Luzell Johnson

Cement FinisherHanford, WA

African-AmericanManhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Listen to Luzell Johnson’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Luzell Johnson left a factory job in Alabama for a much higher-paying one as a cement finisher at Hanford. His wife later joined him, and they bought a house in Hanford; like many Hanford workers, Johnson settled in the area after the war.

Related Profiles

Frank D. Mason

Oak Ridge, TN

Frank Mason worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

Bernard Waldman

Tinian Island

Bernard Waldman (1913-1986) was an American physicist who became the Associate Director of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University (NSCL).

Marjorie L. Richmond

Chicago, IL

Marjorie Richmond was a laboratory technician in the Health Division at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

Richard G. Nuckolls

Los Alamos, NM

Richard Nuckolls was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.