- After the war the women in my family went back to house work and caring for the their
children, and the fathers went back to work.  Fathers were never around the mothers were the
only ones care for the children and the house.

- My Family was definitely associated with the marriage boom after the war.  On April 3, 1947 my
Grandpa was discharged from the Navy.  On April 27, 1947 hey married my grandma.  And ten months
later they had their first of five children.  They are one of the couples that actually made it
through.  The celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary a couple years back.  He has remained by
her side.

- My Grandfather finally got to come home.  He said it was hard to come home after all the
fighting.  While he was home, everyone kept asking him where he was and what war was like, bit
it was too hard for him to talk about.  He said at times he would try, but he would get sad and
would start to cry.  For the most part, my grandfather said he hid most of his feelings about
the war.  Many times he felt that he didn't want to be home, and he wanted to be back in the
Philippines fighting because normal life was so hard.
Besides coping with the war and all of his memories, he could not find any place for him and his
family to live.  It was hard to find housing because most of the building stopped because of the
war.  After a long search, they finally found an apartment in Clifton.  It was small but at this
point any kind of shelter would do.

- Economic stability descended on the Sahnger family with several of my great-aunts working in
defense plants.  Of course one couldn't buy everything, especially during the war years.
Rationing was a way of life whenever one was interested in gasoline, oil, tires, shoes, sugar,
and meat.  Coupons were graded, each establishing a different value.  For example: Coupon A- 5
gallons of gas per week; Coupon B- 10 gallons of gas per week;  Coupon C - Reserved only for
denfense plant carpools.

- Black markets existed for those who had money existed for those who had the money, especially in the automobile business.  Many  prosperous auto dealers in the area today supposedly established the basis for their wealth and time.  War Bond rallies, long lines for scarites like cigarettes and nylon hose, and bus loads of boys in uniform were all familiar sights during wartime.

- Like Many Americans, My family's experience during the post war boom was one of social and economic stability which allowed their passage into the American middle class.  My grandparents married in 1955; having postponed marriage until they were in their late twenties.  They avoided the trend of impulsive marriages during wartime years.  Also, with their first child born in 1956 they weren't included in the nation's baby boom

-Aftter the war my grandpa worked in a tile factory.  My family participated hugely in the baby boom.  My grandpa had 7 children in the 1950's.  The women of my family were still homemakers.  None of them got jobs and none of them graduated from high school.

-My grandmother had her first of nine children in 1943 and my father was the fifth born of the nine, born in 1952.  During this time my grandfather went to farming school and he was able to do this because of the GI Bill.  My grandfather also put the farm in a soil bank because of agricultural subsides.  The government paid my grandfather not to grow corn on his property and because my grandfather was a disabled veteran all children were able to go to college if they choose.

-My grandfather had a talent with his hands he was a wood pattern maker, so he remained blue collar.  He built a 2 story brick house in the suburbs after the war.

-My Mother and father did see the shift of suburbanization movement.  In 1945 my mother's parents purchased a home in Norwood, Ohio and lived there until the day they died.  On the other hand, in 1945 my father's family got an apartment, which was benefited from the postwar military housing.  Form there my father's family moved to Northside in 1949 and bought a two family house.  His family lived on the first floor and rented the second floor to another family.

- My dads was born in 1955 and my mom was born in 1957.  Both sides of the families grew because of the postwar baby boom.  My dad had 5 brothers and sisters, and my mom had one brother.  All the brothers and sisters were born after the war.  My mom doesn't remember much from the 1950's and my dad had only a little recognition.  He recalls taking trips to West Virginia with his father to buy truckloads of coal from the mines.  The fa