CPL, US Army, Miguelita Jojola Histia
Born: March 28, 1924
Died: February 8, 2015
Burial Site: SFNC, Section 21, Site 622
Miguelita Jojola (Histia) enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico on March 30, 1944. 1, 2 She completed basic training at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia, and she served as a corporal with the 3017th Army Air Force Base Unit in Santa Ana, California. 3 Her military occupational specialty was dental laboratory technician. 1, 2 Receiving the Good Conduct Medal, she was discharged at Camp Beale, California on October 28, 1945. 1, 2
Jojola was born on March 28, 1924, in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, where she was a tribal member. 4, 5 Her parents were Marcelino and Maria Abeita Jojola. 1, 5 Before her military career, she worked as a welder in a Los Angeles, California defense plant. 3 On February 22, 1946, she married Myron F. Hunt, who preceded her in death. 4, 6 Her second husband was Andres A. Histia, a native of Acoma, whom she married in 1969. 7 Her military records indicate that her civil occupations were power machine operator, sheet metal worker, saleslady, and housewife. 1 Her other occupations included dental technician, seamstress, farmer, homemaker, wife, mother, and grandmother. 4 Jojola built her own home, which still stands more than fifty years later. 4
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Histia Miguelita Jojola
New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Subsubseries: WWII Service Records (Biographical Questionnaires for New Mexicans Serving in the Armed Forces); Box Number: 13621; Box Title: Service Records Gre toLe-Lh
Histia, Miguelita Jojola D1
New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Subsubseries: WWII Service Records (Biographical Questionnaires for New Mexicans Serving in the Armed Forces); Box Number: 13621; Box Title: Service Records Gre toLe-Lh
Hista, Miguelita Jojola D2
New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Subsubseries: Military Discharges; Box Number: 16598; Box Title: Military Discharges Jenkins-Jones
Hista, Miguelita Jojola D3
“Indian Girl Joins Brothers in War,” The Albuquerque Tribune, April 11, 1944, 7. Newspapers.com.
Notes:
- New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Subsubseries: WWII Service Records (Biographical Questionnaires for New Mexicans Serving in the Armed Forces); Box Number: 13621; Box Title: Service Records Gre to Le-Lh
- New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Subsubseries: Military Discharges; Box Number: 16598; Box Title: Military Discharges Jenkins-Jones
- “Indian Girl Joins Brothers in War,” The Albuquerque Tribune, April 11, 1944, 7. com.
- “Histia, Miguelita Jojola,” Albuquerque Journal, February 13, 2015, 16. Newspapers.com.
- Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Padillas, Bernalillo, New Mexico; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0048; FHL microfilm: 2341127
- com. Bernalillo County, New Mexico, U.S., Marriage Index, 1888-2017 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
- “Marriage Licenses,” Albuquerque Journal, September 18,1969, H-4. Newspapers.com.
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Cremations, French Funerals and. “Obituary for Miguelita Jojola Histia.” French Funerals and Cremations. Accessed February 24, 2023. https://www.frenchfunerals.com/obituary/Miguelita-Histia.
Prepared by Jessica Serrano, SFCC Student, under the supervision of Sue Ruth, Ph.D., Central New Mexico Community College