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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Arnold's Story: September 15, 1946

I have no more letters from Arnold in Korea for the rest of 1946. Subsequent correspondence will be from California, after he was sent home on terminal leave in August 1946 and demobilized on September 15. Here I post the rest of Arnold's photos from 1946 (either Korea or Japan) as well as his certificate of service and separation.

From the details of this certificate, we see that he got a lapel button and a few medals: Army Occupation medal (Japan), American Campaign Medal World War II, Victory Medal, and Asiatic Pacific Service Medal. After our parents died, we divvied these medals up amongst us four brothers, Arnold's sons.

August 7, 1946, photo over Korea or Japan, by Arnold Nevis

1946 photo from either Tachikawa airfield, Japan, or Seoul, Korea

Mt. Fuji, Japan, 1946

First Lieutenant Arnold Nevis, circa 1946

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Saturday, January 23, 2021

Arnold's Story: May 26, 1946

On May 26, 1946, Arnold writes to his parents with photos of Korea and Koreans. I included scans of the backs of the photos because they had Arnold's comments and descriptions. He is later sent home on terminal leave starting August 7, 1946, as he calculates, and officially demobilized in mid September.

Easter Sunrise Service program cover, April 21, 1946, Chōsen Shinto Shrine, Korea

Easter Sunrise Service program, April 21, 1946, Chōsen Shinto Shrine, Korea

Arnold Nevis, April 21, 1946, Chōsen Shinto Shrine, Korea

U.S. Army Air Forces jeep, Korea, 1946

staff of U.S. Army Air Forces officers mess in Korea, 1946: Kim Nam Soo, Kim Kee Jay,
"Heimie" (kneeling), Kim Pang Sak, unidentified standing, unidentified sitting, and Chun Soo Man

Korean man in traditional clothing, 1946

Korean woman carrying baby, 1946

Korean laborer with large, heavy load, 1946

Korean village and fields, 1946

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Arnold's Story: May 21, 1946

Hank Schwaller writes to Arnold from Kansas, where Hank has been discharged from the Army and says he will use the provision of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill, for a low interest, zero down payment home loan for new construction.

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Friday, January 22, 2021

Arnold's Story: May 16, 1946

Arnold types a letter to his folks for the first time. Spoiler alert: Many of the things in this letter do come to pass, eventually. Leonard does indeed open the New York City office and then quits the family business (Ideal Systems) to study medicine. Bill and Hazel will take that long awaited trip to Europe in 1957 after Bill retires. And here we first learn that Arnold wants to be a medical missionary, not just a regular missionary, and in Korea in particular.