He worked night and day, and before long, Broderick had established his own insurance business. After coping with his blindness, Thomas Broderick married a nurse named Eileen and together they had five children. Broderick also helped fellow blind veterans by speaking about his life. .
Johnnie Holmes Johnnie Holmes was born in Ohio in 1921, but attended Evanston Highschool in Illinois. He had always possessed a deep interest in the military way of life, so when the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor, Johnnie Holmes was quick to enlist. Holmes" began his training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After basic training Holmes was sent in the Camp Claiborne in Louisiana to begin his training as a tanker. During Homes" service in the military he experienced much racial prejudice. A few months later, Holmes and his fellow black tankers were shipped out for Europe as the 76Ist Tank Battalion. Even through the hardships the 76Ist experienced, they still received 8 Silver Stars, 62 Bronze Stars, and 296 Purple Hearts. After Holmes left the war he persistently pursued a job at Doehler Jarvis Corporation where he worked as a mechanist until the factory closed in 1951. He then went to work for the city of Chicago working various jobs until he retired in 1985. Holmes married a white woman during his days at Doehler Jarvis and they stayed married for thirty-eight-years until her death.
Mary Louise Roberts Wilson.
It was in 1941, that Mary Louise decided to enter the United States Army Nurse Corps, she was almost thirty. At this point in her life, she had gained much nursing experience through working in hospitals. Because of her age and her experience, Mary Louise was made the operating room supervisor with the Army's 56th Evacuation Unit. "On February 10, 1944, the heat of the battle was very hot. As she [Mary Louise Roberts] supervised several operations under way, German shrapnel started ripping thought their surgical tent" (Brokaw 177).
