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Title	[Josephine Watkins holding a baby, circa 1950]
Date	1950
Date approximate?	Yes
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	Photograph of Josephine Watkins, first African American cosmetologist in Greenport, with baby Gina Adams cradled in her arms.
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
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	WV0483.6.003
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	900815469

[Josephine Watkins holding a baby, circa 1950]

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