Jane Sievers

Project StaffHanford, WA

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker

Jane Sievers worked on the Manhattan Project at Hanford. She met her husband, chemist Truman P. Kohman, while living in Richland.

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