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...
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Reading’s Boys #7: June-July 1944, Part 3
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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...