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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2016 7 By Cindy Graves and Barbara Miller This Veterans Day, Four Seasons is paying special tribute to our resident World War II Veteran heroes and the World War II families who supported the war efforts from the homefront. There are some amazing stories surfacing, which you'll be able to hear and see up close and personal at our Veterans Day Program at 6 pm in the Ballroom on Friday, Nov. 11. The story below is written by resident Barbara Miller describing what was going on at the homefront as her dad went off to the war. "My parents, Stanley and Betty Troutman, 21 and 19 years of age, newly married, were able to borrow $500 from George Watson, Dad's boss, in 1937 to purchase a small one bedroom home on Scott Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. Dad worked for Acme News as a photographer and mom was a homemaker. When Dad made the decision to accept his new assignment, entering WWII as a war correspondent, my mom and "war baby" Barbara were on their own. When accepting this new position, Dad did not even ask if "life insurance" was available should he be killed in the war. Acme News sent my dad's payroll check to the house every week so funds were available for mom to pay the mortgage and put food on the table. When reviewing letters Dad sent to Mom, he would remind her to run the car for five minutes on a weekly basis. Mom did not have a driver's license. Mom kept the letters from my dad during his service, and in each one they shared their love for one another and prayed for my dad's safe return. " Barbara's father, Stanley Troutman, was a war correspondent during WWII and he covered the military operations and landings of Saipan, Tinian, Palau, Luzon, Corregidor, Shanghai, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He's an incredibly interesting man and will be joining us in person in his World War II uniform at the Veteran's Day program. Come and join us and hear about this and other stories. Honoring Our WWII Veterans And Those Who Supported The War Efforts On The Homefront Top photo: Stanley Troutman, Civilian War Correspondent • Bottom photo: Barbara Miller as a child with her parents Betty and Stanley Troutman Cycling Correspondent – Tarakan Island, Borneo – Stanley Troutman, ACME Newspictures' photographer with the War Picture Pool, cycles down a road in Tarakan Island, Borneo, on a bicycle "borrowed" from the Japanese. Veteran Australian forces are pushing forward from their beachheads on the island, as American and Australian naval and air forces give close support. Photo by Stanley Troutman, ACME War Pool Photographer, Credit (ACME) (WP) 5/14/45 (MD) NY CHI

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