Muriel Quint

Good Night Ladies

U.S. troops in North Africa

Loud shouts and gunfire invaded the eerie silence of the desert. Rommel's seasoned Afrika Corps faced the raw youthful troops of the United States' First Division. Wartime games on playgrounds quickly turned into reality on battlefields. The young American soldiers still couldn't comprehend what they were doing there.

To Muriel, from Ham

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

“Daddy hit me with the airbush. Musn't say dod damit—musn't say dod damit.” The little boy kept saying the words over and over again until it sounded like his mantra.

Forest Hills High School Newspaper


Serious Times, Serious Teens

        

Looking Back

Letters to Muriel
According to Muriel: "Only a teenage girl would save the envelopes and throw away the letters. 
The object was to see who corresponded with the most service men."

Muriel Quint: Teenage Recollections of World War II