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  • Thursday October 4.1945

    James L Solomon, Separation Center Camp McCoy WI Release from Active Duty, Regular Army Technician Fifth Grade, HQ 27th Infantry Division, Location: Asiatic-Pacific Area, Campaigns: Western Pacific, Ryukus

  • Thursday November 22.1945 Thanksgiving

  • Sunday December 23.1945

    Dear AraBelle, With the Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a Prosperous New Year To; AraBelle, James and Lonnie Wishing you every Happiness for the New Year Your Aussie Friends -Edna, Bob and Robyn

  • Tuesday January 1.1946 ON THE RECORD:

    The number of men who have entered the military service through the Selective Service System is now at 183,383.

  • By early 1947

    By early 1947, 22 percent of all nurse veterans had married, and a total of 38 percent had left the profession. 9Servicewomen Of World War II.)

  • Thursday January 1.1948 TIME CAPSULE:

    To describe the war effort by nurses best it must be remembered an Army Nurse would usually respond, “Don’t call me a hero! I was just doing my job.” Perhaps they are too modest. Every nurse who served in WWII, whether in a field hospital near the front lines or in a general hospital in…

  • Letter: July 5, 1949

    My Dear AraBelle, Well I was very thrilled to receive your letter today so I am answering it straight away. Gee it must have been a beaut blizzard you had to be snowed in for that long. We never have snow here I have only seen snow about twice and then it was a day”™s…

  • Sunday 11.6, 1949

    AraBelle Fuller Solomon married the milkman, Peter Zeimet.

  • Thursday December 1, 1949 TIME CAPSULE:

    Rosie the Riveter did not vanish with victory; she simply transformed herself into Wendy the White-Collar Worker. In part, this was because she understood that in any contest between herself and GI Joe for a factory job, she would be the loser. The veteran’s right to a job was as inviolate as was the soldier’s…