Ever wonder what a non-fighting G.I. experienced during the war? Follow this G.I.'s travels via his letters during his World War II wartime experiences, all the while pining for his fiancée back in Baltimore, Maryland. When I Return.... allows the reader to look into his varied military training: from basic training to his day-to-day experiences while stationed on the island of Saipan in the Pacific in September, 1945, shortly after the Battle of Saipan. As an amateur photographer, Allen and his two buddies, set up a thriving side business on Saipan processing their own and other G.I.'s photos. They accumulated a fascinating collection of photos, a number of which have been included in the book.