WWII U.S. Air Force Service Photo Album
Item Metadata
Title
WWII U.S. Air Force Service Photo Album
Description
Page from Jean Gallatin Ogilbee's WWII Air Force Service photo album. This photo album documents Jean Gallatin Ogilbee's service in the U.S. Air Force and participation in Bob Hope’s 1957 Christmas tour of the Pacific. The album includes an exhibit featuring her mother, Elizabeth "Neal" Forsling's painted works in Hawaii and other related newspaper clippings, mementos, and printed documents. Jean Gallatin Ogilbee (1920-1982) of Casper, Wyoming, was a member of the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Hickman Air Force Base. In 1957 she participated as a Captain in “Bob Hope’s Christmas GI Show,” which often toured to entertain servicemen abroad. For this tour, the locales chosen were Pacific countries such as Hawaii, Guam, Japan, Korea, China, and India. Her mother, Elizabeth "Neal" Forlsing, joined her on this tour.
Type
Image
Creator
Jean Gallatin Ogilbee
Is Part Of
Elizabeth "Neal" Forsling Newspapers and Jean Gallatin Ogilbee Photo Album, NCA 01.v.2024.08 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
NCA 01.v.2024.08_Ogilbee_39
Format
JPG
Provenance
Crimson Dawn Association
Has Format
TIFF
Original Format
Physical photo album
Citation
Jean Gallatin Ogilbee, “WWII U.S. Air Force Service Photo Album,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed May 6, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/6128.