. Dahlgren. Dahlgren Laboratory. Dahlgren in Perspective 177. William McLean (left) receiving Presidential award for SIDEWINDER Missile. One of the stars at Indian Head on the staff in my day was Dr. Atanassoff. He shot off sparks, so to speak, mentally. Not directly on the staff in my day, but during World War H, was Dr. Ellis Johnson who discovered and remedied the fatal defect in our torpedo exploders which made it impossible for them to go off when they hit Japanese ship holds. He later became the Director of the Army's equivalent to the activity at Norfolk—Operational Development Force. D
. Dahlgren. Dahlgren Laboratory. Dahlgren in Perspective 177. William McLean (left) receiving Presidential award for SIDEWINDER Missile. One of the stars at Indian Head on the staff in my day was Dr. Atanassoff. He shot off sparks, so to speak, mentally. Not directly on the staff in my day, but during World War H, was Dr. Ellis Johnson who discovered and remedied the fatal defect in our torpedo exploders which made it impossible for them to go off when they hit Japanese ship holds. He later became the Director of the Army's equivalent to the activity at Norfolk—Operational Development Force. Dr. Weller at NOL was a very valuable member of the staff. I mentioned that Dr. Einstein had been a consultant to the Bureau of Ordnance before World War II started. Another very valuable consultant to the Bureau of Ordnance was Dr. John von Neumann, the great mathematician who was very important in the development of the modern computer. Rear Admiral Parsons was also a brilliant scientist rather than naval officer, although he had been in uniform throughout his life. He was one of Dr. Oppenheimer's right-hand men at Los Alamos in the Manhattan Project, and was one of the gentlest, ablest, brightest men I've ever known and a great scientist in his own right—a most unusual and useful man. I could mention others, but I think these men are representative of some of the finest civilian talent which has ever served the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McCollum, Kenneth G. Dahlgren, Va. : Naval Surface Weapons Center
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