Interview of Helen V. Kennard of her three years of service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and its successor, the Women's Army Corps

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Helen V. Kennard talks about her three years of service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and its successor, the Women's Army Corps and says that she enlisted because she felt that it was her patriotic duty and that she wanted to travel and meet people. Kennard says that she was managing the parts department at Chevrolet dealership before she enlisted in September 1942, that her first duties were in the motor pool and that she became a typist so that she would be sent overseas. Kennard describes serving in New Guinea and the Philippines, sharing housing, and her uniforms and says that her biggest adjustment to military life was learning how to take orders. After the war, Kennard says that she used the G.I. Bill to get a business degree from the University of Denver and worked in accounting until her retirement. Kennard is interviewed by Marjorie Brown.

Date Issued:

1986-02-13T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Philippines and New Guinea

Subject Topic:

Knowledge, Accounting, Military life, Foreign service, Foreign service, Barracks and quarters, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, and Participation, Female

Subject Name:

Kennard, Helen V., 1913-2000, Kennard, Helen V., 1913-2000, United States, Army, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, United States, Army, United States, Army, United States, Army, United States, and Army

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m56698