Tag: World War II
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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…
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Woman shares harrowing story of survival from the Nazis
METUCHEN — As someone who fled Poland during the Holocaust, Sally Frishberg said she knows the word genocide all too well. “It’s happening today,” she said as she looked out at the fifth graders at Edgar Middle School, noting the recent chemical attack in Syria. “The world unfortunately hasn’t learned everything from the past.” Frishberg,…
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The gateway to summer
A beautiful spring with warm days, blossoming plants and flowers is the gateway to a long anticipated summer. I vividly remember the spring of 1945, as I recall in my book, “The Sojourners, Life on the American Homefront during WWII”. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, Vice President Harry Truman became president, my grandmother died and…
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North Brunswick begins veteran street naming program for 2018
NORTH BRUNSWICK – With springtime weather around the corner, North Brunswick began its Veteran Street Sign Program for 2018 with two celebrations on April 9. The late Joseph J. Rosta was born on May 7, 1916, and lived in the New Brunswick area before moving to Stockton Place in North Brunswick in 1951. Stockton Place now…
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The summer of decision
Harry Truman had no sooner moved into the oval office as our 33rd president when Germany collapsed. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had his hands on the wheel guiding the ship of state up to this point. Now, Truman, without any previous driving instructions, had to grab the wheel and keep us on course. This man –…
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Son of World War II rescuer to speak during Yom HaShoah observance in Monroe
The Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee of Monroe Township will hold a Yom HaShoah observance, “We Are All Jews,” at 1 p.m. on April 22 at Monroe Township Middle School, 1629 Perrineville Road, Monroe. There will be a candle lighting at 12:30 p.m. Sgt. Roddie Edmonds is the first American serviceman from World War II…
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VFW Teacher of the Year has connections to Edison, Metuchen
Todd Pagel, a history teacher at John Adams Middle School in Edison, has been named New Jersey Veteran of Foreign Wars’s Teacher of the Year. “I am extremely honored,” said Pagel, who has been a teacher for 11 years. “The VFW is an amazing organization that helps veterans throughout America. They also do an excellent…
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Spring brings eternal hopes
The bare Forsythia bushes next to my house have started to be speckled with small yellow buds, while not far away a daffodil sprout has pushed away the grains of topsoil as it reaches for the sun. The magic of spring starts to make its appearance as the earth rotates to the position that gives…
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Spirit of young airmen evident at Air Force base
I don’t remember the date in the early ’50s, that as part of a U.S. Army team I drove a battle-ready tank off the ramp of a taxiing aircraft in an experimental touch-and-go operation. While that event did have some future significance, it was not as significant as the place where it occurred. We touched…
