Biographical Information

Name:

Helen Lucille Sturm Kemper

Date of Birth:

1921

Place of Birth:

Parsons, KS

Gender:

Female

Race:

Unspecified

Home State:

KS

War or Conflict:

World War II, 1939-1946

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1944-1946

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

WAVES (Navy Women's Reserve)

Location of Service:

Kansas City, Missouri; Hunter College and St. Albans, New York; Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Virginia; Philadelphia Naval Hospital, Pennsylvania

Highest Rank:

Photographer's Mate Third Class

Prisoner of War:

No

Service Related Injury:

No

Service History Note:

Served as a WAVE medic in Portsmouth, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; organized choirs; and as a civilian young girl, she loaded shells in Parsons, Kansas.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: DVD [1 item] --Oral history interview

Interviewer:

Gary W. Swanson 

Donor:

Robert O. Babcock

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

Americans Remembered, Inc.

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/10149

Subjects:

Kemper, Helen
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. WAVES (Navy Women's Reserve).

Cite as:

Helen Kemper Collection (AFC/2001/001/10149), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress