Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

John C. Hansen

Ground Crew on Laggin’ DragonTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
McEachern Yearbook photo

John C. Hansen served as a Master Sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Laggin’ Dragon.

Related Profiles

William M. Jacob

Los Alamos, NM

William Jacob was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Daniel Friel

Washington, DC

Daniel D. Friel was a chemical engineer for the DuPont Company who joined the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago in 1943.

C. F. Barnes

Hanford, WA

Ernest M. Bahor

K-25 Plant

Ernest M. Bahor was a chemist. He graduated from the University of Detroit. He was a member of the Special Engineer Detachment and worked at the K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project.