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Here is what Shirley writes about herself (from the third-person point of view) in her contribution to an extensive family history written by her nephew Sam Herzberg. She has just finished recounting the fact that her husband-to-be, Mendel Herzberg (aka 'Mel') had been unhappy about his being assigned to Larson General Hospital in Atlanta after his tour of service in Europe during the war, and had tried unsuccessfully to get his assignment changed-

A few weeks after his arrival, he met Shirley, who was in The Woman's Army Corps and was assigned to the Dental Clinic. She was from Cambridge, Massachusetts and had worked as a Dental Assistant before joining the military. The army had sent her to Administrative Specialist School in Des Moines, Iowa and to Recruiting School in Fort Washington, Maryland. She traveled through Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama in recruiting activities before receiving orders for Larson General Hospital. She felt she had spent enough time in the South and tried very hard to get her orders changed, but was unsuccessful.

So, when she and Mel met and compared notes they both decided that this meeting was PREDESTINED!

They were married March 3, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts and then returned to San Francisco to live. Mel re-enrolled at U.C. Berkeley and Shirley enrolled at San Francisco State College. They rented a one room apartment, with a pull-down wall bed, on Golden Gate Ave.. They got a small second-hand piano and Mel played the piano, Shirley sang, they partied in this one room with friends and family and were very busy, poor but happy people!

Shirley writes about the birth and early childhoods of her two sons, Steve, born 10/7/50, and Larry, born 6/15/54. She then continues-

In 1962, Shirley returned to school to do graduate work at the medical school complex, College of Health Related Professions, U.F. [University of Florida in Gainesville FL, where Mel had gotten his first job as an assistant professor of microbiology], and received her M.R.C. (Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling) in 1964. She worked in both Florida and Hawaii, utilizing this degree...