the Office of Scientific Research and...
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    2010. Purnell 2011, p. 366. Purnell 2011, pp. 368–271. Purnell 2011, p. 368. Purnell 2011, p. 360. Purnell 2011, p. 361. Purnell 2011, p. 362. Purnell 2011...
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    consist of Styer, Bush (with Conant as his alternate) and Rear Admiral William R. Purnell. The Army took full control over the OSRD's research and development...
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    unwilling to provide the requested data, but arranged with Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, a fellow member of the Military Policy Committee that ran the Manhattan...
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    commander on June 18, 1917. Newton was succeeded by Lieutenant Commander William R. Purnell in October 1917 and joined the staff of commander, Destroyer Flotillas...
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    Charles William Purnell (1843 – 7 December 1926) was a New Zealand soldier, journalist, lawyer, and publisher of political and scientific texts. Purnell was...
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    A. Badt, John R. Beardall, Arthur S. Carpender, Jules James, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Willis A. Lee Jr., William R. Munroe, William R. Purnell, Francis W. Rockwell...
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    John R. Beardall, Arthur S. Carpender, Jules James, James L. Kauffman, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Willis A. Lee Jr., William R. Munroe, William R. Purnell, Francis...
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    Sun. Purnell 2019. "Virginia Hall, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame". msa.maryland.gov. 2019. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Foot, M.R.D....
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    William Purnell Jackson (January 11, 1868 – March 7, 1939) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from...
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