Reading’s Boys #10: December 1944-January 1945, Part 2 When the Germans Broke Through Around 11:00 PM on Friday, December 15, 1944, EST, the families of Joseph Warren...
Reading’s Boys #10: December 1944-January 1945, Part 1 Introduction Those of you who know about the Second World War know what this issue is going to be...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #3: Battle of Guadalcanal, Part 3 The Arrival of the Perkins Brothers and the Continuing Fight to Hold Guadalcanal If John Francis Beaudoin was a...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #3: Battle of Guadalcanal, Part 2 The 23rd Infantry Division Arrives The division that was chosen to be sent to reinforce the Marines on Guadalcanal...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #1: Battle of Guadalcanal, Part 1 Introduction When we had entered the war, we had made a commitment to our allies: Germany first. That had...
Pleasant Street Center – Historical Video of Pleasure Island Did you ever visit Pleasure Island in the ’60s? Located in Wakefield, Pleasure Island was billed as the Disneyland...
Reading’s Boys #9: October-November 1944 Sherwood Emory Collins Jr. (October-November 1944) After the 29th Infantry Division’s stellar performance in Normandy, Sherwood and the rest...
Curbside Compost Pick-Up in Reading Reading, MA –We’ve all been there. You bought some fruits or vegetables last week after deciding you were turning...
Reading’s Boys #8: August-September 1944, Part 2 Introduction There is a quote that I found a long time ago while working on an idea for a...
Reading’s Boys #8: August-September 1944, Part 1 Herbert Elliot Stark (August-September 1944) In the first few days of August, Herbert Stark, of the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance...