Tag, Dog
Tag, Dog
Tag, Dog

Tag, Dog

Object number2008.125.1 a-c
Date1944-1945
MediumSteel
Credit LineGift of Martha Johnston Wilkins
DescriptionTwo dog tags attached to chain.Dimensions15 in. (38.1 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Stamped on second tag, "JOHNSTON, WM A JE / T-70100 T44 0 / P".

(b)
Stamped on one tag, "JOHNSTON, WM A. FR / T-70100 T44-45 0 / P".
Historical NotesDog tags worn by William A. Johnston. Johnston grew up in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Army Air Force at the age of 17 and served as a Second Lieutenant with the Tuskegee Airmen. Following his discharge, he served as an Air Traffic Controller in Pittsburgh for 27 years. Johnston died in Ohio at the age of 79. The Tuskegee Airmen were an African American fighter group trained primarily at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama as a segregated Air Force. Johnston was one of eight Airmen from Sewickley, Pennsylvania. William A. Johnston is the brother of donor Martha WilkinsLabel TextSeventeen-year-old Sewickley native William A. Johnston, Jr., enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1944.
Related institution
Previous owner (1926 - 2005)
On View
On view
navigate_beforenavigate_next