After release from the POW camp he was stationed in England, and then returned to the US in July, 1945. Following several assignments in the US, he arrived at the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base at Fairfield, California. While there, he met Gertrude [Trudy] Almonte who lived in Fairfield, CA and was a telephone operator at the base. From May to August, 1946 he attended Radio Operators school and then was sent on a Trans-Pacific Mission as a Radio Operator. This mission took him to Hawaii, Guam and most of the Pacific islands that were returned to USA after the war. When he returned on August 29, his discharge papers were ready. Before going to the separation center, he and Trudy were married on Sept. 7, 1946 in Reno, Nevada.
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