when world war ii ended, general farkas was designated as the u.s. army's liaison to former hungarian prisoners of war. in 1951 he recommended bánáthy as a hungarian language instructor, and bánáthy was invited to teach at the u.s. government's army language school in monterey, california. bánáthy moved to monterey in june 1951, a pivotal change in his life. at the army language school, he met joseph szentkiralyi (americanized as st. clair), the founder of the hungarian department. they soon figured out they had met at the 4th world scout jamboree in 1933. the wives of the two men also realized they had been girlhood friends in grammar school in budapest. using her experience managing the pallendal family restaurant in budapest before world war ii, eva took work as a waitress in a restaurant on the monterey peninsula. bánáthy served as president of his local parent-teacher association and on the board of the local red cross. in the same year, paul ferenc sujan, another former hungarian scout, joined the language school faculty.