ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW
Lillian LaBranch Duffy
September 19, 1983
by Barbara Higgins Aubrey

0:00:29	Went to the Armory because she wanted to do something for the war effort.
0:01:05	Lived on Federal Street
0:01:14	Worked 7 days a week.
0:01:48	Worked on filling holes and staining used gunstocks.
0:02:28	Worked on the lathes to turn the gunstocks.
0:02:47	Wanted to work on the big rotor machine.
0:03:05	Describes how the rotor machine worked.
0:03:45	She was the only woman who ran the rotor machine.
0:04:18	Photographed working the rotor machine for publicity purposes.
0:05:00	Worked in the Stocking Shop where Digital is now.
0:05:40	Worked on the rotor machine for a year and a half to two years.
0:05:50	Worked on all three shifts at different times.
0:06:37	Laid off 3/4 of the women in 1945.
0:06:53	Was very glad the war was over.
0:07:13	Talks about how "Chief" checked to make sure the gunstocks were within the correct tolerances.
0:07:44	Used to eat at the 2nd floor cafeteria.
0:08:11	Would visit with friends at the cafeteria.
0:08:34	If you needed to take a break a Set Up Man would relieve you.
0:08:56	Talks of how tired she was at 3:30 A.M.
0:09:40	Had never heard that there were W.A.C.S.
0:09:54	Talks about her brother
0:10:09	Brother worked in Forbes and Wallace then in the Hartford Faxes.
0:11:20	Many married women worked.
0:11:54	Worked taking parts out of oil in the machine shops on Saturday and Sunday.
0:12:19	Describes work dress.
0:12:50	Woman got her sweater caught, machine pulled it off her.
0:13:20	Talks about a dinner dance that was held once a year.
0:14:24	After the war women went first with 2 weeks notice.
0:14:42	Did not get time and a half for Sat. or Sun.
0:14:54	A man from the union tried to get extra pay for them after the war.
0:15:51	Talks about the "Chief", Jack?
0:17:00	Got E pins for efficiency
0:17:20	Liked working at the Armory.
0:17:33	Worked as a waitress before the Armory
0:18:20	Worked as an office worker a Bostitch
0:18:32	Compares working in an office to the Armory