How time has flies! It was sixty six years ago!
I was 12 years old and the memory is as fresh as if it were yesterday. Rusling Hose's Klaxon horn was piercing the air, Colonial, Hamilton-Enterprise, and indeed sirens from all over the central Jersey area were heralding the end of the war. Cars paraded down the streets with horns blaring, newspaper being tossed all over the place, convertibles flying by with passengers sitting on the back of the seats in clear, joyful pandemonium. I was on Don Slabicki's front porch at 914 Sylvan Avenue when the spectacle began, and I will never forget it. Mom Glover cried, as did mothers all over America. Mom had two boys in the fight, and both of them came out of it unscathed.
Teresa Wilson Rogers said...Hi, Tom - My father-in-law, Alvin S. Rogers, Jr. who was from Trenton, was on a mission in the East China Sea on the USS Nevada when the end of the war was announced. He was just 19 years old. A short article was published in the Trenton Evening Times about the celebration on the Nevada when the announcement was made. You can read it on my blog if you are interested, http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/sailors-celebrate-war-is-over.html. Best regards, Teresa Rogers
HI TOM....MY MEMORY ALSO SEEMS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. SAILING UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HEARING LES BROWN AND DORIS DAY PLAYING "SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY" ON A SHIP NEARBY. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WAS DRINK A LARGE GLASS OF MILK AFTER DRINKING POWERED MILK ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS POWERED ON THE ISLANDS. SO HERE IT IS AFTER MANY YEARS AND I STILL FEEL VERY GRATEFUL. BEST REGARDS.
ReplyDeleteHi, Tom - My father-in-law, Alvin S. Rogers, Jr. who was from Trenton, was on a mission in the East China Sea on the USS Nevada when the end of the war was announced. He was just 19 years old. An short article was published in the Trenton Evening Times about the celebration on the Nevada when the announcement was made. You can read it on my blog if you are interested, http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/sailors-celebrate-war-is-over.html. Best regards, Teresa Rogers
ReplyDeleteRemember the day well. Cook Y field was in back of my house and all the kids marched around the "alleys" that surrounded the field with pots and pans, banging away and shouting and singing. Only 10 at the time but understood what it meant. Joyous times.
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