Josephine White passed away on February 8, 2026, at the age of 105. She was much loved and respected by her fellow Historical Commission members, who chose to honor her memory using her own written words from 2014, when Jo reminisced about her experiences on the home front in the decade that included World War II. She had arrived in San Antonio in July 1938 as a young high school graduate from Beeville: “It was also an exciting place for a young lady to live in those pre-WWII days. There was no shortage of young men. The United States was already gearing up for war. Randolph Field, just north of San Antonio was the airbase in which future pilots were being trained for the Army Air Force. Young men took their basic training there.
They were called Cadets.
They were college-trained and single. Their training took several months and if they didn't ‘wash-out’ they got their Wings, became Second Lieutenants…those who became Army officers were transferred elsewhere for advanced training.
