Eslie Sanders Cashie

“I started as an airman and immediately applied for direct commission as an officer after basic training. I was chairman of the non-appropriated or nongovernment funds and was in charge of the private school, bowling alley, NCO club and officers club on Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. I was the only African-American female who was not a nurse and I was treated very well, from the General to the enlisted men. It was the greatest time of my life.”