This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Middle Aged Lions Remembering War and Return Home
A sprawling wartime memoir fragment follows Ralph Neppel and Frank Sneed through Iwo Jima and European captivity. It traces injuries, hospital care, and survival as both men confront amputation, diary dreams, and eventual homecoming with Jean and families awaiting news. The piece ends with Mooseburg liberation scenes and the arrival of American fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Neppel
List General Hospital
England
Ralph
Buck Walden
Buck
Jean
Temple
Texas
New York Pier
Paulette Goddard
McCloskey General Hospital
Carroll County
Iowa
Matt
Isabel
Charley