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Title
[JoAnn
Webb
standing
next
to a
sign
,
circa
1952]
Date
1952
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
Korean War, 1950-1953
Era
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch
Air Force--WAF
Item description
JoAnn
Webb
is
seen
here
standing
next
to
sign
at
Lackland
Air
Force
Base
,
TX
,
circa
1952
. The
sign
reads
:
741st
WAF
(Women
in the
Air
Force)
Training
Squadron
Supply
.
Veteran's name
Webb, JoAnn Sesher I.
Veteran's biography
JoAnn
Sesher
Webb
(b
.
1933)
of
Pittsburgh
,
Pennsylvania
,
served
in the
Women
in the
Air
Force
(WAF)
from
1952-1954
.
JoAnn
Webb
was
born
in
Pittsburgh
,
Pennsylvania
in
May
,
1933
,
spent
the
majority
of her
adolescence
in
Springfield
,
Pennsylvania
, and
graduated
from
Fountain
Hill
High
School
near
Allentown
,
Pennsylvania
in
1951.After
graduation
,
Webb
joined
the
United
States
Air
Force
,
initially
signing
up
for
three
years
of
service
. In
February
of
1952
, she
attended
basic
training
at
Lackland
Air
Force
Base
in
Texas
,
before
being
stationed
at
Roslyn
Air
Force
Base
in
Long
Island
,
New
York
,
working
as a
plotter
at the
Early
Warnings
Radar
Station.In
late
1953
,
Webb
contracted
Eastern
Equine
Encephalitis
from a
mosquito
, and
spent
November
1953
until
January
1954
recovering
at
Mitchel
Air
Force
Base
in
Long
Island
,
New
York
.
After
returning
to
Roslyn
Air
Force
Base
,
Webb
met
her
husband
,
who
was also in the
air
force
. They
married
and
Webb
left
the
military
in
1954
.
Place
San
Antonio
(Tex.)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Full uniform
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
WV0548 JoAnn Sesher Webb Papers
Collection summary
August
2013
oral
history
interview
. and
photographs
.
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
WV0548.6.001
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
900815951
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