Earnest L. Kreul

 

 

 

After the decommissioning of the USS Hugh W. Hadley was completed I went on leave to Platteville WI.

 

My wife and I were married on January 5th 1946 while I was home on leave. I then returned to California and was assigned to and served on the USS New Jersey for a period of 3 months.

 

I was discharged as a Electricians Mate Second Class at Great Lakes Naval Training Center and returned home to Platteville.

 

 

 

There I worked as a cheese maker for a period of time.  Later on worked as a lumber grader-scaler, then a machine parts inspector and finally a telephone lineman.

 

Upon moving to St Paul, MN I worked in a paper mill as a instrumentation lead man for 37 years.

 

Retiring in 1990 we then moved to my lake home in Cumberland, WI in 1994.   We are still there in 2003.