Reading’s Boys

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...

The 23rd Infantry Division Arrives The division that was chosen to be sent to reinforce the Marines on Guadalcanal...

Introduction When we had entered the war, we had made a commitment to our allies: Germany first. That had...

Sherwood Emory Collins Jr. (October-November 1944) After the 29th Infantry Division’s stellar performance in Normandy, Sherwood and the rest...

Reading, MA –We’ve all been there. You bought some fruits or vegetables last week after deciding you were turning...

Introduction There is a quote that I found a long time ago while working on an idea for a...

Herbert Elliot Stark (August-September 1944) In the first few days of August, Herbert Stark, of the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance...

Raymond William Hillman (June-July 1944) When we last heard about Raymond Hillman, he was traveling all around the Atlantic...

On October 16, 1940, a young man by the name of Edward Palmer walked into the town hall in...

Sherwood Emory Collins Jr. (June-July 1944) On February 3, 1941, Sherwood Collins Jr. got the call: the 29th Infantry...