Reading’s Boys Special Edition #2: Edward Wallace Palmer
On October 16, 1940, a young man by the name of Edward Palmer walked into the town hall in...
Category: History
Reading’s Boys #7: June-July 1944, Part 2
Sherwood Emory Collins Jr. (June-July 1944) On February 3, 1941, Sherwood Collins Jr. got the call: the 29th Infantry...
Reading’s Boys #7: June-July 1944, Part 1
Introduction Seventy-five plus years on, on West Street, as the clock turns from 11:59 PM on June 5 to...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #1: James Francis Arsenault is Captured
In my last article, I discussed the two months leading up to the invasion of Normandy, but before we...
Reading’s Boys #6: April-May 1944
Willard Fielding Perkins (April-May 1944) After Willard’s participation in Operation Leader off the coast of Norway aboard the aircraft...
Reading’s Boys #5: February-March 1944
Fred Melvin Day (February-March 1944) The last we heard of Fred, he had just landed in Bougainville with the...
Reading’s Tornado of 1857
Reading’s history is filled with stories and questions that lead to more questions. It is easy to get pulled...
Reading’s Boys #4: December 1943-January 1944
Frederick John Estes Jr. (December 1943-January 1944) Between July and the end of November 1943, Frederick had added 12...
Reading’s Boys #3: October-November 1943
Fred Melvin Day (October-November 1943) When we last touched base with Fred, he had just gotten through the Battle...
Reading’s Boys #2: August-September 1943
Robert Colbert Rooney (August-September 1943) It would seem that nearly every boy in Reading registered for the draft on...