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Title
[Lelia
L
.
Hamilton
in
white
uniform
in
cafeteria
,
circa
1952]
Date
1952
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
Lelia
L
.
Hamilton
in a
white
work
uniform
with
bars
on
lapels
and
epaulets
at a
steam
table
laying
out
a
tray
of
buns
.
Four
large
coffee
urns
stand
in the
background
at
left
,
dining
people
in
service
white
uniforms
in
background
at
right
,
two
trays
of
freshly
sliced
tomatoes
on the
steam
table
in
foreground
at
right
.
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
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
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
WV0483.6.004
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
900815676
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