Cindy Kempkes Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/7
What's in the full collection?: August 2016 oral history transcript; photographs; military related informational materials; 1980 Army Calibration Specialst Army Manuals
Full biography: Cindy Kempkes (b. 1958), of Yonkers, New York, served in the United States Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard from 1979-1996.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Army
Army -- Army Reserve
Army National Guard
Conflict: Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Gulf War (1990-2000)
Subject headings: United States--History--1945-
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Formal portrait of Cindy Kempkes; Formal portrait of Cindy Kempkes, 1979.

: Oral History interview with Cindy Kempkes; Primarily documents the life of Cindy L. Kempkes and her service with the United States Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard. Kempkes recalls her satisfaction upon receiving the same training in basic training as the male soldiers, but also her frustration with being forced to leave the army once they discovered she was on anti-depressant medication. Kempkes expresses her belief that the tumors she began suffering from were caused by exposure to Agent Orange at Fort McClellan, and her subsequent involvement in the 2014 documentary Toxic Soldiers: The Soldiers Story, about agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto and their dumping of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) into local waterways.

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