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...
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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 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...
Reading’s Boys #1: June-July 1943
Reading’s Boys #1: June-July 1943 by Autumn Hendrickson Frederick John Estes Jr. (June-July 1943) On October 16, 1940, a...
Reading’s Boys: Introduction
It was in my junior year of high school, as I worked my way back through the side of...