Victory Pin, worn by Marion E. Clark (Toft), South Portland, Maine, 1946. Courtesy of Judy Washuk.
Victory Pin, worn by Marion E. Clark (Toft), South Portland, Maine, 1946. Courtesy of Judy Washuk.
Marion E. Clark wore this victory pin commemorating the Allied victory in World War II. Beginning in 1942, she worked as a burner, heating metal for building warships at the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland. She was a mother of two children and a member of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America.
Mrs. Clark helped build the Liberty ship, Jeremiah O'Brien, which the workers completed in 56 days. The ship was a part of the D-Day operations at Normandy in 1944, and today the ship is preserved as a museum in San Francisco.