I am new to genealogy and am trying to find information about my father, Arthur Francis Ekberg. He was born in 1916 in Jersey City, New Jersey. A few years later he moved back with his father to Sweden, where his father was born. He lived in Smoland and Stockholm, I believe. In approximately 1923, he moved back to the US on his own. For the rest of his life he lived in New Jersey, New York, California and and Florida, where he died 1n the Tampa area in 1981. He also used the given name, August, which he was probably baptized with in Jersey City. He was an American citizen and a Swedish citzen during his lifetime.
During WW II, he fought in Germany with the US Army, was wounded, and was a POW in Germany. He recieve a Purple Heart and Good Conduct Medal.
My father has one sister, who is married and has children in Stockholm, Sweden, I believe.
Although I am American, I now live in Germany and would like to do some research and travel while I am living here. We have a Swedish nanny who an translate for us, if necessary.
Besides some Social Security information, passports, documents from the war, and family photos, I do not have much to work with and I am not in touch with any family members from my father's side of the family, besides my sister.
If you can offer help or information, I would certainly appreciate it.