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Object Description
Title
[WAF
winter
uniform
,
circa
1955]
Date
1955
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
United States--History--1945-
Era
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch
Air Force--WAF
Item description
Women
in the
Air
Force
winter
uniform
,
including
blouse
(jacket)
and
skirt
,
made
of
blue
wool
serge
material
. The
blouse
is
single-breasted
,
darted
,
lined
in a
satin
material
, and has
two
sewn
breast
pockets
and
two
flapped
pockets
,
along
with
four
Air
Force
emblem
silver
buttons
down
the
front
and
enlisted
silver
US
insignia
on the
collar
.
Each
sleeve
contains
the
rank
insignia
patch
of the
wearer
,
Lenora
Nagel
,
who
was a
senior
airman
(E-4)
at the
time
. The
gored
skirt
is
A-lined
and
pleated
inside
of the
back
gores
.
It
buttons
over
and
zips
at the
left
side
of the
waistband
, also with
another
button
and
loop
on the
inside
.
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
.
Type
image
Original format
textiles
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
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information
NO
COPYRIGHT
-
UNITED
STATES
. This
item
has been
determined
to be
free
of
copyright
restrictions
in the
United
States
. The
user
is
responsible
for
determining
actual
copyright
status
for any
reuse
of the
material
.
Object ID
WV0201.8.003
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
900817330
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