Veterans

About 1,000 tiny plastic “paratroopers” landed in the outfield of TD Bank Ballpark Sept. 10, for a good cause. The Basilone Memorial Foundation, established to honor Raritan-born-and-bred John Basilone for his service in the U.S. Marines during World War II, held the event as a fundraiser. “Paratroopers” were sold for $1 each, and were affixed with a number. The toys …

Most everyone had left the municipal building and Veterans Memorial Park on May 29, after the Memorial Day observance, when three people came running up the complex driveway. The trio, all of whom were carrying U.S. flags, stopped when they reached the monuments. “You missed the ceremony,” Township Councilwoman Shanel Robinson (D-At Large) told them. “That was the intention,” one …

Military veterans and those whose business it is to help them met May 16 at the township municipal building. The occasion was the first Veterans’ Claims Clinic, co-sponsored by state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) and the Newark regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to the VA, those in attendance included representatives from the state Department of …

Veterans, their families, and advocates are invited to a Town Hall Meeting and Claims Clinic Dec. 14, at the Richard Hall Community Health Center at 500 North Bridge St., Bridgewater. The claims clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The town hall meeting, hosted by Lillie Nuble, director of the Newark Regional Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, …

Charles Nolley speaks with pride when he talks about the experiences of he and his fellow Red Tail pilots during World War II. Nolley, 98, of Edison, was a member of the elite Army Air Corps fighting force known as the Tuskegee Airmen, four squadrons of fighter pilots comprised entirely of African Americans. Drafted in 1943, Nolley was a lieutenant …

Submitted by Judy Werensly. On November 30, Cmdr. John Deily and Vice Cmdr. Ray Werensly put flags and wreaths on the memorial markers at the Veterans’ Memorial Park on DeMott Lane. This is a tradition started by American Legion Post 478 several years ago when the park was completed. They also placed wreaths on the new monument topped by a …