Audrey Knyrim Mattern (1919-2004) of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, worked in the Quartermaster Department with the Marine Corps Women's Reserve from 1943 to 1945.
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21 December 1999 oral history transcript; photograph of Audrey in Marine uniform with Jo Kasar; Betty Eichert and Betty Falbrecht at Mt. Vernon taken October 1943; photograph of Audrey in uniform with Jo Kasar October 1943 at Mt. Vernon; Two photographs of Audrey in front of Henderson Hall in Arlington,VA in the snow taken January 1944; photograph of Audrey posing with a snowman with United States Marines sweatshirt taken in front of Henderson Hall in Arlington, VA taken January 1944; photograph of Audrey and Betty Brown Fallbrecht in Downtown Washington DC, 1944; photograph of women in uniform titled "Marines marching to work" taken June 1944; photographs (2) of women in uniform titled "End of War watermelon party" taken August 1944; photograph of a troop of women in uniform titled "Parade rest before review for General Waller" August 1944; photograph of a troop of women in uniform titled "Officer Guard of Honor entrance of General Waller", August 1944; photograph of Audrey in front of Henderson Recreation Hall, Arlington, VA, February 11, 1945.
Audrey Knyrim Mattern (1919-2004) of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, worked in the Quartermaster Department with the Marine Corps Women's Reserve from 1943 to 1945. Audrey Knyrim Mattern was born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, on 20 November 1919, the oldest of six children. Her father was a machinist for the Cranberry Collier and a janitor and her mother was a homemaker. Mattern graduated from Hazel Senior High School in 1937 and then held various positions at a five-and-ten cent store, weekly newspaper, credit bureau, and jewelry store. Mattern enlisted in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in March 1943 and received orders in July. She attended basic training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and in September 1943 was sent to Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, where she was stationed in the Statistical Department of the Quartermaster Department. She remained there until her discharge on 6 October 1945. Mattern returned to her job at the jewelry store in Hazelton in the fall of 1945. In 1948 she moved to Denver, Colorado, and spent three years working in the offices of Montgomery Ward. She married Dick Mattern in January 1949. Audrey Mattern passed away in 2004.
Women's History Military
Marines -- USMC Womens Reserve
World War II era (1940-1946)
World War, 1939-1945 United States. Marine Corps--Women
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