Tag: Omaha Beach
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County Corner: D-Day
On the morning of June 6, more than 156,000 Allied troops – consisting of primarily American, British and Canadian soldiers but including troops from several other nations – began storming 50 miles of beautiful beaches in Northern France that were strongly defended by German forces. Codenamed Operation Neptune, this turning point in World War II,…
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Opinion: East Brunswick Army vet is ‘greatest unsung hero of World War II’
I am a former director of Public Safety in East Brunswick, and I’m also a military veteran of the U.S. Navy, which I served in from 1975 through 1980. I served as director in East Brunswick from 1998 until 2005, and served the East Brunswick Police Department from 1980 through 2005. I am now a…
