Individual Details

"Abilenian Home as Marine Fighter Pilot -- Blonde Lt. G. H. (Guy) Kemper, enlisted in the Navy Air Force in August 1942, and Saturday he retruned home on a 14 day leave as a fighter pilot in the Marine corps. The 22 year old Abilenian was chosen, with nine other top members of the Naval class, to enter the Marine corps. He received his primary training at the Grand Prairie Naval Air station and was graduated from advanced training on April 1 at the Corpus Christi base. From there he went to Melbourne, Florida, for operational training under the direction of veteran marine officers back form Guadalcanal. One of this instructors was Lt. Pawka who trained Capt. Joe Foss, the Marine ace. Last step in Lieutenant Kemper's traing was the week spent in Chicago and Lake Michigan where he made practice landings on the aircraft carrier, U. S. S. Wolverine. Following his visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Kemper, 324 Sycamore, Lieutenant Kemper will return to the San Diego base to be assigned to a combat squadron. he has another brother in the air force, Army Aviation Cadet Roy Kemper, 20, now training in Springfield, Missouri. The husky Marine flier was graduated from McMurry college where he majored in math. During part of his high school career he was drum major for the band." (Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas, June 27, 1943.)

Birth	June 12, 1921	Eastland County, Texas
Death	December 19, 1943	South Pacific

Father	William Oliver Kemper (1896 - 1987)
Mother	Maude Judia (1893 - 1987)
Sibling	Howard Oliver Kemper (1919 - 2003)
Sibling	Roy Frank Kemper (1923 - 1982)