Meeting Friends Who Were In The Service Returning From 0verseas
Many of our friends and neighbors had been drafted to help fight our enemies. When they could come home for a10 or a 30 day leave we always welcomed them at the Union Station and saw to it that they either had a good rest or good meals at our house. My Mother was a superb cook and I never saw her use a recipe book. When the war ended and our boys (who had become men) came home there were great celebrations in our neighborhood and all over the world. I was ten years old when the war ended. Vice President Harry Truman became President of the United States when President Roosevelt suddenly suffered a stroke. "Give'em Hell Harry ended that terrible war quickly. Not long after Germany surrendered the United States dropped two Atomic Bombs on Japan. They also surrendered quickly and they came aboard the USS Missouri to sign the peace treaty. GROWING UP ON KANSAS CITY'S EAST SIDE was wonderful. Those were the y...