Louise Yoxen worked in Germany at the end of World War II participating in our

occupation efforts with France, Great Britain, and Russia. Continuing with

U.S. State Department work, she accepted the next assignment in North Africa.

Originally from Florence, Alabama, Yoxen's work in Germany and Africa finally

brought her to Las Vegas in 1951.

Yoxen met her husband here, raised two children, and worked in the family's

construction business. They helped build Sam Boyd Stadium, structures at Nellis Air

The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a comprehensive program dedicated to documenting, preserving and disseminating the remembered past of persons affiliated with and affected by the Nevada Test Site during the era of Cold War nuclear testing.