BROOKLYN NAVY YARD: A TRADITION OF HIRING VETERANS
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USS Arizona at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard
he
Brooklyn
Navy Yard holds
a special place in
NYC’s military
history, as well
as a long tradition of employing veterans. Within sight
of where in 1776 British
prison ships were once
anchored—death traps for
some 11,000 captive American soldiers who perished
from inhumane conditions—the Brooklyn Navy
Yard began shipbuilding
operations in N K