All posts tagged "World War II"
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoBrick Library to Host ‘History of Auschwitz’ Presentation
The Brick branch of the Ocean County Library will host a special program studying the suffering at the Auschwitz concentration camp...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoBrick Man’s Heroic Classified Missions Helped Turn the Tide of WWII
A series of ultra-secret missions carried out in the Mediterranean Sea and Europe’s Atlantic coast began with a 14-year-old building a...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years ago‘Not Bad for 96:’ Brick Veteran Honored for WWII Heroics
One day in May, a limousine rolled up to the clubhouse in Brick’s Greenbriar development. The driver was there to take...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoAfter Decades, Four Brick Vets Recognized for Making the Ultimate Sacrifice
A local veteran put his history skills to use and found four names that should be on the Brick War Memorial,...
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Brick Life
/ 11 years agoBrick World War II Vet ‘Knighted’ for Heroics in France, Honored by Township
Joseph “Bob” Pocoroba doesn’t think he’s a hero. But many others disagree – including the government of France, which recently bestowed...