[Lelia L. Hamilton Portrait, 1952]
Title |
[Lelia L. Hamilton Portrait, 1952] |
Date |
1952 |
Item creator's name |
Hamilton, Leila L. |
Subject headings |
Korean War, 1950-1953 United States--Armed Forces--African Americans |
Era |
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963) |
Service branch |
Air Force--WAF |
Item description |
Portrait of Lelia L. Hamilton wearing a work uniform. |
Veteran's name |
Hamilton, Leila L. |
Veteran's biography |
Leila L. Hamilton (b. 1926) served as an aircraft controller in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1955 .
Leila L. Hamilton was born in 1926 in Brooks County, Georgia. She received an officer's commission and served as an aircraft controller in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1955. She was stationed at the McCord Air Force base in Tacoma, Washington; the Spangdahlm Air Force Base in Spangdahlm, Germany; the US Air Force Headquarters in Romstine, Germany; the Wheelis Air Force Base in Tripoli, Libya and the Syracuse New York Air Force Station. She retired as a first Lieutenant. |
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 |
WV0483 Lelia L. Hamilton Papers |
Collection summary |
April 2010 oral history interview. |
Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Additional rights information |
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse. |
Object ID |
WV0483.6.005 |
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 |
900815388 |
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