| Thomas Farrell | |
|---|---|
 Brigadir Jenderal Thomas F. Farrell | |
| Nama lahir | Thomas Francis Farrell |
| Lahir | (1891-12-03)3 Desember 1891 Brunswick, New York |
| Meninggal | 11 April 1967(1967-04-11) (umur 75) Reno, Nevada |
| Pengabdian |  Amerika Serikat |
| Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat |
| Lama dinas | 1916–1946 1950–1952 |
| Pangkat |  Mayor Jenderal |
| NRP | 0-227201 |
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Dunia I: |
| Penghargaan | Distinguished Service Cross Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (2) Purple Heart Croix de guerre (Prancis) |
| Hubungan | Barbara Vucanovich (putri) Patricia Dillon Cafferata (cucu) Peter Farrell (cicit) |
Mayor Jenderal Thomas Francis Farrell (3 Desember 1891 – 11 April 1967) adalah Deputi Komando Jenderal dan Ketua Operasi Lapangan Proyek Manhattan, dengan bertindak sebagai pejabat eksekutif pada Mayor Jenderal Leslie R. Groves, Jr.
Farrell lulus dari Institut Politeknik Rensselaer dengan sebuah gelar dalam bidang teknik sipil pada 1912.
Pada Agustus 1945, ia datang ke Tinian untuk memimpin pengeboman Hiroshima dan Nagasaki. Setelah itu, ia memimpin tim ilmuwan untuk meneliti dampak bom atom.
Kehidupan awal
Thomas Francis Farrell lahir pada 3 Desember 1891 di Brunswick, New York, sebagai anak keempat dari sembilan bersaudara dari pasangan John Joseph Farrell, Sr., seorang petani, dan istrinya Margaret née Connolly.[1] Farrell dibesarkan di kabun milik keluarganya yang memiliki luas 200-ekar (81 ha), dimana ayahnya menanam apel, dan membesarkan babi-babi dan sapi-sapi. Anak-anak membantu mengerjakan kebun, dan mengirim susu, tetapi tidak ada yang singgah ketika dewasa.[2] Farrell lulus dari Institut Politeknik Rensselaer pada 1912.[3] Pekerjaan profesional pertamanya adalah bekerja pada New York State Barge Canal. Ia bekerja di Terusan Panama dari 1913 sampai 1916.[2]
Catatan
- ↑ Vucanovich, Barbara. "Letter to Janet Farrell Cafferata from Barbara Vucanovich, Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives". Nevada Women's History Project. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2016-06-09. Diakses tanggal 15 Juni 2012.
- 1 2 Vucanovich & Cafferata 2005, hlm. 11
- ↑ Ancell & Miller 1996, hlm. 100–101
Referensi
- Ancell, R. Manning; Miller, Christine (1996). The Biographical Dictionary of World War II Generals and Flag Officers: The US Armed Forces. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-29546-8. OCLC 33862161.
- Caro, Robert A. (1974). The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-394-72024-5. OCLC 1631862.
- Christman, Albert B. (1998). Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-120-3. OCLC 38257982.
- Coll, B. D.; Keith, J. E.; Rosenthal, H. H. (1958). The Corps of Engineers: Troops and Equipment. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Army. LCCN 58060000. OCLC 1251662.
- Cullum, George W. (1950). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume IX 1940–1950. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. Diakses tanggal 6 Oktober 2015.
{{cite book}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link) - Dod, Karl (1966). The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Japan. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Army. OCLC 396169.
- Farrell, Thomas F., ed. (1919). A History of the 1st U.S. Engineers. 1st U.S. Division. Coblenz, Germany: United States Army. OCLC 704149147.
- Fine, Lenore; Remington, Jesse A. (1972). The Corps of Engineers: Construction in the United States. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 834187.
- Groves, Leslie (1962). Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project. New York, New York: Harper. ISBN 0-306-70738-1. OCLC 537684.
{{cite book}}: Ketidakcocokan ISBN / tanggal - Hewlett, Richard G.; Duncan, Francis (1969). Atomic Shield, 1947–1952. A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-520-07187-5. OCLC 3717478.
- Jones, Vincent (1985). Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 10913875.
- Lewis, Robert A.; Tolzer, Eliot (Agustus 1957). "How We Dropped the A-Bomb". Popular Science: pp. 71–75, 209–210. ISSN 0161-7370.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=memiliki teks tambahanPemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link) - Ohl, John Kennedy (1994). Supplying the Troops: General Somervell and American Logistics in World War II. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois Press. ISBN 0-87580-185-4. OCLC 29182051.
- Vucanovich, Barbara F.; Cafferata, Patricia D. (2005). Barbara F. Vucanovich: from Nevada to Congress, and Back Again. Reno: University of Nevada Press. ISBN 0-87417-623-9. OCLC 58478634.
- Warren, Stafford L. (1966). "The Role of Radiology in the Development of the Atomic Bomb". Dalam Ahnfeldt, Arnold Lorentz (ed.). Radiology in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army. OCLC 630225.
Bacaan tambahan
- Vogel, Steve (2007), The Pentagon—A History: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build the Pentagon—and to Restore It Sixty Years Later, New York: Random House.
Pranala luar
- Annotated Bibliography for Thomas Farrell from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Diarsipkan 2010-08-04 di Wayback Machine.
- Story of the Ledo Road
- General Thomas Farrell expresses his views at North Field base in Tinian Island, in World War II
- Farrell's report of the Trinity bomb test
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