Jennifer Eagan was conducting research for a novel she was writing. Her research led her to the Brooklyn Historical Society. It was there she found several historical documents from a woman who goes by the name of Lucille Kolkin. Lucille Kolkin is a woman who worked at the Navy Yard for five months during World War II. Jennifer stated that she was “writing about a woman who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, and Lucy actually worked at the navy yard for almost two years, as a mechanic in the shipfitting shop.” to show that her work would benefit from Lucille’s knowledge and experience on the subject. Jennifer learned a lot about topics like the basics of battleships from Lucille’s notes and often copied details like “Construction is started at midship and continued on both sides of it.” Lucille also had a husband named Alfred who went to boot camp in Sampson, New York. Her letters would include comments about how well she misses him. Some letters were well preserved and documented. It is noted that mostly women worked at the Navy Yard since most men were drafted or enlisted to fight in the war. The Navy Yard in question was used to build and repair a number of ships. Details about the work in the Navy Yard included details about her shifts, complaints about soreness, and other related topics of the work. The documents also mention some social interactions and some political views. The letters between Lucille and her husband Alfred sent letters to each other including thoughts and comments on their daily lives. They also asked the other for help on topics the other did not know very well. Jennifer felt like she knew more about Lucille. The more Jennifer read the more she wanted to know about Lucille Kolkin. She left the letters and went to a computer. Jennifer typed in the name Lucille Kolkin in a Google search engine and found out that she lived in New York and died in 1997 at the age of seventy-eight with two daughters and two grand-children. This shocked Jennifer. To know how Lucille’s life would play out before she finished the letters made her feel uneasy. She began to read about how they would move to California knowing full well how history would change this woman’s life. Her letters came to a stop, and Jennifer began to read Alfred’s letters to Lucille. His characteristics were much like Lucille’s in way of humor and intelligence. The final letter ended with Alfred coming to see Lucy again for five days and how they would spend their time together.