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“I’m Praying I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
Bob and Bernadette Porter in December 1945. At Christmastime 1945, the excitement of the season was doubled because the boys were coming home from war. One long year before, Bob and I were married, on...
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3 Incredible, First-Person Accounts of the Battle of Iwo Jima
“Everything is sore down to my toes” By John Hyndman — Navy Hospital, HI Lois J. Hyndman sent us a copy of a letter her husband, Lt. John S. Hyndman, wrote home on March 31, 1945, 22 days after being...
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Moving Accounts of POWs Held Captive in Vietnam
Jeanne Stavast McKinley hugs her brother John at his homecoming from Vietnam. April 30, 2015, marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the official end of the conflict that claimed over...
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My Husband Stood Guard at Grace Kelly’s Wedding
Paul Guth’s copy of the USS Heermann cruise book, including photos of the royal couple issued on the wedding day. Growing up during World War II, my husband, Paul Guth, couldn’t wait until he was old...
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Sailor in Hollywood Recalls V-J Day Memories
Hulton Archive/Getty Images On that glorious day in 1945, my ship, the Arthur Middleton, was in the Todd Shipyard in San Pedro, California. Three of us had liberty: a boy from Abilene, Texas; a boy...
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WWII Tales: The Corn Bread Caper!
Lt. Jack Hickey, left, and a fellow soldier chow down on another southern treat: fried chicken. Late 1946, Northern Italy’s Julian Alps, near Brenner Pass: The war had ended. Instead of shooting...
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Yes, That’s Me in “The Kiss” on V-J Day in Times Square
Elwood Dehority showing off the photo that made his legs famous. I was in the Merchant Marines, and my ship had just returned from London. On August 14, 1945, I was in New York heading into Times...
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This Soldier’s Emotional Moment on Hearing World War II Was Over
Morris Fierstein (left) took this photo of the Enola Gay on Tinian Island, shortly after it returned from over Hiroshima. In August 1945, I was an Army corporal serving with the 148th Infantry on...
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World War II Kept These Young Lovers Apart. Then He Returned Late One Night.
The war separate the Strattons for over two years. I was a war bride living with my mother, sister-in-law, and young nephew in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. Japan’s surrender meant that my husband, a...
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How This GI’s Sweetheart Helped Orphans Overseas Was Nothing Short of Miraculous
Kenneth wrote Ruth a note on the back of his picture: “I like this one best because you’re in it.” Daegu, Korea, 1951: The convoy of trucks was on a narrow dirt road, passing more abandoned rice...
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