My Father, (Edmund V. Andres) was born, and raised in the Greenpoint Section of Brooklyn, NY. along with his two older brothers, (all becoming WWII Army Veterans, Henry the oldest, was KIA in Dec. 1944.) It was there my father met, and fell in love with his school sweetheart Helen, they married in Oct. 1942. He was inducted in the US Army in Dec. 1942, and stationed at Fort Upton, LI NY. It was during his Army service my mother worked in a Defense Plant in NYC, she was always proud of those years, and the work she performed in helping the war effort. After shipping overseas to the PTO, my father was assigned to the Artillery Branch, and trained as an Anti-Aircraft (AAA) Gunner. He saw action in New Guinea, Fiji Islands, and the Philippine Islands, (only a few of the islands I can recall). He often stated "during his Army service he probably spent more time aboard troop ships sailing the Pacific than most sailors." For his wartime service he received the American, Asiatic Service, Good Conduct, and WWII Victory Medals. In Jan. 1946 he was Honorably Discharged, and returned to his wife, and previous civilian position, then starting a family, raising two sons. In later years dividing their time between their two residences, Brooklyn, and Montauk LI NY, until their deaths, (she 1994, he 2003).