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Photograph of aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base, circa 1950s
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Photograph of Ed Von Tobel, Sr. making a presentation to a Nellis A. F. B. airman, Las Vegas, July, 1955
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Audio recording clip of interview with Roger Ray by Mary Palevsky, October 29-30, 2005
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Howard Cannon and others in front of an airplane at Air Force Ballistic Missile Headquarters: photographic print
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Air Force Thunderbirds precision demonstration team at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada: photographic print
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Rear Admiral F. J. Brush greets Howard Cannon immediately following his landing at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida: photographic print
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Army and Navy Academy, image 002: photographic print
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Transcript of interview with Hughie and Greta Mills by Claytee White, April 7, 2011
Hughie and Greta Mills spent their childhoods in Charlestown, West Virginia. Fate would bring them together years later in New York City. They married in 1954. Both Hughie and Greta talk about achieving a better life through education and perseverance. He became an educator and she a librarian. In 1989, the couple relocated to Las Vegas, seeing the weather and retirement lifestyle here to their liking. During this interview they describe their lives, individually and as a couple, and how they embraced life and living in Las Vegas as a retired, African- American couple.
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Transcript of interview with Shirley Mudra by Barbara Tabach, November 30, 2011
When Shirley Mudra arrived in Las Vegas in 1966, she came tearfully. But as the wife of a Nevada Test site manager and mother of three young children, she was accustomed to adapting. Indeed, she adapted and remains a Las Vegas resident. Shirley and her husband Paul (above photo) met while both were in the Air Force. She was the daughter of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, homemaker and railroad worker and describes her upbringing. She also talks about her joy of enlistment in the Air Force and the transition to being a wife, mother and her employment at the Department of Energy. Shirley's narrative includes details of early Las Vegas life, raising children here and becoming part of the changing community through friendships.
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"The Forgotten Soldier": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Black military service.
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