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[Lenora I. Nagel at Keesler Air Force Base, 1953]
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Title
[Lenora
I
.
Nagel
at
Keesler
Air
Force
Base
,
1953]
Date
1953-11
Subject headings
Korean War, 1950-1953
Era
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch
Air Force--WAF
Item description
Lenora
I
.
Nagel
, in her
WAF
blue
winter
uniform
,
stands
outdoors
at
Keesler
Air
Force
Base
,
Mississippi
,
where
she
attended
radio
school
in
November
1953
.
Veteran's name
Nagel, Lenora I.
Veteran's biography
Lenora
I
.
Nagel
(b
.
1930)
of
Lawton
,
North
Dakota
,
served
with the
Women
in the
Air
Force
from
1953
to
1956
. She
later
spent
almost
thirty
years
teaching
overseas
as a
civilian
with the
Department
of
Defense
.
Lenora
Nagel
of
Lawton
,
North
Dakota
, was
born
on
6
September
1930
to
German
parents
. Her
father
was a
carpenter
and had a
convenience
store
during
the
Depression
.
After
graduating
from
high
school
,
Nagel
attended
the
Mayville
State
Teachers
College
in
Mayville
,
North
Dakota
,
where
she
received
a
two-year
teaching
certificate
. She
taught
school
for
three
years
in
North
Dakota
before
joining
the
Women
in the
Air
Force
(WAF)
on
15
June
1953.
"
After
completing
basic
training
at
Lackland
Air
Force
Base
in
San
Antonio
,
Texas
, in
late
1953
,
Nagel
attended
radio
school
at
Keesler
Air
Force
Base
in
Biloxi
,
Mississippi
. In the
spring
of
1954
she
received
orders
to
Selfridge
Air
Force
Base
in
Mount
Clemens
,
Michigan
,
where
she
worked
primarily
as a
flight
operator
for
two
years
. She was
discharged
from the
air
force
on
15
December
1956
.
Nagel
used
the
GI
Bill
to
take
education
classes
,
eventually
receiving
a
Bachelor
of
Arts
in
Special
Education
at
Mayville
State
Teachers
College
. In
1961
she
began
teaching
overseas
as a
civilian
with the
U.S
.
Department
of
Defense
. For the
next
twenty-nine
years
she
taught
American
children
in
France
,
Germany
,
Japan
,
Iceland
,
Bermuda
, and
Cuba
.
Nagel
retired
in
August
1990
and
moved
to
Tampa
,
Florida
.
Place
Biloxi
(Miss.)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0201 Lenora I. Nagel Papers
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Object ID
WV0201.6.002
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900812253
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