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Oral history interview with Audrey Lyons recorded on 2009 July 23.

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Title	Oral history interview with Audrey Lyons recorded on 2009 July 23.
Description	Interview conducted by Jim Lyko. Audrey Lyons grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and began working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II. She graduated high school in 1941 and began attending Brooklyn College in September of that year. In December, the attack on Pearl Harbor prompted a different kind of lifestyle for those living in Brooklyn. Many men joined the military immediately, and many women began to take over the essential jobs that those men had held. Lyons went to work at the Navy yard in late 1942, as a parts inspector, and continued to take night classes to finish her education. Her mother also began working for the first time in her life at this point. She describes what it was like to work in the navy yard, as well as the lifestyle that they had in New York at the time. She describes what it was like to volunteer with the USO, as well as enduring air raid drills, planting a victory garden, and the politics of the time. After the war ended, she married a man that she had met in college before the war, who had just returned home from Germany.
Coverage	1941-1946
Date Original	07/23/2009
Digital Format	video/x-ms-wmv
Duration	01:08:43
Contributors	Lyko, Jim
Software	Windows Media Player required for viewing
Access Restrictions and Permissions	No access restrictions. For permission to reproduce contact Central Connecticut State University, Center for Public Policy and Social Research at (860) 832-2976
Image Identifier	VHP2009/32
Creator/Owner	Lyons, Audrey
War or Conflict	World War, 1939-1945
Status	Civilian
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945 -- Women United Service Organizations (U.S.) New York Naval Shipyard Missouri (Battleship : BB 63) Victory gardens
Geographic Location	New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University. Center for Public Policy and Social Research
Language	eng
Relation	Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Type of Resource	Moving image
Citation	Audrey Lyons Papers. VHP2009/32. Veterans History Project; Central Connecticut State University, Center for Public Policy and Social Research.
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