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Coming Home from WWI

In a new submission from Iota, LA, one reader reminds us that homecoming stories are as old as the military itself:

They were approaching New York and everyone was looking for the Statue of Liberty. It was early morning and very foggy so most of the soldiers were on the opposite side of the ship and were disoriented in the fog...

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George McGill's Story

Elizabeth, from Glendale, OH, shares her father's recollection of a life altering homecoming:

We landed in New York at midnight on December 29, 1945. There weren't any bands there, or cheering, nobody except a little group of Salvation Army girls, who had coffee and a few donuts...

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