Title:
Interview with Helen Hegelheimer (by: Laura M. Calkins, PhD) - June 15, 2004
Interview Date:
15 June 2004
Collection:
Helen Hegelheimer Collection
Media Type:
Oral History (Digital)
Length:
3:01:36 hr/min/sec
Description:
(Civilian) Helen Tennant Hegelheimer was born in Fontana CA in 1944. After graduating from high school in San Leandro CA in 1962 Helen briefly attended college before taking a job with World Airways, first in administration and then as a stewardess. In 1966 and 1967 she flew on hundreds of troop transport flights in and out of the United States, Japan, and Vietnam, including Danang, Ton Son Nhut/Saigon, and Bien Hoa. Helen maintained contact with many of the servicemen while they were in-country. She has remained active in Vietnam veterans' affairs, and she was an invited speaker at the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington DC in 1997.
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