Biographical Information

Name:

Mary L. Weiss Hester

Date of Birth:

1929

Place of Birth:

Howe, IN

Gender:

Female

Race:

Unspecified

Home State:

KS

War or Conflict:

Korean War, 1950-1955

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1951-1953

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Air Force

Unit of Service:

801st Medical Air Evacuation Squadron (MAES); 90th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

Location of Service:

Scott Air Force Base (AFB), Illinois; Lowry AFB, Colorado; Montgomery, Alabama; Los Angeles, California; Tokyo, Japan; Korea; Forbes AFB, Kansas

Highest Rank:

First Lieutenant

Prisoner of War:

No

Service Related Injury:

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Photograph: Digital print [29 items] --Photographs

Computer File: CD [1 item] --Multiple types of electronic files

Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Mixed (Multiple types of manuscripts) [3 items] --Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents)

Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] --Digitized Copy

Interviewer:

Raymond J. Wacht 

Donor:

Evie Bresette

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

National Archives - Central Plains Region

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/32449

Subjects:

Hester, Mary
Korean War, 1950-1955 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Air Force.

Cite as:

Mary Hester Collection (AFC/2001/001/32449), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress