The use of the comma: 'When Sam Winters returned...'

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me which one of the folowing seems better to you?

1- When Sam Winters returned from the war his job at TCS Studios was waiting for him.

2- When Sam Winters returned from the war, his job at TCS Studios was waiting for him.

Tom

[Yankee]

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I vote for the comma, Tom. :D

Amy
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