Both my grand fathers:
Abe (top photo) passed last May, was a an army soldier in WW2 in europe, came back was discharged joined the navy and was on a ship in the pacific when the japanese surrendered. He returned to the US and settled in Brooklyn NY, married a girl named Florence and had 2 kids (Mark and Ira), she died from cancer 14 years later and he remarried Gladys who gave him one more son (Wayne). he spend 25 years in the postal service, 32 years as a reserve Naval officer, and then worked as a sweat shop manager in the NY garment district.
Hank (bottom photo) passed in May 08, was an officer in the German SS during WW2, he hid a jewish family in the attic of his house for 6 years until the German surrender. After WW2 his father passed and left him the deed to his rubber ball factory which he owned and operated until the late 1970s when he closed shop and retired. He married his wife Hillie in the late 1940s and they had 2 daughters (Dorothea and Else)
