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[Portrait of Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager, circa 1974]
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Title
[Portrait
of
Harriett
Jamane
Lewis
Yeager
,
circa
1974]
Date
1974
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
Era
Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch
Air Force--WAF
Item description
Portrait
of
Harriett
Jamane
Lewis
Yeager
, ca.
1974
.
Veteran's name
Yeager, H. Jamene Lewis
Veteran's biography
H
.
Jamane
Yeager
of
Kinston
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
United
States
Air
Force
for a
year
and a
half
and then in the
air
force
reserve
through
the
late
1970s
.
Jamane
Lewis
Yeager
was
born
in
Kinston
,
North
Carolina
, and
graduated
from
recently
integrated
Kinston
High
School
. In
1974
,
Yeager
enlisted
in the
United
States
Air
Force
to
support
her
young
son
. She
attended
basic
training
at
Lackland
Air
Force
Base
in
Texas
, then was
assigned
as a
clerical
assistant
to the
budget
and
management
office
at
Caswell
Air
Force
Base
outside
of
Fort
Worth
,
Texas
.
While
there,
Yeager
served
in the
honor
guard
and
met
her
husband
John
.
After
a
year
and a
half
,
Yeager
switched
to the
air
force
reserve
to
maintain
custody
of her
son
.
Yeager
moved
to
Kentucky
with
John
and
enrolled
at
Jefferson
Community
and
Technical
College
in
Louisville
. The
couple
eventually
settled
in
Reidsville
,
North
Carolina
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
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
WV0410 Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager Oral History
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
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.
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reuse
.
Object ID
WV0410.6.001
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
900814882
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