Tag: American Legion Post 459
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American Legion Post 459 will hold indoor flea market
American Legion Post 459 will hold an indoor flea market from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 23 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 at the post, 1015 Linwood Place, North Brunswick. Vendor spaces are available, $20 for one day or $35 for both days. Bring your own table; the…
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Ceremony to be held at gravesite of Pearl Harbor victim
The North Brunswick Township World War I Centennial Committee will hold a National Pearl Harbor Day event beginning at 7:48 a.m. on Dec. 7 at Elmwood Cemetery, 425 Georges Road, North Brunswick. The program will begin at the time Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. American Legion Post 459 of North Brunswick and VFW…
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Veterans, service members invited to learn about Veterans Affairs entitlements
North Brunswick American Legion Post 459 will hold a veterans conference and resource fair, Enhancing the Veteran Experience, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the post, 1015 Linwood Place, North Brunswick. Any veteran, service member or dependent who is interested and eligible to receive VA benefits and entitlements should attend. Sponsored…
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September 2, 1945: Formal Japanese surrender
On Dec. 7,1941, the Japanese celebrated what they believed was a great victory in destroying the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. Yes, they destroyed some of our great battleships. But, they didn’t destroy our entire fleet. Our aircraft carriers and aircraft eventually made up for more than the loss at Pearl Harbor. Three years,…
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V-J Day: War is over
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought an immediate response from the Emperor of Japan. He ordered his country’s forces to cease the war and surrender. Of course, stopping a war the magnitude of the Pacific War was not instantaneous. There was no “stop” button to push. Local commanders all over…
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The Atomic Bomb
On Aug. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber, took off from Tinian Island and dropped a nuclear bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This was the beginning of the Nuclear Age, the effects of which still haunt us to this day. Emperor Hirohito of Japan did not appear to be in control…
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When ‘all hell broke loose’
On June 5, 1944, coded radio messages were broadcast into Europe alerting the underground that what was long anticipated and anxiously awaited was about to begin: Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Europe. The radio messages triggered the civilian underground units to perform certain covert activities in advance of the landings. As dawn broke on…
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Volunteers replace flags at veterans’ gravesites in North Brunswick
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHERAL ROSSMANN The Woman’s Club of North Brunswick and students from North Brunswick Township High School Model UN Club participated in a pre-Memorial Day activity by replacing tattered American flags at the gravesites of veterans at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick on May 19. Through their volunteer efforts, more than 400 flags…
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Poppy sales represent a wonderful May
I have always loved the balmy days of May. Maybe it was because everything was in bloom to prepare nature’s summer wardrobe. Or, was it because it was the time of my first trip home in what had seemed like an eternity? May 1945 was the gateway to a new and different world. The battle…