NARRATOR: The decade from 1943 to 1953 marks the time in which the five sons of Max and Jennie left home and began their adult lives.

The two eldest, Herbert and Benjamin, both graduated from CCNY with degrees in chemistry before the war.

Herb married Norma in 1944 and enlisted in the Army in 1945. Upon the end of his military service he moved to Schenectady, NY.

Ben enlisted in the Navy and was a lieutenant on a battleship during the war. He married Florence in 1946 and, taking advantage of the G.I. bill, he obtained a mortgage on a house in Levittown, Long Island.

Saul was in active combat duty during the war. He married Toby in 1950, also settling for awhile in Levittown.

Paul, who was of an age where he did not serve in either WWII or Korea, graduated from CCNY with a degree in business administration. He moved into an apartment in New York City in the mid-1950's.

George went to Cooper Union for graphic design, and was drafted into the Marines in 1951. He was discharged in 1953 when he married Francine. They moved in 1957 to Merrick, a south-shore suburb of Long Island, becoming one of the last veterans to receive a mortgage under the G.I. bill.

The first grandchild, Gale, was born in 1945 to Herb and Norma. The last grandchild, Gary, was born in 1966 to Saul and Evelyn, his second wife. There were eight grandchildren born in between.

Max and Jennie, meanwhile, periodically moved from apartment to apartment within Brooklyn from 1932 to 1960, when they moved to Yellowstone Boulevard in Queens. They remained there until 1965.