After World War II, some soldiers returned home with nothing but memories. That isn’t the case with Roscoe Smith, 86, of Rockingham. He has an entire collection of artifacts he has kept since he got back.
Drafted into the Navy at 18, Smith left behind his home in Ottumwa, Iowa, where he was working for Burlington Railroad to become an aviation electrician who would have a critical role aboard aircraft carriers.
“I was taking care of planes,” he said. “I was an airplane captain. I would check all the equipment, the instruments and I was supposed to strap pilots in but they wanted to strap themselves in. I couldn’t blame them, I would too.”
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