Template:Did you know nominations/William R. Purnell

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 14:19, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

William R. Purnell[edit]

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~~... that Rear Admiral William R. Purnell oversaw the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?~~

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Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self nominated at 12:48, 8 June 2013 (UTC).

Hi mate, "oversaw" in isolation could be taken as suggesting he was solely responsible, whereas the wording used in the article and its source, which talks about him belonging to a committee and having special authority to coordinate with Naval commanders, sounds a bit more like shared responsibility, so I'm wondering if the hook should be modified a tad... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 18:03, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell and Captain Deak Parsons (pictured) were the "Tinian Joint Chiefs" who coordinated the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

(specifically ALT1): hook short enough, interesting enough and cited to offline ref, plus good PD image; article new enough, long enough, well referenced. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:33, 9 June 2013 (UTC)