John J. Lesniewski

Ground Crew on Enola GayTinian Island

Wendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

John J. Lesniewski served as a private first class in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Enola Gay.

Related Profiles

George Mallinckrodt was a physicist at the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos, NM facility. He also worked at Argonne National Laboratory, the successor of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”).

Connie Johnson

Y-12 Plant

Connie Johnson worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Norman Hall

Tinian Island

Norman Hall served in the 1395th Military Police Company, Aviation.

H. R. Elliott

Oak Ridge, TN

H. R. Elliott worked for the Fercleve Corporation.