History – The Reading Post

Reading’s Boys #10: December 1944-January 1945, Part 3

A White Christmas It was remarked in the Globe that Christmas Eve, 1944, out of the three past wartime...

When the Germans Broke Through Around 11:00 PM on Friday, December 15, 1944, EST, the families of Joseph Warren...

Still looking for that last-minute holiday gift? – a gift that includes the opportunity to support Reading’s only local...

Introduction Those of you who know about the Second World War know what this issue is going to be...

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...

Did you ever visit Pleasure Island in the ’60s? Located in Wakefield, Pleasure Island was billed as the Disneyland...

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

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