1. WW II REMAINS IDENTIFIED-- The remains of Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Martin F. Troy have been identified and will be buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery November 20th. He was a native of Norwalk, Ct.
On June 30, 1944 he was in a B-24H Liberator in a bombing mission to the oil refinery in Blechammer, Germany when the plane was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into a swampy area near Nemevita, Hungary, beside Lake Balaton. Nov. 3rd NewsDay
2. NEW JERSEY WW II MONUMENT-- The New Jersey World War II Memorial will be dedicated November 11th in Trenton across from the State House. Yesterday, a 12 foot statue of "Lady Victory" was put in place on a five foot pedestal.
She holds a sword in her left hand and a wreath of peace in her right. Her left foot is on a German swastika flag and left on a Japanese Rising Sun flag. Nov. 3rd Real Time News.
3. UNKNOWN WW I GROUP-- Suffolk, England playwright Juliet Gilkes-Romero has a play called "At the Gates of Gaza" honoring the hundreds of Jamaicans and West Indian men who served in World War I in Palestine fighting the Turks under General Allenby.
Very little is known of these valiant soldiers.
Now, You Know. --Cooter
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