Hans Olof Roland Sandå was born on 29 August 1917 at Gustav Vasa, Stockholm, Sverige.¹

     Hans married Anna Ingrid Elisabet Viberg, daughter of Mauritz Natanael Viberg and Anna Emilia Magnusson, on 4 April 1942, at Spånga, Stockholm, Sverige.²

     Arvid Sandén, son of Olof Sandin and Karolina Larsson, was born on 9 September 1887 at Östra Ämtervik, Värmland, Sverige.¹

     Arvid married Hanna Karolina Nilsson on 9 August 1919, at Stora Kils, Värmland, Sverige.²

     Hulda Sandén, daughter of Olof Sandin and Karolina Larsson, was born on 19 October 1885 at Östra Ämtervik, Värmland, Sverige.¹ Hulda Sandén witnessed the death of Hulda Sandén on 13 December 1892 at Östra Emterviks, Värmland, Sverige.²

     Max Sass was born on 17 October 1903 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois.^1,2

     Max married Gunhild Maria Sjöström, daughter of Otto Persson Sjöström and Gerda Maria Engström, on 29 June 1925, at Lake, Indiana.^3,4 Max and Gunhild were divorced on 22 October 1942.^5,6

     Max died on 13 December 1998, at Illinois, at age 95.⁷

     John Thomas Saunders Jr. was born on 6 January 1910 at Baldwinville, Massachusetts.^1,2

     The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military. John filled out a draft card for World War II on 16 October 1940 (at age 30), while living at 100 Lexington Ave., Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York. He was working at Snounder's Drug Store.²

     John Thomas Saunders Jr. and Marie Evelyn Collins announced their engagement circa 8 May 1946;

June Bridal

A June wedding is being planned by Miss Marie Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Collins of Oyster Bay Cove, to John Saunders Jr., son of Mrs. John Saunders of Lexington Ave., Oyster Bay, and the late Mr. Saunders. Miss Collins, a graduate of St. (Lincoln Photo) Marie Collins Dominic's High School and Wood's Business School, is employed as a secretary at Mitchel Field. Her fiance, a former Medical Corps technical sergeant, is em- ployed by Snouders Drug Store. He is a graduate of Oyster Bay High School.¹

     John, at age 36, married Marie Evelyn Collins at age 24, daughter of Michael Collins and Eva Buckley, on 22 June 1946, at Hempstead, New York.^3,1

     John died in 1991,¹ and was buried at Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Nassau, New York.⁴