https://bloomarchive.org/files/original/58d8f62d0fbbb03589703218e5e3882a.jpg 647745c1ffe9e47cc2d17be281f42732 https://bloomarchive.org/files/original/460137b7a7e2f7a7fe1d275e995df379.jpg ee0b1b3e925a33e1125c5a26443f168d https://bloomarchive.org/files/original/f8f69201f3a2ab97432100c283c32598.jpg 9550214d738ad18b20b489df9db99b66 https://bloomarchive.org/files/original/b22eed640ffa7d5010c1e0a5ddab7503.jpg def73239dd13bf30cb53a988c95e3bef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The War Years Description An account of the resource Mort (Navy), George (Army), and Hi (Army Air Corps) all served in World War II. The items in this collection reflect various aspects of their military experience. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 7, 1941 to August, 1945 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elkie Writes to Hi Description An account of the resource February 4, 1946, Elkie (Eleanor - Mrs. Jack Zaris) replied to Hi´s recent letter, filling him in on all the news in Camden, New Jersey about her family and passing on many good thoughts to the Bloom family. Hi had just recently discharged from the service, and presumably Mort and George were on the same track. Elkie talks about her two children, Gil and Dale, and how they all hope they will be able to go to California to see "Aunt Ethel". Elkie encloses $5 for the new nephew, Kenneth Bloom, and asks Roz to use it as would appropriate. She asks if Hi is going to join any Veteran´s Groups, and mentions that her brother in law (her Husband Jack´s brother) Loren ?, who was a prisoner of war, is head of AmVets. It should be noted that Elkie and Dale, together, and then Gil on a separate trip, ultimately did visit California, some 16 years later in 1962 or so. Dale grew up to be a Social Worker and marry an attorney who dedicated his work to helping the indigent as a Public Defender. Dale was a published author. Her first (and only) book, "Lust of Linda Levy" is available on Amazon. Its remarkably well written. Dale had several kids, and died in 2023. Gil married Sue and had a child, worked extensively and ultimately became vice president of a large shopping market. Both Gil and Sue still live in New Jersey. Sasha visited Elkie in Camden, on several occasions, the first time being in the summer of 1966, when he was 15, taking advantage of a Greyhound Bus trip fare which allowed him to pay "$99 for 99 days". He left the Greyhound terminal in Hollywood, California and arrived in Camden, 3 days later. He visited with Elkie, Jack, her husband, Elkie´s mother Fanny. Gil, and Dale. He returned to see Elkie two years later, in the summer of 1968, where he flew to see them. On both of those trips, he then traveled north to see the Odinaks in New Haven, Connecticut. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 5, 1946 Dale Zaris Eleanor Elkie Zaris George Bloom Gilbert Gil Zaris Greyhound Bus hi HiBloom HJB HJ Herbert Joshua Bloom Jack Zaris Kenneth Bloom Loren Zaris Morton Joseph Bloom Mort MJB Roz Bloom Sasha Allen Robert Bloom