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Borrell Additional images of the B-26 Marauder with its signature 4 blade propellers and Pratt-Whitney engines. At 2000 horsepower apiece, only two of these massive engines were needed to enable a B-26 to attain a speed of 315 MPH. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5ed66692-8723-4697-b6bb-dec448e22a35/Richard-Borrell_HS-Collage.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell The Cranford Historical Society’s copy of Dick’s Cranford High School yearbook, we found his signature. Apparently in 1937, signing someone’s yearbook was taken literally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c1e1c81f-460c-45d3-acb8-2ecfae7eb9ae/Richard-Borrell_Bomb-Student.png World War II - Richard A. Borrell Richard Borrell in a 1-inch portrait from the Victorville Army Flying School yearbook. Along with 104 other bombardiers of graduating class 43-2, after only 18 weeks of instruction, Dick was presented with the bombardier wings that he wore during his many bomb runs over Nazi-occupied France and Germany in 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/31f4722b-7c36-4c80-a9cd-e27d962512b4/Richard-Borrell_B-26-Cockpit.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell In the tight quarters of the B-26 cockpit the “left seat” was synonymous with the pilot’s seat. Under the right seat was the passageway to the iconic Plexiglas nose to where the bombardier would crawl on his belly to take his place for the “bomb run”. Art Snyder, like all former B-26 pilots, suffers from severe hearing loss due to the constant roar of the twin 2000 HP engines. According to Art, there was no heat or cooling in the cockpit either. Some missions in Korea were 20-40 degrees below zero and as a result, to this day, Art’s hands and feet have no feeling in them from the frostbite incurred during the 38 bomb missions he flew in the Korean War. The information that he provided, in his interview with us, was priceless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ee08c6ac-4d1e-4286-8981-248fa6558eb3/Richard-Borrell_Obit-Citizen-Chron_1944-11-02.png World War II - Richard A. Borrell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a9de1f3e-bae4-4ded-9940-70afd73d558b/Richard-Borrell_B-26-Flying.png World War II - Richard A. Borrell Additional images of the B-26 Marauder with its signature 4 blade propellers and Pratt-Whitney engines. At 2000 horsepower apiece, only two of these massive engines were needed to enable a B-26 to attain a speed of 315 MPH. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d6a5976c-0faa-49f1-a667-3791c7644c8c/Richard-Borrell_HS_Restored.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell Dick's High School photo retouched https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/8a0aee56-90d5-4ecd-ac7c-3f3682bb9164/Richard-Borrell_Bomb-Simulator.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell Cadets at the bombardier academy would start their bombsight training in a primitive simulator, resembling a painter’s scaffold. The high and low seats allowed for training simulation of different altitudes. See below for more information on bombardier training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/aec79383-56b7-491f-b2dc-d303bb45bf06/Richard-Borrell_B-26-Combat-Box.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell Flying in a “combat box” formation, the B-26 bombers would protect themselves from assault by enemy fighter planes. Note the guns in the glass turret, in the tail as well as the nose. If you look closely you can see the bombardiers in place for the bomb run with the “flak” exploding all around them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/eed6c1d5-1306-4fb5-8164-339003f7f74b/Richard-Borrell_Headstone.png World War II - Richard A. Borrell The grave of Lieutenant Richard A. Borrell at the Epinal American Cemetery in Donozé, France. Here he lies at rest along with his comrades, 5,254 other American war heroes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7ffb231f-d338-4cf3-8da9-4f24a62e49ee/Richard-Borrell_HS-Football.png World War II - Richard A. Borrell Glory Days, Dick Borrell played both offense and defense on the 1937 varsity football team. A Cranford Chronicle article, as well as a rewrite in the yearbook tell of a fourth quarter, game-winning reception by Dick that thrilled the Cranford fans at the Roselle game. In identifying Dick Borrell our writer Janet Ashnault made note of her uncle, Roy Nordstrom, in the top row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f6c02ef4-1ccf-4eea-ac7d-c6b14750eeef/Richard-Borrell_Teacher_Restored.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell Just one year after earning his bombardier wings, Lieutenant Richard Borrell was asked to return to the VAFS as an instructor. He and three other instructors were heralded as the “Four Horseman”. It would seem that he touched the graduating class of March,1944 in a special way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a2e7b13f-91ac-4977-a14a-512dcf9f5db2/Richard-Borrell_B-26-Cutaway.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell This cutaway model reveals the layout of the B-26 fuselage. The bombardier sat in the rear seat during the long journey to the bomb site. Here we are able to see the tunnel that the bombardier would travel through to reach his position in the glass nose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/8bd4aec7-fe12-428c-8adf-932647db51f0/Richard-Borrell_Map.png World War II - Richard A. Borrell A map from the "Bombs Away 44-3" yearbook in Victorville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/42deaf0d-48e2-4edf-8981-4e31f8dc9fec/Richard-Borrell_B-26-Nose-Art.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell Every B-26 sported some racy “nose art”. According to a Missing Air Crew Report, this B-26, the Daisy Mae, was shot down on the same day that our Cranford 86 hero lost his life, presumably as part of the same bombing mission, targeting a bridge in Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/386d2fa2-3e2c-4533-9a90-e9f48ebb4e52/Richard-Borrell_B-26-Plexiglass-Nose.png World War II - Richard A. Borrell A rare close-up of the B-26 bomber’s Plexiglas nose reveals the bombardier’s compartment which housed America’s secret weapon, the Norden bombsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9601070b-3014-4804-8ac9-8487557ae6d7/Richard-Borrell_German-Soldier.jpg World War II - Richard A. Borrell A German soldier loading the Flak 88 gun with a 17-pound explosive shell. This is the weapon that, with its deadly shrapnel, was responsible for terrorizing allied bombers over France in WWII. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1712945118994-7IIE6BVT2RR30CIJS3ZS/Richard-Borrell_Plane_Restored.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/friend-j-burton monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4b7bcb09-8368-42c1-a6c2-ef1d22525e39/Friend-Burton_Boy-with-dog.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Young Friend Burton with his dog. His family said he was named after a Dr. Friend. We could not confirm the relationship with the family. The Brooklyn based family moved to Cranford 4 years after Friends birth in 1925 or 1926. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fcc29031-dfb5-4f0c-a7f6-3ddd9bac27d6/Friend-Burton_Home.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Friend in front of his home at 29 Elizabeth Avenue while on leave in the summer of 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7e80988e-aff6-4e6b-af18-e6419aa1cff2/Friend-Burton_USS-Braine-Crew.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton A small portion (about 10%) of the Braine crew shown reporting to the aft deck for their shift. Each enlisted man worked 4 hours on 8 hours off. Note the bell-bottomed working uniforms known as “dungarees” which existed in the Navy from 1913 to 1999. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3797ffa3-19a1-43a9-8fac-232046dd6d5d/Friend-Burton_Okinawa-Radar-Picket-Protection.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton A diagram of the new radar picket protection system of the fleet working off Okinawa. According to date we found 36 ships were sunk, 12 of them destroyers. In addition, 763 aircraft were lost, and 12,500 men were killed or drowned during the eleven weeklong between Easter Sunday April 1st and June 22nd, 1945. The kamikaze tactics of the desperate Japanese forces were at their highest intensity, not only with dive bomb attacks, but by suicide boats and submarines as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/795c67e8-8410-456c-9bea-f22fdd0bd0fc/Friend-Burton_Mare-Island-1942-Flag.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton A 48-star American flag that was part of Friend’s personal effects, it is marked “Mare Island 1942”. This was the San Francisco naval shipyard that the Braine stopped at on its first voyage. From the look of it, it may have flown on the Braine through many of the battles that happened in the two years at sea. We were unable to confirm the situation that caused it to be given to the family of Friend Burton after his death. If only a flag could talk. This one has some stories to tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ae238769-e384-4e6c-8696-c470ffc34364/Friend-Burton_Dad-1937-Chevy.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Next to dad’s 1937 Chevy, a very popular sedan of the era. Friend and sister Mary have a little winter fun in front of 29 Elizabeth Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/cb6f9cc7-90f6-4f78-a0e2-d96d115b6734/Friend-Burton_Peacoat.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Friend, in his peacoat and the hat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/0ad93893-ece6-4b65-8111-29d5a137dc2c/Friend-Burton_USS-Braine.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton The USS-Braine DD-330 as it looked in 1943 entering the Pacific theater. Take note of how crowded a 376-foot ship looks with 325 sailors on board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/813fc37b-a55f-45bd-af9d-709a6865ecb1/Friend-Burton_USS-Braine-Kamikaze-Damage.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Official Navy damage report photograph: The port 40mm anti-aircraft gun that Hugh Lewis was manning at the time of the attack that took Friend Burton’s life. After seeing the approaching kamikaze plane, he fled his position, tripped on a wire that landed him safely between 2 steel walls that saved his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/39756e0b-a760-4062-821c-bcebaba73124/Friend-Burton_Honolulu-Memorial.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton A small panel from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu where 18,095 names are engraved of the brave men that were lost and whose bodies were never recovered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c4e5f935-a6ff-48ae-b77e-ad8e272fac05/Friend-Burton_HS.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Friend Burton, one of America's Greatest Generation. He had the courage and character to voluntarily step up to the unimaginable experience of fighting in a World War. We can only imagine what life may have had in store for him, had he survived the attack on his ship on the morning of May 27th, 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/6ceb53d8-6f41-4fa5-bca2-c4d91615e821/Friend-Burton_Undress-Blues.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton “A tall man with a quiet way”, Seaman First-Class Friend J. Burton in his “undress blues” and the traditional sailor cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c0c2d318-ed74-46de-bdc3-e43ec4acf91f/Friend-Burton_USS-Braine-Turret-Diagram.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton USS Braine DD-630 underway with her crew in action. This photo shows the area where the first kamikaze plane came across the bow and struck handling room #2. Take note of the vantage point that Hugh Lewis had from the 40mm anti-aircraft gun that he was manning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/498846c0-d4fa-45ec-84f4-dd1dbba50f3f/Friend-Burton_USS-Braine-Damage.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton USS Braine, official Navy damage report photo. During the attack, Friend Burton was at his battle station in the handling room under the gun turret. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/0fdb5b27-329d-4b23-95e3-b3f3b31d1795/Friend-Burton_HS-Yearbook-Page.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton He was known to his friends as Burt and that’s how he signed his photo in the “Golden C”. Although Friend started his high school life at St. Benedict’s in Newark he finished it at Cranford HS and graduated with the Class of ’43. In answering the yearbook query of “Future”, more than 50% of the young men in this class responded Service, Army, Navy or Air Corps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d73e7090-04a5-4414-9388-8ccad0ccf5ab/Friend-Burton_Sister.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Friend Burton in his dress whites, with sister Mary. Friend was able to get home for R&R in the summer of ’44 while his ship was in California for repairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bef7dba2-731b-4442-ac69-b731db7906fa/Friend-Burton_Shipmates-Australia.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Friend (center) on leave in Australia with time for a fun picture in the brig with two shipmates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/cabdb14b-63b5-456e-bacb-28f23afe8f80/Friend-Burton_USS-Braine-Crossection.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/03b5e2be-30ad-4e16-ac74-f4a3326c2e9f/Friend-Burton_Uniform-Cap.jpg World War II - Friend J. Burton Present day photo of Friend’s uniform cap. The cap has been offered to The Cranford 86 Project by Dr. Friend Burton. We hope to have it displayed as part of the Memorial Day ceremony in which Friend’s banner will be dedicated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f181a75b-1166-416f-af66-db9928f43ce6/Friend-Burton_Portrait.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/emil-f-frank monthly 0.5 2024-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Emil F. Frank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/61833ec4-b1e3-49bf-92f8-589f815110fc/Vic.png World War II - Emil F. Frank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18c8143d-6457-4598-bb4d-3327758be41d/Janet.png World War II - Emil F. Frank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/e570dfb3-a07a-42e7-9351-1d003be3ef16/Barry-Mazza.jpg World War II - Emil F. 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Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Harold L. Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/61833ec4-b1e3-49bf-92f8-589f815110fc/Vic.png World War II - Harold L. Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18c8143d-6457-4598-bb4d-3327758be41d/Janet.png World War II - Harold L. Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/69d7c7dd-5b90-47c1-9805-0b9eb701625e/Harold-Johnson_1942_Naval-Officer-Recruiting-Poster.jpg World War II - Harold L. Johnson This is the recruitment flier that was posted around the Lehigh campus in the fall of 1942. It may have caught Harold’s eye and lead him to enlist in the program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b873ae28-9955-4ce4-ab16-a145e83164bf/Harold-Johnson_Navy-Wings-Poster.jpg World War II - Harold L. Johnson The cover of the 16 page recruitment flier that told of the prestige associated with becoming a Naval aviator. Click the photo to read the entire 16 page flier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d44b60b2-2ba9-455d-bd67-2a202c30f8e2/Harold-Johnson_1942-Lehigh-Enlistment-Poster.jpg World War II - Harold L. Johnson This clipping from the Lehigh University newspaper, The Brown and White, shows an unidentified freshman in the fall of 1942, studying the V-1 recruitment flier. We were unsuccessful in obtaining definite confirmation of whether or not this could be a photo of our Harold. However, comparing the visible features of the freshman against Harold’s high school yearbook photo, we thought there was a good chance that it could be Harold Johnson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713367865915-LQYDHOIG88P1IGR9KS8V/Harold-Johnson_HS_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fce36949-d1ab-49e8-897d-19d4ffc6af82/Harold-Johnson_Brothers.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/42784075-de1c-49f0-ab26-7a66b26af908/Harold-Johnson_9-Herning-Ave.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d4839d27-6192-4376-9c8e-34a44bf7f1d8/Harold-Johnson_HS-Signature.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fdffd501-0b8a-4d4d-9bf6-069b05ea7b4a/Harold-Johnson_HS-Profile.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a391dca3-ba9a-4390-b1ff-5f95289cdfc6/Harold-Johnson_CHS-Science-Club.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ae231f15-e0ea-4c9e-bfed-fd9f0797eea1/Harold-Johnson_Street-Marker.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/william-h-lee monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/601b2cea-f788-4edc-87b9-815928c789bd/William-Lee_Army-V2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/601b2cea-f788-4edc-87b9-815928c789bd/William-Lee_Army-V2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/962f8016-81a8-4b1f-b0c3-db38ffced982/William-Lee_Bertha-Bouknight.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4f7e4b29-f745-4734-8542-ec3a374d2e15/William-Lee_Employer-Advertisement.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ed4abeb1-03e8-434b-9d74-d3343ec4152b/William-Lee_Baptist-Church.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/86292860-f24b-46be-b635-ce8664e92581/William-Lee_Central-Avenue-1940s.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bb3f8de6-79e7-452f-942c-e1a33f10225e/William-Lee_Headstone.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/archibald-b-cameron monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Archibald B. Cameron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18c8143d-6457-4598-bb4d-3327758be41d/Janet.png World War II - Archibald B. Cameron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Archibald B. Cameron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/61833ec4-b1e3-49bf-92f8-589f815110fc/Vic.png World War II - Archibald B. Cameron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fc970acc-c3b0-436c-a35e-f251cb6d050c/Archibald-Cameron_Higgins-Boat.jpg World War II - Archibald B. Cameron Landing crafts such as this Higgins boat were used throughout the assaults on N. Africa, Sicily and Normandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713042842738-YTTU27J1IZFA2YW92PXE/Archibald-Cameron_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b9daa560-6013-4b07-8102-63b6c01a89d1/Archibald-Cameron-Football_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/dd037c48-1047-4286-9d80-b7152aea5abc/Archibald-Cameron_VPI-Grad.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/53105f2e-7d0b-4252-8ca5-d88f751e5333/Archibald-Cameron-Outdoors_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713475433674-LZX4VHCGFSRZAFLUMF51/Archibald-Cameron_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d97b9883-db86-4009-8091-0010ea1c05c8/Archibald-Cameron_Joseph-Sisson.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/241276c6-f661-4a31-87e2-8bce2c0fe289/Archibald-Cameron_Headstone.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/patrick-p-castaldo monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Patrick P. Castaldo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18c8143d-6457-4598-bb4d-3327758be41d/Janet.png World War II - Patrick P. Castaldo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Patrick P. Castaldo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/61833ec4-b1e3-49bf-92f8-589f815110fc/Vic.png World War II - Patrick P. Castaldo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713479075271-TEL2A6OQD69V0STHFVOX/Patrick-Castaldo_Navy-Smile_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/88fc9216-0ed1-425a-aad8-859f01a23b85/Patrick-Castaldo_HS.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/38a420c7-284a-4d10-88af-47797a623a5c/Patrick-Castaldo_HS-Math-Club.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b35ca970-c7d8-40b9-91e4-d970f5607eb3/Patrick-Castaldo_Navy_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713479075271-TEL2A6OQD69V0STHFVOX/Patrick-Castaldo_Navy-Smile_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/df16ff0d-4fa9-43d4-9079-603f4857fb22/Patrick-Castaldo_USS-Indianapolis-Profile.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b64c7104-f29e-4e75-b11f-abdee30e8a7e/Patrick-Castaldo_USS-Indianapolis-Flyover.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2288e2a0-8520-48f2-ab13-157dbaf63afa/Patrick-Castaldo_Little-Boy-Atom-Bomb.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/69ad2ea6-f73b-427f-b971-475a055673ac/Patrick-Castaldo_MIA-Wire-Letter.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d78079b5-4ada-4b4a-a773-3b71c24aab8d/Patrick-Castaldo_KIA-Letter.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d9a45ef4-fac6-4e0e-a296-a836eadc8158/Patrick-Castaldo_Patricia-Hobie-Memorial.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f52caa7f-efcd-44e2-9372-d221ca7c0ff4/Patrick-Castaldo_Neil-Castaldo-Memorials.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/arthur-j-galvin monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1a713343-de55-49cd-a061-3a1b5c95d5b2/Steve-Glazer.jpg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a1550934-2961-4aad-8cb2-dd12efeb2008/Arthur-Galvin_51st-Armored-Yearbook.jpg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin Arthur Galvin pictured in the bottom, right corner of this clip from the 1942 51st Armored Infantry Battalion’s yearbook, from Pine Camp in upstate NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a7096381-4304-4d4a-b745-732e55905e34/Arthur-Galvin_M18-Tank.jpg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin M-18 Hellcat tank destroyer, made by Buick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ac6b06c6-ee2f-47c4-8542-142c9841b65b/Arthur-Galvin_Company-A.jpg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin The December 6th unit picture of Company A, 1st Battalion of the 53rd Armored Artillery taken before their departure to England in December of 1943. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7e34ddc8-b71b-4980-8e40-f1c4d7bfabf3/Arthur-Galvin_M4-Sherman-Tank.jpg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin The M4 Sherman Tank, built by several American companies including Ford, GM, and American Locomotive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ecd4e720-1415-4e60-83a6-3a9f18f09d38/Arthur-Galvin_1942-51st-Artillery.jpg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin The 1942 graduation photo of the 51st Artillery Battalion at the Armored Force Replacement Training Center at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Taken May 1942. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7515a3b2-273b-4e37-8f65-1ad70c4bb6f8/Arthur-Galvin_M5A1-Tank.jpg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin Stuart M5A1 light tank made by Cadillac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/6bec64c4-6df3-4518-96c9-41144a481afc/Arthur-Galvin_105MM-Howitzer.jpg World War II - Arthur J. Galvin The self-propelled 105MM Howitzer, made by American Locomotive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713479113926-SW103AHPJIWHST2O2SD7/Arthur-Galvin_Uniform_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a54e464d-8835-4ba6-8eb6-c5b3d317ebf8/Arthur-Galvin_Ice-Skates_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/65f2d91a-1e54-460b-934d-028396554a15/Arthur-Galvin_Boat_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/756d5e9c-ccc9-4be6-b178-f7efad325817/Arthur-Galvin_Father.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/da34a041-613c-40f0-b834-35c0919324ce/Arthur-Galvin_Colorized-Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713479113926-SW103AHPJIWHST2O2SD7/Arthur-Galvin_Uniform_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/98ddf1c5-ba43-4d66-ae23-6121aafdb24f/Arthur-Galvin_4th-Armored-Div.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c71436ee-4ce8-42e2-84cc-7936d0c4c99b/Arthur-Galvin_France-Map.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7d4d46a3-c0ca-489d-a409-83d4a3d8e423/Arthur-Galvin_Headstone.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/howard-e-goodman monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/93382b0f-54fd-45c0-84f1-bf6e49cb9e6a/Howard-Goodman_Murders-Row.jpg World War II - Howard E. Goodman The 3rd Fleet’s Task 38 nicknamed ‘Murderers Row” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b1e36e85-239f-4844-820b-4c3f5bfaf103/Howard-Goodman_USS-Canberra-Plaque.jpg World War II - Howard E. Goodman A plaque that hung on the wall of the USS Canberra until its decommission in 1970. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/8d4c6016-83e5-4786-82cb-d685311d3f78/Howard-Goodman_USS-Canberra-Profile.jpg World War II - Howard E. Goodman The USS Canberra as it looked on Friday the 13th, 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5781677e-1514-48eb-a222-e1b34aebe8f3/Howard-Goodman_USS-Canberra-Dock.jpg World War II - Howard E. Goodman USS Canberra on christening and launching day April 19, 1943. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f9c90793-91f9-4954-9e09-93a42211bb56/Howard-Goodman_Highlining.jpg World War II - Howard E. Goodman Naval Highlining transfers a seaman while at sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/6c30a864-8a32-4327-b5ea-91f5f5f8165d/Howard-Goodman_T-Buntai-Torpedoes.jpg World War II - Howard E. Goodman Aerial T-Buntai’ torpedoes that were dropped from aircraft during the battle of Formosa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/24ca8ac7-0244-4e90-a5df-7e1656ca0d3b/Howard-Goodman_USS-Canberra-Damage.jpg World War II - Howard E. Goodman A formerly classified photo of the damage caused by the torpedo attack on The USS Canberra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713480616544-KD6M6PJZZFFPACCF60PR/Howard-Goodman_Portrait_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2c16565b-1c0b-4e2a-92d8-aa0279a7cbc0/Howard-Goodman_HS_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713480616544-KD6M6PJZZFFPACCF60PR/Howard-Goodman_Portrait_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/e12e5fe6-79ab-486c-86bb-da58ca850f49/Howard-Goodman_Bob-Greco.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/74b0bcbb-b4b2-4ee6-83c7-e47a5c75df8d/Howard-Goodman_Headstone.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/anthony-j-hascek monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Anthony J. 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Hinkle The 114th infantry regiment armpatch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/001cd26a-1a7e-451a-ba17-fca1d3d1f500/William-Hinkle_Gen-JR-Brooks-Ship.jpg World War II - William E. Hinkle The General J.R. Brooks, the transport ship that carried the 114th regiment of the 44th Infantry Division to Cherbourgh France from Boston Port on September 5th, 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/09c60575-323c-45d0-85f4-43e6614bcd30/William-Hinkle_Maginot-Crossection.jpg World War II - William E. Hinkle A diagram of the underside of a typical fortress that supported the big gun turrets of the Maginot Line. Underground railroads transported troops and ammunition throughout the 450-mile string of defensive structures built by the French to protect their northern border from Germany and Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/928c6d31-72f3-4c04-a71d-73722be4366f/William-Hinkle_Nat-Guard-Poster.jpg World War II - William E. Hinkle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7902540c-e8be-49fa-80e1-36f97e08eb9a/William-Hinkle_44th-Infantry.jpg World War II - William E. Hinkle A simple map of the mission that the 114th regiment, 44th infantry was to carry out. Note the cathedral at Strasbourg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1742669659654-SLJYWZVYX14OE3TAT9TG/William-Hinkle.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/cd8f2e06-77b6-4bf5-8a95-38c9331f596b/William-Hinkle_Older-Brother.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f1ab5aee-786f-4b6d-b0b6-4baf642c3926/William-Hinkle_44th-Infantry-Patch.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/eb2d0f09-2ad8-4860-8d96-8b0e9926886a/William-Hinkle_Foxholes.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/59f58ed6-0487-4343-8af4-93430ca0a6ec/William-Hinkle_Book-Listing.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/951009b5-ddc0-4eca-96f3-e834a37e97f3/William-Hinkle_Headstone.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/keith-jeffries monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Keith Jeffries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Keith Jeffries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1ab0bbad-acd6-4faa-9dfa-020bace37989/Keith-Jeffries_USS-Arizona-Sunk.jpg World War II - Keith Jeffries The USS Arizona, following two days of fire caused by the Pearl Harbor attack. The structures above the waterline were eventually removed and either scrapped or reused. The explosion was so strong that it somehow extinguished the fires of the neighboring ships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bdfab83e-cd98-45ab-9199-80d5d1e13e95/Keith-Jeffries_USS-Arizona-Diagram.jpg World War II - Keith Jeffries Diagram of the USS Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/98c2f9da-96a3-4cee-bb63-3d2fa17721ab/Keith-Jeffries_USS-Arizona-Memorial.jpg World War II - Keith Jeffries The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The bridge straddles, but does not touch the sunken hull, which rests 40 feet below the water surface. It is the final resting place of 1177 U.S. heroes. Each year, 1.8 million visitors pay respect, most in complete silence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1732119168474-EPK31BIZR6T002FW13H9/Keith-Jeffries_Sailor.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/737bdd8f-7c57-4004-a760-75fc0647d192/Keith-Jeffries_Basketball_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bd9d42e2-a814-4846-a533-d4b54c338365/Keith-Jeffries_HS-Basketball.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/6a0d4455-685b-4067-b0ca-6cb3955a4e65/Keith-Jeffries_Pearl-Harbor-Monument-Name.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ea09d336-c4d8-422c-b7ea-adf4229ef12d/Keith-Jeffries_Headstone-PA.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1732119168474-EPK31BIZR6T002FW13H9/Keith-Jeffries_Sailor.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4424d840-ba6c-4061-aa03-4f36eb3d0453/Keith-Jeffries_Coxswain-Patch.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5515bb42-6650-4439-ae4a-a0f0dd14d17a/Keith-Jeffries_USS-Arizona-Guns.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/27b8f858-1503-45aa-9089-6b005b18f7f3/Keith-Jeffries_USS-Arizona-Profile.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7874e653-d0e5-4b87-a978-e616f6933f87/Keith-Jeffries_USS-Arizona-Gun-Locations.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b0f80008-fe5a-4ae1-a3ed-6ace5e8a916c/Keith-Jeffries_Street-Marker.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/steven-a-mager monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9ae9a6b5-4e62-46df-a067-7cacf3acaa29/Steven-Mager_Sgt-Bachman-80th_Restored.jpg World War II - Steven A. Mager My grandfather SGT Herman Bachmann was also a member of the 80th Infantry Division. He and PVT Steven Mager were both privates in their 30’s with a child at home, on the same mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ab0a02c9-5ef0-4b55-ac28-88dc67f87cda/Steven-Mager_Sgt-Bachman-80th-Emerson-Hotel_Restored.jpg World War II - Steven A. Mager My grandfather SGT Herman Bachmann at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore, MD on August 17, 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d1fdac02-f042-40bb-9cb4-188827c863fb/Steven-Mager_Trench-Foot-Poster.jpg World War II - Steven A. Mager Trench foot, or immersed foot syndrome, is a serious condition resulting from prolonged exposure of the feet to cold, damp, and often unsanitary conditions. Untreated, amputation of the affected foot was sometimes necessary. With no appropriate waterproof boots or galoshes, over 3,000 cases of trench foot were reported in the 80th Infantry Division alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f6eeb0a9-9a34-41d8-8811-21b4160e6c1b/Steven-Mager_80th-Home-Family-Map.jpg World War II - Steven A. Mager After the war was over, this map was issued to every member of the 80th Infantry Division or their surviving families. It is clearly labelled “for home” and illustrates the scale of what the Allied forces accomplished in Europe. My grandfather left his copy to me and we also found one in Mager family archives. The red arrows show the path of the 3 regiments from the August, 1944 landings to the war’s end in 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7f223067-acd5-4e39-8c6c-18bc0735340d/Steven-Mager_Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ec23a797-a87b-4cf0-ad82-fc9bc30cb6f4/Steven-Mager_High-School.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bb698efb-8341-4fcc-8759-64075a224ec9/Steven-Mager_Yearbook-Profile.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d0bb94a9-2099-41d9-8d06-09592cb4c0f3/Steven-Mager_Fishing_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2f253dd7-4731-47e0-943b-9289be4753f0/Steven-Mager_Wedding_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c4ecb70a-ce88-4ec1-b4ae-131f82c452d2/Steven-Mager_Maginot-Line-Map.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/0e950cb0-6f1e-4035-99be-85d27d99dad3/Steven-Mager_Pontoon-Bridge.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/aedab966-6016-47ae-82cf-0d96645f350c/Steven-Mager_Maginot-Line-Gun-Turret.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4a674a7c-c92e-4218-b199-00a0fffa4a5e/Steven-Mager_Maginot-Line-1944.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/371c7db0-9e27-41ca-ae15-0076e74fafa3/Steven-Mager_Obit.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/27117af7-83be-4c01-acdf-14d90aa8f473/Steven-Mager_Headstone.png https://cranford86.org/ww2/eugene-g-mcgarry monthly 0.5 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Eugene G. McGarry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1a713343-de55-49cd-a061-3a1b5c95d5b2/Steve-Glazer.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f68d953f-5d53-4f9a-a843-1ef9070a75c5/Eugene-McGarry_UNC-360.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry Training at UNC at Chapel Hill. Preparation for pilots to feel comfortable at 360 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5890e6fa-0c33-4325-a666-27dd3df85aed/Eugene-McGarry_UNC-Tug-of-War.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry Cadets training with a game of tug-of-war at UNC at Chapel Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d8f3a96d-f98d-47e9-a881-55988176d528/Eugene-McGarry_UNC-Plane.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry Pre-flight training at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/8388b83c-cba1-4b09-a5cd-12a2f59e20b6/Eugene-McGarry_UNC-Building.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry UNC at Chapel Hill put cadets through a 3 month program that would qualify men for primary flight school. Several top American Universities were used in this manner. The all-in mentality of our nation joined industry, education and personal sacrifice for the common goal of victory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/49447647-24d7-4f34-8608-1d425d59c532/Eugene-McGarry_UNC-Amphibious.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry Cadets at UNC at Chapel Hill doing simulation of amphibious activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/44e1f4a3-ced8-4a1b-bef3-7fc65f9256bc/Eugene-McGarry_Golden-Wings.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry The Naval golden wings proudly worn by Eugene McGarry after 2 long years of grueling training . He never wore them in battle, dying in a training exercise off Hawaii weeks before he likely would have entered combat in the South Pacific. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/35d6dc1d-2c49-475f-80ab-57f04e7c2b02/Eugene-McGarry_F6F-5N.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry The overpowered 2000 HP 18 cylinder Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat, the most advanced air to air fighter of its time in 1943-1945. With bullet resistant windshields and self-sealing fuel tank, it was designed to take a hit and still return home. Note the radar antenna mounted on the right wing. Many were armed with six 1/2” machine guns and twin 20 mm cannons. With a record breaking kill ratio of 19:1 it proved to be the most successful fighter aircraft in naval history. 12,275 were manufactured in total, incredibly 11,000 in a 2 year period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5d09d3c2-3b7e-4ef5-9a16-d27e3ae3af82/Eugene-McGarry_Mitsibishi-Zero.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry The Mitsubishi "Zero" aircraft often challenged by US Navy Hellcat pilots . Formerly the king of battle over the South Pacific. With the “Zeke” being faster, more maneuverable and able to climb higher than any allied aircraft at the beginning of the war, it became the motivation of Grumman Aviation Engineering in their designing of the Hellcat F6F. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b43eb894-a8d6-4631-abc2-62d89929bca7/Eugene-McGarry_Hellcat-F6F-Tucked.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry An F6F Hellcat being tucked below deck on an aircraft carrier by elevator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7f7a1261-e425-4337-b055-a82d96a70d02/Eugene-McGarry_Corsair-4FU.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry While training in Atlantic City , Gene McGarry was known to make periodic strafe passes over his Cranford home at 408 Manor Ave. He would sometimes wave his wings as he passed from his exceptionally loud Corsair 4FU fighter. The visits ended when neighbors complained to Cranford Police. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f32ca912-a17d-4d9e-813a-8974d5db6f76/Eugene-McGarry_Hellcat-Cockpit.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry A snapshot of what the Hellcat pilots saw surrounding them in the cockpit of the . Note the size of the radar screen. Inset on right, the image on the screen a pilot would actually see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7099c6d1-05bf-4c8b-9f96-2168898e6783/Eugene-McGarry_USS-Bennington.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry The USS Bennington as it looked in 1945. Inset is how it looked from an approaching aircraft. It gives a perspective of how small a target the pilots had., they only could land on the front half of the carrier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/995edc44-aeae-4199-9223-7ef8c5fd9121/Eugene-McGarry_St-Peters-Asylum.jpg World War II - Eugene G. McGarry The USS Bennington as it looked in 1945. Inset is how it looked from an approaching aircraft. It gives a perspective of how small a target the pilots had., they only could land on the front half of the carrier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713537992799-B336T86Q7UO46M5V3OPN/Eugene-McGarry_Military-Portrait_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/683cfb2a-250f-4a77-94ca-98592b40e7c4/Eugene-McGarry_HS-Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d75dc12c-2329-4e21-8db0-ab34903de01c/Eugene-McGarry_HS-Quote.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/37065ee1-f2cb-4e58-aaf9-5e96a1d28f75/Eugene-McGarry_In-Training_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/6dce2cb5-4550-4729-a25c-dc25edd4ef9b/Eugene-McGarry_Piloting.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/08aee1e6-8425-48bb-b302-7088b25ffc4b/Eugene-McGarry_Arm-Patch.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1081f293-f9a1-488f-a59b-3f65a3f777d5/Eugene-McGarry_Flight-Suit_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a1b43f2a-9472-4dd1-a1ec-38486c6be368/Eugene-McGarry_Honolulu-Memorial.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/roger-s-norton-jr monthly 0.5 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18b62b7f-c5a6-4280-a80f-4a0460f7e974/No-Photo.png World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/67fe5a14-d821-4c84-bb7d-b46794ac35b3/Roger-Norton_Memorial-Service-1941.jpg World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. A photograph of a memorial service in 1941 for a crew from Roger Norton’s Patrol Squadron which went missing and were never found. It’s an amazing research find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9bd21624-f166-4e0c-bb8c-e2149254933c/Roger-Norton_PBY5-Flying.jpg World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. A design drawing of a PBY-5, like one flown by Ens. Roger S. Norton Jr. while serving with VP-52 in 1941. Note the front and side gun turrets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7dd296fe-a6ee-48fd-9ea9-a39677401a19/Roger-Norton_PBY5-Landing.jpg World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. The wing of the PBY-5's ends turned down to act as floats for take-off and landing stability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/94a06310-a32c-4566-9aef-f241a08458a9/Roger-Norton_Sword.jpg World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. In a letter found at The Cranford Historical Society, Roger Norton’s father detailed the life of his son through to his death at Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. One note that he made was that he donated his son’s naval officer’s sword to the society. We found it wrapped carefully in their archives at The Hanson House on Centennial Ave. See the photo of the handle for more detail and information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2fa9e426-89b1-4b94-ab48-7736849acf95/Roger-Norton_Sword-Handle.jpg World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. The sword (mentioned before) had incredible detail especially in the handle which seems to be made of coral with dolphins and eagles embossed on several places on the sword and scabbard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5fd7def3-692f-48e7-99b7-294c5e18cbca/Roger-Norton_Bismarck.jpg World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. The Bismarck, Hitler’s attempt to dominate the sea and the British Navy. It was the largest and most powerful sea-based force on earth, 50,000 tons ,25% larger than the international treaty allowed. One sixth of a mile long, 120 feet wide it could move at nearly 40 miles an hour. With 13-inch steel armor and eight 15-inch guns able to hurl a 2000 pound shell accurately over 20 miles. It was the fastest, largest most powerful ship of its time. No ship ever built, even to today, was larger and more powerful than the Bismarck. It was considered unsinkable. It was found in The North Atlantic by an American PBY pilot, one of Roger Norton Jr.’s comrades, and sunk by the British Navy one week into its maiden voyage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/38f9dabf-fdf4-44d1-bb26-4471928f3a22/Roger-Norton_VP-72-Patch.jpg World War II - Roger S. Norton, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713555445206-ZO6QQ6PG4J4T5CO1NXK2/Roger-Norton_Military-Portrait_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b47bd74b-d1e7-425c-919c-d5f2a62b0aff/Roger-Norton_Child-Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/21981f38-4071-40bc-b6a3-599bf6e91ff4/Roger-Norton_HS-Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2d0541b4-fde0-4b32-9028-55833a34ed43/Roger-Norton_HS-Quotes.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4ea34db1-6dda-4c79-873c-85fdabebc13b/Roger-Norton_HS-Hockey.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/551e40cf-1a9a-4c36-9848-21878ced1229/Roger-Norton_HS-Tennis.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2ea8385f-51c0-4191-b38b-8fdc087f88e8/Roger-Norton_Yearbook-Staff.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/29dcbe76-6b8b-4879-902f-b6746ecf02d4/Roger-Norton_Newspaper-Portrait_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bf1eb445-76fb-43c1-8299-3662ed04285b/Roger-Norton_PBY-Catalina.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5d122a76-0f83-40c2-92d5-37e0d2d1a62e/Roger-Norton_Street-Marker.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fc4ab99e-a101-4d6c-a3fd-241565ee1176/Roger-Norton_Memorial.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/alan-m-okell monthly 0.5 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Alan M. Okell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Alan M. Okell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1a713343-de55-49cd-a061-3a1b5c95d5b2/Steve-Glazer.jpg World War II - Alan M. Okell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7288f384-d36c-466b-88f9-e69f12851c6b/jim-darcy.jpeg World War II - Alan M. Okell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/176597be-7704-4a02-b1df-e9577b9194f6/Alan-Okell_HS-Norton.jpg World War II - Alan M. Okell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/596c1a7e-e220-49f9-8b41-53d2e466f342/Alan-Okell_Family-Portrait.jpg World War II - Alan M. Okell The Okell Family at home in Cranford, his mom Beatrice, Father Stanley, his sisters Jean and Kathleen His grandmother and Alan’s wife Peggy who just passed away this January 3rd, at the age of 96. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c7255387-4db2-497d-b46c-82c839e1543e/Alan-Okell_B26-Cockpit.jpg World War II - Alan M. Okell The front view of the B-26, note the bombardier under the cockpit with full view of the terrain below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/01611197-41c5-400a-9cfb-08f56ad01030/Alan-Okell_314-Bomber-Patch.jpg World War II - Alan M. Okell Alan Okell as a member of the 314th Bomber squadron would have worn this arm patch, interestingly designed by Walt Disney himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/8ce5f6e6-974f-477e-a9d7-27cdbb0e66e0/Alan-Okell_B26-Flight.jpg World War II - Alan M. Okell The Martin B-26 Marauder in flight. Note the Glass nose for the enhanced view of the bombardier and the dorsal location of the machine gun turret for rear protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/8c0296ee-7d49-44ad-ba42-22e06ff68cca/Alan-Okell_Headstone.jpg World War II - Alan M. Okell Alan Okell's headstone at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, NJ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/94ad2d6e-a304-4662-b097-5301945b36ce/Alan-Okell_Street-Marker.jpg World War II - Alan M. Okell Alan Okell Place dedicated to the memory of an American and hometown hero. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713560918594-Q5R7WNBVQQMEWB5WWUK9/Alan-Okell_Salute_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/87394132-0223-472a-b4c7-af3b4263a640/Alan-Okell_Kid_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f3d01a1e-fdf8-49e5-b344-6830df9e1a63/Alan-Okell_Beach_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/11252bde-540b-4839-9978-56359b644590/Alan-Okell_Wedding_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/522a88e0-8733-4c02-bf39-5a131b21dc62/Alan-Okell_Peggy_Tampa_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/99ed0ff4-1f72-443a-a61b-fcb51eb85aaf/Alan-Okell_Peggy-Young_Retouched.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/benjamin-e-priddy monthly 0.5 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Benjamin E. Priddy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Benjamin E. Priddy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/61833ec4-b1e3-49bf-92f8-589f815110fc/Vic.png World War II - Benjamin E. Priddy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18c8143d-6457-4598-bb4d-3327758be41d/Janet.png World War II - Benjamin E. Priddy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/11becd4e-1e7c-400c-b7eb-f5a0a5f11c12/Benjamin-Priddy_HMT-Rohna-Movie-Poster.jpg World War II - Benjamin E. Priddy The movie poster for the HMT Rohna documentary being created by NJ filmmaker Jack Bollo. Click the photo to learn more about film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/33fd4668-7593-43df-80dc-1dd8cdfd11c0/Benjamin-Priddy_HS293-Missle.jpg World War II - Benjamin E. Priddy Hitler’s secret weapon, the Hs 293 glide missile, a remote-controlled flying 650-pound bomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713565415107-YG68P0OIWLFA8PVABAR4/Benjamin-Priddy_Reentering-Army_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2240398b-7765-41f2-86f6-575735271d2e/Benjamin-Priddy_Oil-Portrait-1917.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/86526d5a-4352-4b0a-9001-2914ffdee173/Benjamin-Priddy_Wedding.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7e90b98e-0840-4059-b967-ccc1b21844d1/Benjamin-Priddy_Millie-Painting.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/eee89511-8e9b-42d1-a44c-481a0dda5b8e/Benjamin-Priddy_Format-1924.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/148cc8b7-3ace-476f-aec4-e75638a55045/Benjamin-Priddy_Kids-1934.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/913f35ea-6666-47df-b2bb-ee177a86414c/Benjamin-Priddy_FL-Beach-Kids.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/0532b4ff-8a6c-4169-9254-34d7973b8c85/Benjamin-Priddy_Lawrence-Salute.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/27d6934a-c555-4b54-9c1e-ae70b96a9c1e/Benjamin-Priddy_Sitting-Chair.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/71c39292-fec6-4418-b597-6cc4f68813ff/Benjamin-Priddy_Family-Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713565415107-YG68P0OIWLFA8PVABAR4/Benjamin-Priddy_Reentering-Army_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fe717f5d-b198-4dd5-9115-c423f9dff1c6/Benjamin-Priddy_Camp-Claiborne_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ac1dd07f-0e69-43dc-8fa7-01c00d6ad6a1/Benjamin-Priddy_HMT-Rohna.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fd765483-1e03-404e-a10e-63365f026865/Benjamin-Priddy_HMT-Rohna-Course-Map.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/09a84939-fb51-4041-874d-b6e1520180fe/Benjamin-Priddy_Purple-Heart-Letter.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/james-d-roberts monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - James D. 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Roberts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713567633500-S128XUGD3XW8S8B913TY/James-Robert_Sailor_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7dadaf68-c62e-4fa8-bc8b-2080320e8fdb/James-Roberts_HS-Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c22c6301-80d4-4145-84b7-d42bfdad0cf3/James-Roberts_Portrait-Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713567633500-S128XUGD3XW8S8B913TY/James-Robert_Sailor_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2350ec4a-5928-43a4-964e-2defba9c053b/James-Roberts_Headstone.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c717887c-1b0d-4a09-82a4-c9cde9b9d99e/James-Roberts_Bob-Greco-Headstone.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/steve-rosich monthly 0.5 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d3155460-86fb-4db3-aa2b-c9709879a1b8/Steve-Rosich_Utah-Beach-Memorial.jpg World War II - Steve Rosich In 2008, at the dedication of the U.S. Navy Monument at Utah Beach, Bruno Cadeville and his family adopted the grave of Cranford’s Steve Rosich. Since then, they visit the cemetery several times per year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7cafc224-4261-463e-94eb-e7e57136fc98/Steve-Rosich_Build-Your-Navy.jpg World War II - Steve Rosich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/44aeb10c-70dd-486c-9db0-8a4052856984/Steve-Rosich_Uncle-Willy-Memoria-Day-2020.jpg World War II - Steve Rosich Willie Cymbaluk, currently 93 years old, is shown in a photo from Memorial Day 2020, when he brought the Gold Star flags of Steve Rosich and Anton Hascek back to the neighborhood in which these men grew up. Steve and Anton were both good friends of all the Cymbaluk brothers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/074416ee-695e-4a5c-8901-246f9702d644/Steve-Rosich_Trinidad-Dollar-Back.jpg World War II - Steve Rosich Here's the back of the aforementioned bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/32956598-19d1-466d-92fa-531617f912d9/Steve-Rosich_Trinidad-Dollar-Front.jpg World War II - Steve Rosich Carried for many years in the wallet of Myron Cymbaluk (also a WWII veteran), this bill was given to Myron by his friend “Spike” Rosich. It is a souvenir of Spike’s first tour of duty with the Seabees in Trinidad. Note the writing in the margin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/080c43cb-644e-424c-978d-bdda206ce95d/Steve-Rosich_Cadeville-Kids-Headstone.jpg World War II - Steve Rosich The Cadeville children have been taught about the sacrifices made by others so that we all could live in freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/6c3e738a-86a2-4c89-a614-517e397acd0b/Steve-Rosich_Cadeville-Kids-Headstone-Theo-Bruno.jpg World War II - Steve Rosich It is heartwarming to witness the gratitude displayed by the Cadeville family, who has adopted the grave of Steve Rosich at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Pictured is Bruno Cadeville and his son Theo at Steve’s grave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bfbd7a97-7cb5-4ad2-82cd-6edb92212de4/Steve-Rosich_FDR-Letter.jpg World War II - Steve Rosich Acknowledgement of Steve’s sacrifice by President Roosevelt, courtesy of Walter Schmidt. 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Sjursen Aerial view of Japanese trenches with a zig-zag pattern, Pacific Campaign, Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/dd4951d2-b1b7-4de6-a012-f17cb8f84c35/Paul-Sjursen_Eniwetok-Yacht-Club.jpg World War II - Paul W. Sjursen Quonset hut on Eniwetok Island, note sign “Eniwetok Yacht club”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4a8c0d99-4319-4650-be0d-e642ca01cd63/Paul-Sjursen_Eniwetok-Captured.jpg World War II - Paul W. Sjursen U.S. Marines and Coast Guardsmen proudly display a Japanese flag on Engebi Island, February 19, 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d0ba7a83-e9fa-4b1c-a1a6-13a3031a859d/Paul-Sjursen_Eniwetok-Battlefield.jpg World War II - Paul W. Sjursen The morning of February 23rd on Parry Island, when machine gun squad leader Corporal Paul Sjursen was killed in action. 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Nostrand Bruce Nostrand while in elementary school in Roselle Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/cf8072a2-9f3a-40d7-b5bc-c51f57213a02/Bruce-Nostrand_1941_Army-Quarters.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand 1941 photo of twenty-one-year-old Bruce Nostrand posing in front of a tent at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, as a member of the 102nd Cavalry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3c1ebf65-037d-4f22-b273-f3157be6c3fe/Bruce-Nostrand_In-CA.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand As an Air Cadet, Bruce Nostrand in 1943. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2489f7f5-8ebb-4aa3-87f5-f1018e08ff69/Bruce-Nostrand-Final-Flight.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand Bruce Nostrand’s final mission from Luzon to Formosa is an approximate round trip of 3 hours. He performed a perfect “ditch” just off the coast of Cape Bojeador. His aircraft was struck by ground fire while over Formosa, causing a loss in oil pressure. He and his gunner were never recovered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/eadfcc10-d4f3-4185-98e0-c1935bf74c88/Bruce-Nostrand_1943-10_Army-Portrait.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand Twenty-four-year-old 2nd LT Bruce Ellwood Nostrand in July of 1943, proudly wearing his officer’s uniform and silver wings, after completing his advanced flight training in Yuma, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/e9513e3c-82a7-4ace-830c-3f0e6c74731f/Bruce-Nostrand_Teen_Jersey-Shore.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand A family album photo simply labeled "Teenage Bruce at the Jersey shore" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2d48d93a-215f-4449-a259-48e66c959438/Bruce-Nostrand_1941_Cavalry-Reserve-Camp.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand Still practicing mounted battle tactics in the 102nd Cavalry, Bruce Nostrand approaches his equine partner, preparing to start a training exercise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/01aa4bc6-02b8-47b7-abe0-cf3affa3ca87/Bruce-Nostrand_Cadet_Yuma-Airfield_3rd-Left.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand In a great find by our researchers, we see Air Cadet Bruce Nostrand, third from left, posing on the wing of a training aircraft at flight school in Yuma, Arizona. Class 43-G, Squadron 14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18ec0f19-06d0-443d-9d5c-cd6983ba183c/Bruce-Nostrand_Douglas-A-20G-Cockpit.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand The Douglas A-20 was controlled by one pilot with armaments and aviation control at the pilot’s fingertips. A turret gunner flew in the A-20 as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7854faff-0736-4b72-a4e8-2215604d5140/Bruce-Nostrand_Newspaper.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand Bruce Nostrand as he was pictured in a New Jersey newspaper, reporting the ditching of his A-20 Havoc off Luzon in the Philippines in March of 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4ae46277-3ef3-4e48-b961-500f545646af/Bruce-Nostrand_1936_Roselle-Park-Yearbook.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand Bruce's Roselle Park High School senior portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1bf29ca1-c508-4b00-9b53-7f9fbbbb1869/Bruce-Nostrand_Dorothy-on-Fence_2.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand Bruce Nostrand and Dorothy Hodges enjoy each other’s company. After a short engagement they would marry and be separated by his deployment after just 4 months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4ca8194e-af0e-48a4-8d95-422ed61e68bd/Douglas_A-20G_Havoc_USAF.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand A-20G Havoc displayed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7807d5d0-74f5-4da3-921c-e21098eadb63/Bruces+Blood+Chit.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand The Nostrand family provided us with a picture of the “Blood Chit” that belonged to Bruce and was returned to them by the U.S. Army. A blood chit is silk cloth that was carried by American airmen promising a reward to locals who helped rescue them if shot down behind enemy lines. The multi-language message identifies the airman as friendly and requested aid for food, shelter and safe return. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b7b03d9b-e83b-49cd-b101-2f677f6fd919/Bruce-Nostrand_Dorothy-on-Fence.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9e431fed-7c8b-4a68-bc08-062539e9b14c/Bruces+Air+Medal.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand This is the Air Medal that was awarded to 2nd LT Bruce Nostrand for his heroic actions during his nineteenth mission, in the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines. He would successfully complete 30 missions in total before losing his life in the South China Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/e5ac0e0b-225b-43c2-afb1-a0319906e2a9/Bruce-Nostrand+Yearbook+Blurb.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand The only description we found of our hero’s demeanor. Modest around the ladies and we assume that “noisy” means quiet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ba9e0f4f-b482-422b-91ec-efe815c0fa16/Bruce-Nostrand_Track-Team.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand Roselle Park High School yearbook photo of Bruce, who was on the track team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/e5fcb9a7-ed40-44af-b2c6-d25263679046/Bruce-Nostrand_Cranford-Sweater.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand Sporting a Cranford sweater, Bruce Nostrand shows some spirit for his new town. Starting out in Kenilworth with elementary school, then Roselle Park for High School, He lived in Cranford with his younger cousins, possibly his Cougar attire is in support of his young cousin’s sporting involvement. We all know how that works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9cff10e4-1fb4-422c-a503-a455cbb1a029/Bruce-Nostrand_Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f4d47e37-c4f2-4751-a594-ae5b45a3ec68/Bruce-Nostrand_Book_Wreaking-Havoc.jpg World War II - Bruce E. Nostrand https://cranford86.org/ww2/charles-g-albury-jr monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/0c469bfe-58a3-4ae3-95cb-953275c078cc/Charles-Albury_Glider_Operation-Plunder.png World War II - Charles G. Albury, Jr. Gliders and C-47 transports prepare for Operation Plunder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3e03ee2b-4d2d-4542-b883-476847f7ef53/Charles-Albury_Portrait-Uniform.jpg World War II - Charles G. Albury, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/4369f07f-4ae6-4d0a-b730-d2194f4bdf75/Charles-Albury_Glider-with-75mm.png World War II - Charles G. Albury, Jr. A glider equipped with a 75mm howitzer spiral cannon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/98e17053-21e2-46e1-ae7a-8a3f09746434/Charles-Albury_Home-Uniform.jpg World War II - Charles G. Albury, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f2218b96-a056-4fed-9b7d-2756b8d33d5a/Charles-Albury_Waco-CG4A-Glider-with-Jeep.png World War II - Charles G. Albury, Jr. Waco CG-4A with Jeep on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3bd1ca8f-9353-494d-bd3a-11e7c8e68ad3/Charles-Albury_Waco-CG4A-Glider.png World War II - Charles G. Albury, Jr. Waco CG-4A Glider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3e03ee2b-4d2d-4542-b883-476847f7ef53/Charles-Albury_Portrait-Uniform.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/james-g-lascelles monthly 0.5 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/857b7d14-1dfb-41a7-a531-8c5b9ef18fff/James-Lascelles_Walls-of-Missing-Manila.jpg World War II - James G. Lascelles Cranford’s hero James G. Lascelles’ name is engraved on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. A rosette was placed on the wall in 2006 to signify that his remains have been recovered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d084af2f-3937-491f-a317-393cfca5adc8/James-Lascelles_Arlington-Grave.jpg World War II - James G. Lascelles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/06e345a7-abb2-4b3a-9181-3b8a4dbb55fd/James-Lascelles_Army-Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/06e345a7-abb2-4b3a-9181-3b8a4dbb55fd/James-Lascelles_Army-Portrait.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b668cb41-6857-4940-90dd-a2457fc1c407/James-Lascelles_Diagrams_Final-Flight-Path.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9d2d2f71-a78d-4f98-adc4-94db4707a237/James-Lascelles_2004_42-40972-Crash-Site.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/063629da-ca2b-419c-9525-9a4873b2feb1/James-Lascelles_Willow-Run-Complex.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1811b292-e2b1-4b34-a273-a203f9df4e45/James-Lascelles_Harlingen-Airbase_BB-Gun-Training.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fd53a05e-c59c-480a-9b16-c7219931d780/James-Lascelles_Harlingen-Airbase_Skill-Training-Hours.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/845d330d-e9ad-4fdc-8247-174806a28031/James-Lascelles_1943-09-17_Group-Langley-Field.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7d9e8903-815a-4fb4-87f5-c43a851b1785/James-Lascelles_B-24.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2d359127-9761-4805-b285-62cb7c2936ab/James-Lascelles_B-24-B-17.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2b59e2f3-1374-437f-b041-4948f4cb7b39/James-Lascelles_63rd-Bomb-Squad-Patch.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ae64f50b-b81f-4546-92f2-df6bd6bcfc3e/James-Lascelles_Kneeling-Edward-Steers.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/776c4d24-2e24-435a-a38c-981a36912bdd/James-Lascelles_2006-07-19_Arlington-Burial.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww2/augustine-v-dalessandris monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/61833ec4-b1e3-49bf-92f8-589f815110fc/Vic.png World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18c8143d-6457-4598-bb4d-3327758be41d/Janet.png World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2eb7b7f6-4e0b-426a-8f91-4c66acd67fcf/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-7.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris The D’Alessandris home on at 10 Meeker Avenue as it looks today. In 1944, on the side of the house was a regulation bocce court. Interestingly, one side of the court was inside the garage, allowing play to commence even in inclement weather. The backyard was a relatively large family farm that was on property not actually owned by the family. Today the backyard is the Cranford Senior Housing on Lincoln Ave. A large variety of produce was grown there which included rows of grapevines on trellises. Much of the produce was canned for year-round consumption. The grapes were harvested and converted into homemade wine that was known to be stronger than the average store-bought vintages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3bf56467-cd0b-48a7-a7ba-2b5ddc0c1e39/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-14.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris The 1940 Cranford HS yearbook football team photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ba6c34ea-6743-4081-a2be-1e9489ed9eef/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-15.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris Newly assembled Wildcat FM-1 aircraft sit on the tarmac at the airfield that would become Linden Airport. In the background is the newly erected hangar with control tower which sat on Route 1 across the highway from General Motors. Augie worked at GM during its conversion from cars to airplanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/400b16e5-eaeb-4038-8fa4-b263a2e16b21/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-16.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris Assembly lines at Linden’s Eastern Aircraft, formerly General Motors, formerly General Motors. 35,000 Wildcats and Avengers were assembled in Linden and Trenton by 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1477b7dc-7c3a-44c1-bb54-602e25c5fbc7/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-10.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris As the premier pitcher and strongest bat in the line-up, Augie D’Alessandris was the jack-of-all-trades on the Cranford Va rsity baseball team for three years. Elected team captain in his Junior year, his leadership skills served him well in the Army, making Sergeant in only 3 months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c8c9848e-4ffd-42fb-881f-59a84a6c30d2/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-9.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris A local newspaper article of the day highlighting the contributions of the D’Alessandris family during World War 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c5e267c8-c8fd-4df3-9fc4-f886bf98d77d/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-12.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris On July 8th, 1948 Augie’s remains were returned to Beverly National cemetary in New Jersey. He was buried there with full military honors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a85dadd7-53de-4d23-8e29-712179026703/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-2.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/928e4cec-ea62-43b8-a5fa-b00439daabdb/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-8.jpg World War II - Augustine V. D’Alessandris The 60th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Infantry, D’Alessandris’ unit, travelled across the Cotentin Peninsula to cut off German supply lines and stop any possible retreat. The arrows, although not exactly accurate, show the unit’s path taken from Utah beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/03a7af77-daa5-459b-b906-a30fc43957a2/Augustine-DAlessandris_Full-Portrait_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/e7427194-dd2f-43b9-a7d9-b7df05dcbbd6/Augustine-DAlessandris_HS_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d8ffcd05-87e0-4346-99ae-7f212f435091/Augustine-DAlessandris_Football_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/da0d3440-7404-471d-bf14-856478b9a5d1/Augustine-DAlessandris_Baseball_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c55f9e2d-f0ee-4cf2-aa81-2aa21bd8e12d/Augustine-DAlessandris_Army-Portrait_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/61b575d4-f026-491f-bccc-1dc39b3d8457/Augustine-DAlessandris_Parents_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/661011a1-5409-46c6-91a6-973b08bff16f/Augustine-DAlessandris_Training_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/36e4b614-c52f-4fae-b1b6-bbe718ced083/Augustine-V.-D%E2%80%99Alessandris-17-450x356.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/63485598-432e-42ff-bc7b-6017a8186b99/Augustine-DAlessandris_Purple-Heart.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/daa32aef-d33d-4341-85b6-bfa131b8e56e/Augustine-DAlessandris_Headstone.jpg https://cranford86.org/vietnam-war daily 0.75 2025-10-22 https://cranford86.org/vietnam-war/marcus-p-anderson monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/51c15278-1f46-4eb8-8ed9-ee9c5b7a8140/Marcus-Anderson_Choir.jpg Vietnam War - Marcus P. Anderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/de59ea86-e483-4f05-8745-ae28def3333e/Marcus-Anderson_Vietnam_LARC-File.jpeg Vietnam War - Marcus P. Anderson An army LARC with a crane onboard. Marc’s official Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) was as a shovel crane operator, but we could imagine that the LARC was used in their amphibious projects. Each wheel of the LARC had its own diesel engine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/64493fd3-fdd3-4518-9e2a-e928938fca57/Marcus-Anderson_Vietnam_Minesweep-File.jpeg Vietnam War - Marcus P. Anderson Electric minesweepers were used by every engineering company. Because of the electronic nature of the device, it was adversely affected by moisture during the intense rainy seasons. A supply chain issue prevented the timely deliveries of parts to repair the damaged devices, most likely resulting in casualties that could have been prevented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/45348ad6-d9a6-47bf-a795-3e3f73a20d88/Marcus-Anderson_Vietnam_Rome-Plow.jpeg Vietnam War - Marcus P. Anderson The Rome plow, the Army Engineers marvel, introduced in 1967. With its razor sharp blade, a team of 30 could clear 200 acres of dense jungle in a day. A landing zone or air strip could be created in days where before it would take weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/38dbb9ef-a90b-4132-a0ed-9b1f686cbef8/Marcus-Anderson_Spearfishing.jpg Vietnam War - Marcus P. Anderson Marcus spearfishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d5da4382-1c80-40f7-a22b-67cf76970143/Marcus-Anderson_Newspaper_1960s+V2.jpg Vietnam War - Marcus P. Anderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bbac232f-b4e7-45dd-8b0c-9c3e1f14253b/Marcus-Anderson_Vietnam_Hooch.jpg Vietnam War - Marcus P. Anderson Outside his Hooch, Marc poses with an un-known woman. 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Elichko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/61833ec4-b1e3-49bf-92f8-589f815110fc/Vic.png Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/18c8143d-6457-4598-bb4d-3327758be41d/Janet.png Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c14e15c2-e91c-4941-b29a-be58739ffdaa/Dean-Elichko_Robbins-Allison-Moving.jpg Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko Robbins & Allison Moving and Storage at 215 South Avenue East, the site of today’s Spencer Savings Bank. It was an Allied Van Lines franchise in the 60’s. It was here that Dean, Lou, Nick, and Guy worked together in 1962. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c906b31b-8ade-431a-8896-618b0813bd7e/Dean-Elichko_Nick-Gerlach.jpg Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko Nick Gerlach - As described by Lou Colaneri, these two were attached at the hip. Nick’s sister Margaret said they were closer than brothers staring their relationship in Grammar school. Nick would attend Kent State University before being drafted into the service. He would serve his two year enlistment in Virginia at Arlington National Cemetery in the prestigious Honor Guard where he took part in the RFK funeral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/09defee8-3809-4bb3-93d3-e7308d6c4c4f/Dean-Elichko_Newspaper-Article.jpg Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7fc7d58b-ee8c-4d28-89d4-58bbf74eb751/Dean-Elichko_Lou-Colaneri.jpg Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko Lou Colaneri - Lou now works in real estate in California, he worked at Robbins & Allison Moving and Storage with Dean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/60daa7a9-4b06-4636-976a-2a8cd40e274e/Dean-Elichko_Fairchild-C123.jpg Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko A Fairchild C-123 Provider, in flight. This transport plane was smaller than most aircraft of its nature, only 75 feet long. With twin turbo jet engines, it could take off from very short, unprepared runways and was widely used in the Vietnam War. The plane that was transporting Dean’s unit was 10 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/b46a539a-2b58-4e24-8fb3-5980d91c2c5d/Dean-Elichko_+Ronnie-Durham.jpg Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko Ronnie Durham - It was at the Durham home on High Street, that the group of 6 met around the fire pit and talked about life, his brother Clyde was the sixth member of the group, we could not find his picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9eb78175-ad7d-4f42-9389-66e08a0230c2/Dean-Elichko_Guy-Borges.jpg Vietnam War - Dean J. Elichko Guy Borges “aka Guybo“ - A Cranford Sports Hall of Fame member, mostly for his baseball skill. He taught school and coached sports in Newark schools. In summer recess he managed Cranford’s pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a5c30674-d4f5-4355-ba7f-966327b748e5/Dean-Elichko_HS_Portrait.jpg Vietnam War - Dean J. 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Ashnault The Burmese Python was a common species in Vietnam. Ray was famous for a prank in which he hid one in his sergeant’s tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a1f8033a-0099-438b-9905-b93dd0df71ee/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam-Eating-Ration-colour.jpg Vietnam War - Raymond J. Ashnault Ray Ashnault “enjoying” a 1969 Vietnam Meal Combat individual “C-Ration”. A wet ration that came many times with a canned spaghetti dinner, crackers, cheese spread, coffee, cream, sugar, a dessert, a can opener, utensils, matches, chiclets, toothbrush, a toothpick and some cigarettes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/05401975-f069-436f-a79a-b6d8faa59d4c/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam_Sitting-Jungle+V1_color_2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/e9f5d041-47db-43c5-9d0f-948c8066e8f6/Ray-Ashnault_Baseball.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/467a95f1-c928-4e4b-9a0a-e3f2a29fb6aa/Ray-Ashnault_Holding-Little-Brother+colour.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3696110b-28de-4d7c-9f48-679fa9ed6678/Ray-Ashnault_BSA-Motorcycle.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/cfb02c92-7a45-416d-b86c-8a5014c19986/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam-Harold-Hovater-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/91af5b3a-60ad-4ce2-8c43-9b4c6b341a6d/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam-Harold-Hovater+colour.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/70de39a9-1fd9-4d6c-b500-1a64b283fb4e/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam-Foxhole+colour.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/28887b3a-fcab-4592-8dcb-38485e4bde04/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam-Birthday+colour.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c67d3a72-507f-4855-bdfd-59e0402e7e09/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam-M60-Shoulder+colour.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/48193053-ae23-4bde-8244-388094eef5ac/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam-M60-Shoulder-2+colour.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/85a0f2dd-b0f7-450c-ac06-badefa437545/Ray-Ashnault_Vietnam-UH-1+colour.jpeg https://cranford86.org/vietnam-war/joseph-p-minnock monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/8b0e9a40-40ad-41de-91a3-906dd4a317cf/Joseph-Minnock_Huey-Helicopter.jpg Vietnam War - Joseph P. Minnock The UH-1 ‘Huey’ helicopter was the Army’s workhorse for airmobility in Vietnam, for transporting and rapidly inserting combat troops into the jungle. Each helicopter would carry 6 or 7 soldiers per trip, requiring numerous round trips for the low flying “Hueys” to move sometimes three or four hundred soldiers into their appointed assault targets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/65b97f12-fc76-44b7-a154-095593abcac6/Joseph-Minnock_USNS_Geiger.jpg Vietnam War - Joseph P. Minnock Joe Minnock traveled to Vietnam on the USNS Geiger, beginning Aug. 20, 1965. He traveled through the Panama Canal, with brief stops in Hawaii and Guam, and arrived in Vietnam on Sep. 20, 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2ac93639-7a18-44e3-8244-e3419a2e6444/Joseph-Minnock_First-Cavalry-Division.jpg Vietnam War - Joseph P. Minnock Joe Minnock was part of the Army’s legendary First Cavalry Division which, 100 years earlier, rode into combat on horseback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5ce54610-df72-41c0-b61a-20a7ba9d174a/Joseph-Minnock_First-Chronicle1965-11-10.jpg Vietnam War - Joseph P. Minnock The November 10 Cranford Citizen and Chronicle announcing Cranford’s first Vietnam war casualty and the events of Veteran’s Day 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/70832314-22b1-473b-ad7b-01be2df59322/Joe-Minnock_Parachute.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/8eb5daea-5db3-43a8-a3ce-e33643abd480/Joseph-Minnock_Young_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/678010ec-509f-4356-bfad-9fff6d396f47/Joe-Minnock_Fort-Dix.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/70832314-22b1-473b-ad7b-01be2df59322/Joe-Minnock_Parachute.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5cc5aca1-4147-4434-a8b0-42984afb5a9c/Joseph-Minnock_Basecamp-Aerial.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/e76a7903-efaf-414c-a5fb-f4dacaeef315/Joseph-Minnock_Helicopter.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/229176bf-1ec0-47cc-8194-9527f21f05cd/Joseph-Minnock_Headstone.jpg https://cranford86.org/vietnam-war/gilbert-a-secor monthly 0.5 2024-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg Vietnam War - Gilbert A. Secor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png Vietnam War - Gilbert A. Secor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7288f384-d36c-466b-88f9-e69f12851c6b/jim-darcy.jpeg Vietnam War - Gilbert A. Secor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fef1c1d0-c2fe-4500-a277-a5b203acfab1/Gilbert-Secor_Barracks-Sign.jpg Vietnam War - Gilbert A. Secor Barracks area at FOB-4 Marble Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c3885bd9-cb33-4c16-9a2d-af14e588e756/Gilbert-Secor_Vietnam-Deaths-Chart.jpg Vietnam War - Gilbert A. Secor A bar graph that represents the level of intensity that the Vietnam War was experiencing in 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/65d23e8e-ba53-4dae-a9f6-0d44c39aaf47/Gilbert-Secor_Scuba-Training.jpg Vietnam War - Gilbert A. Secor Secor was an advanced scuba diver, here he is adjusting his buoyancy compensation vest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f98b1e80-624b-4a77-957d-b53c9e47f133/Gilbert-Secor_Platoon.jpg Vietnam War - Gilbert A. Secor Sergeant First Class Gilbert Secor posing with a platoon of Chinese Nung soldiers, they had the reputation as the most feared fighters of all the minority groups trained by the Americans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713655264541-1R13C9L4KE50DWKHJB47/Gilbert-Secor_Older_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1713654676457-TKJIGZLLMGY6E5AM379C/Gilbert-Secor_Young_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/95d23655-e1e7-42f1-908c-1ab1088f2990/Gilbert-Secor_Young-Medic.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/791ce36d-b5e2-42d9-b29f-a5f501b39c91/Gilbert-Secor_Baby-Syphilis.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/92dc2251-44b1-4681-91fc-a943abe401df/Gilbert-Secor_Medical-Dispensary.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/65d11758-2f34-4007-b032-837613453699/Gilbert-Secor_FOB4-Danang.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3a5e6ac7-15a2-40a6-bebb-f78c16dbd1d5/Gilbert-Secor_Damaged-NCO-Barracks.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/36e400c9-015f-49a9-9ca1-9a1c83d0a0c5/Gilbert-Secor_Lang-Vei-Painting.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d1caafc0-9a8e-45c6-b223-93ddfab3460b/Gilbert-Secor_Green-Berets-KIA.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a7e199bf-b617-4fa5-bef9-e5935cd708dd/Gilbert-Secor_Medals-Awarded.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c6355815-1f5e-4dfe-ab33-c544f56f8f0b/Gilbert-Secor_Metal-Emblem.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9c090a69-2f9b-43f7-9a07-4a117a4612fe/Gilbert-Secor_Headstone.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2c4b81a3-75bc-4482-b575-963cb14f3401/Gilbert-Secor_Group-Table.jpg https://cranford86.org/vietnam-war/rev-charles-j-watters monthly 0.5 2024-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg Vietnam War - Rev. 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Watters Exhausted soldiers of the 173rd Airborne after campaigning in the Central Highlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/362929eb-abc4-49ad-a108-eabd6d2c131f/Charles-Watters_St-Michaels-Monument.jpg Vietnam War - Rev. Charles J. Watters The granite monument at St. Michael’s in Cranford, NJ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/fb24ab0b-17ac-4711-926a-2b143d850a2a/Charles-Watters_Medal-of-Honor.jpg Vietnam War - Rev. Charles J. 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Johnson's crash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/43a88c3f-84fe-4fb1-9ff8-e511eee68b31/Anthony-Johnson_B52-Arc-Light.jpg Vietnam War - Anthony K. Johnson U.S. Air Force B-52 heavy bombers struck communist forces in the missions named ARC LIGHT. (U.S. Air Force photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/030bb032-b9a2-42c3-bbbb-0212c2bd1ca5/Anthony-Johnson_Chronicle-Death-Notice.jpg Vietnam War - Anthony K. Johnson "Cranford Citizen and Chronicle" article from July 18, 1967 about CPT. Anothony Johnson's death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1727963394534-2SW6MFGMNBYLIML5WKO1/Anthony-Johnson_LIving-Room_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/3d0050fb-0526-4199-bea9-1a2f4e5976f6/Anthony-Johnson_HS_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f346cb60-acfd-4306-a319-cea58b647803/Anthony-Johnson_611-Springfield-Ave.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1727963394534-2SW6MFGMNBYLIML5WKO1/Anthony-Johnson_LIving-Room_Restored.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1a29b1aa-3c3f-492f-a53e-05905d05c625/Anthony-Johnson_B52D-Ordinance-Load.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2a3c4c22-0390-4e8e-9328-d4f14c0e0217/Anthony-Johnson_B52-Dropping-Bombs.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2beeccf0-aed9-450c-97be-4f645589e66b/Anthony-Johnson_M48A3-Tank-1967.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f921ad6e-419e-4a86-9d8e-78fb9b704df0/Anthony-Johnson_736_Bomb_Squad.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/329400a8-c3b5-43d7-a8c6-de841fc71559/Anthony-Johnson_Grave-Marker.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww1 daily 0.75 2025-12-17 https://cranford86.org/ww1/juan-bargos monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War I - Juan Bargos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War I - Juan Bargos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1a713343-de55-49cd-a061-3a1b5c95d5b2/Steve-Glazer.jpg World War I - Juan Bargos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f4a26067-27e7-4b66-9f31-37cc06cc6247/uc-trust-company1.png World War I - Juan Bargos The Union County Trust Company in Elizabeth, NJ as it looked in 1915 when Juan was a clerk there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/9c26c6bb-c32a-48c7-816c-1112b4b610dc/Juan-Bargos_Bargos-Place.png World War I - Juan Bargos Bargos place was named in memory of Juan Bargos. It replaced 1st Avenue and may explain why many wrongly believed Juan was the first Cranford fatality. Alphabetically however Bargos lists first on the Cranford 86 roster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ec2e2326-59ae-4410-a805-536a15fb4064/Juan-Bargos_WW1-Tank.jpg World War I - Juan Bargos A 1918 training exercise at Camp Colt in Gettysburg PA. The tank held two men and the platoon followed behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/65cafce5-3f5f-46ce-a0ba-49fbbbed86c2/Juan-Bargos_Renault-FT17.jpg World War I - Juan Bargos This line drawing of the Renault FT-17 gives you a feeling of what the battlefield experience for a tanker might be like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/5671edee-acde-4f33-9f66-86616b6f2f8f/Juan-Bargos_Poem-Woods-In-Winter.jpg World War I - Juan Bargos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/c5c40bd3-744c-4b7e-8a93-8a79db4af110/Juan-Bargos_1836-US-BW.jpg World War I - Juan Bargos Juan travelled among 1836 U.S. soldiers aboard The SS Orontes bound for Europe. It was a horrific trip, travelling through a category 2 hurricane and an outbreak of The Spanish Flu. Juan succumbed to the virus and died on board on October 5th, 1918 and was buried at sea with full military honors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/0261647e-853f-465e-81af-6d6ad7a8aaeb/Juan-Bargos_Burditt-Files-Card.png World War I - Juan Bargos A typical Burditt file card that is found at Cranford Public library. It catalogues every mention of anyone in The Cranford Chronicle or Citizen since the late 1800s. It is among our first sources when researching a Cranford 86 Hometown Hero. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/515b472a-8adc-460e-8a9b-1e677f331abe/Juan-Bargos_Article.jpeg World War I - Juan Bargos A noble Juan Bargos as was depicted in a 1918 Elizabeth Daily Journal story about his death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7be12dbb-04be-43c2-b439-6cfc3c5b37f6/Juan-Bargos_Tennis.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/7be12dbb-04be-43c2-b439-6cfc3c5b37f6/Juan-Bargos_Tennis.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/21dc52eb-c7a2-4bc0-81f3-c3612f72b03e/Juan-Bargos_Baby.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/dff90d38-5aed-4182-bde9-42e8426422c4/Juan-Bargos_Tank.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/a6325867-4dc1-4c5e-b57e-2a28740800e8/Juan-Bargos_Canoe.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/2b9faed5-dcaf-4bba-8bf1-62370206969a/Juan-Bargos_Family-Wedding.jpg https://cranford86.org/ww1/newell-r-fiske monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War I - Newell R. Fiske https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d32d4e97-caf2-47a5-89b2-cd36e730a52b/Stu.png World War I - Newell R. Fiske https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1a713343-de55-49cd-a061-3a1b5c95d5b2/Steve-Glazer.jpg World War I - Newell R. Fiske https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/f87b2a25-2c87-4039-9533-28702d81ec34/Newell-Fiske_Cartoon-WW1.jpeg World War I - Newell R. Fiske Cartoon depicting the turning point battle of WW1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/da21165e-6dba-4fa7-96ae-4cbd6c584f86/Newell-Fiske_Fiske-Terrace.png World War I - Newell R. Fiske Fiske Terrace dedicated to the memory of Captain Fiske https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/bca557b0-f660-40ba-bd8c-02e1aff51c62/Newell-Fiske_Training-Camp.jpeg World War I - Newell R. Fiske Civilian Military Training Camps in Plattsburgh NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/41a02967-e227-42ab-a42f-951eaccfa2d6/Newell-Fiske_USS-America.jpeg World War I - Newell R. Fiske USS America 1916 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/135a5528-8cb7-40af-83e0-17b6b6fa9f33/Newell-Rodney-Fiske_Portrait_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/32a0963d-fab4-45dc-857c-e02ed9886279/Newell-Rodney-Fiske_Full-Portrait_Retouched.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/ea39db36-65c0-4737-a6bf-b536ce756558/Newell-Fiske_Boarding-USS-America.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/080522ce-cb79-47b2-af15-c02816e8f818/Newell-Fiske_Cemetery.jpeg https://cranford86.org/ww1/william-a-hale monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/d7e1e575-c291-4198-8ea5-0ff120376b2c/Don-Sweeney.jpeg World War I - William A. Hale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/1a713343-de55-49cd-a061-3a1b5c95d5b2/Steve-Glazer.jpg World War I - William A. Hale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/95aac496-5120-4fb3-8684-ffeed0b5e03c/William-Hale_Chronicle-Advertisement.png World War I - William A. Hale An advertisement placed in the Cranford Chronicle by an industrious sixteen year old William A. 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Created with over 10,000 sailors, this photo was taken at Naval Station Great Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/86636786-147e-4b95-a1e5-e7864c918604/Stanley-Smith_1910-Census.jpg World War I - Stanley H. Smith In 1910 we may have found Stanley working as an Officer/Attendant in Montgomery Township, N.J. at the New Jersey State Village of Epileptics. The facility was created to provide a place for those afflicted with epilepsy, keeping them out of insane asylums or other less decent institutions of those times. The village was completely autonomous and the men in Stanley’s care were farm workers there. The Stanley Smith shown here is the correct age and is from Pennsylvania, but we would need more facts to be sure that this was indeed Stanley Hartwell Smith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642c5e2cf423bf465d332c94/0cded2a6-6ec0-41bb-8a1e-433ee1b7f43b/Stanley-Smith_Rolling-Seas.jpeg World War I - Stanley H. Smith Sailor in foul weather gear clings to a life line as waves wash over the ship’s deck. 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