12.01.2022 News Irv Pitman, proud WWII veteran, dies at 105 No one ever said Irv Pitman hesitated to answer the call for public service. After Mr. Pitman graduated from Tufts University’s dental school in 1941, he enlisted in the...
04.22.2021 Community WWII Vet in Laurel looks back on 100 years As he nears his 100th birthday, John Harrison looks back and sees nothing but good fortune. From growing up in Brooklyn to his marriage in 1943, while he served...
01.14.2019 Obituaries Harold Schwerdt, Purple Heart recipient and former POW, laid to rest Longtime Southold resident Harold Schwerdt, a two-time Purple Heart recipient during World War II, was laid to rest Monday at Calverton National Cemetery.
10.07.2017 Columns Column: A WWII letter mystery is finally solved Last Sunday, Kathleen Grimmett of Austin, Texas, was on the Internet trying to find information about her parents, Bill and Billie Lamb. Billie was her mother’s nickname; her given...
07.04.2013 Community Jamesport doc’s memoir tells tale of insurgency in WWII It was during World War II, early August 1944. Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany and Dr. Peter Badmajew of Jamesport, now 85, was a member of Poland’s Home...
