Virginia "Gin" Behrends and Nancy Parode

Recorded April 29, 2016 39:59 minutes
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Id: mby014811

Description

Virginia "Gin" Behrends (81) talks to her friend, Nancy Parode (53), about her childhood, her feelings towards Pearl Harbor, her wedding, being a navy wife, and living in the south during the Civil Rights Movement.

Subject Log / Time Code

- Gin Behrends (GB) talks about being a hyperactive child.
- GB talks about being an artist.
- GB remembers Pearl Harbor.
- GB talks about her mother's relationship with her husband and her reaction that GB would be a Navy wife.
- GB describes planning her wedding that was to be taken place in a month.
- GB talks about how she coped with her husband being on submarine duty.
- GB talks about living in the south during the civil rights movement.
- GB would like to tell the family of the heart that she loves them and that they enriched her life.

Participants

  • Virginia "Gin" Behrends
  • Nancy Parode

Recording Locations

The Library of Congress