Entered the service 1 September 1942 at Ft Snelling, Minnesota and separated on 10 December 1945 at Ft Lewis, Washington; From 29 March 1945 – 9 October 1945 he spent on Guam as radio operator with Crew 28 flying 29 combat missions.

Emerson (they call him “Em”) 82 yrs old and his wife Thordis 80 yrs old has 3 children 2 girls and a boy.

"Our oldest daughter lives in Long Beach, CA – a real estate agent and her husband owns a print shop.

Their second daughter is a teacher in Albuquerque, she’ll retire next year; her husband a pilot for American Airlines.

Our son works for a grocery company as Director of Sales out of Portland Oregon.

We have 8 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

One of our granddaughter’s is married to a Marine. He’s a Lt Colonel spending a year on Okinawa.

I have been retired for 20 yrs as of March 1, 2004.

During WWII I also had two brothers that served in the Army. One was killed in Belgium by a land-mine.”

During his WWII service Sollom earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster (OLC), Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with bronze service star.