The Soldier's Home | Summary
The “Soldier’s Home,” in the title of this 1925 story, is not a retirement home for aged veterans but the childhood home of a former marine, Harold Krebs, who fought in World War I and has now returned to his mother’s house in a small, Oklahoma town. The story opens with the third-person narrator directing our attention to aspects of Harold’s life before he went to war, showing us a picture of him with his fraternity brothers at a Methodist college Harold had attended. When the wounded veteran arrives in town, he discovers...
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