Regarding your web tribute to soldier Burt Hafkin, who died 18 Oct 1951 in Korea, member of the 21st Reg, 24th Infantry Division, which was not on Heartbreak Ridge.
The 24th ID was fighting in Operation Nomad-Polar, east of the Punchbowl/Heartbreak Ridge. They were trying to take Hill 770 and other peaks south of Kumsong the day he was killed. After the Allies broke the enemy in the Iron Triangle earlier in the summer, the Chinese had shifted their main operations eastward to Kumsong, which became one of the Chinese' main supply routes. Operation Nomad, although overlooked by most historians, was a brutal battle lasting from 13 - 22 October 1951. The daily average casualty rate was higher than either Heartbreak or Bloody Ridge.
Because Heartbreak was much in the news -- and overlapped Operation Nomad by two days -- it was a common mistake for newspapers to report casualties of Nomad as being part of Heartbreak Ridge, which was carried out primarily by the 2nd Infantry Division.
Merry Helm
Researcher: Operation Nomad-Polar
Remembering the Men Who Paid For Our Freedom. Nutley, New Jersey.
3.22.2007
2.25.2007
MARCH Casualties
March 1, 1945 - Emil Liloia
March 4, 1945 - Arthur Abbott Jr.
March 6, 1945 - Vincent Fields
March 6, 1945 - Howard Harle
March 15, 1951- Van Der Linde
March 17, 1969 - David Dinan
March 19, 1944 - Robert Cary
March 22, 1943 - William Nutzel Jr.
March 22, 1951 - Alexander MacMillan
March 22, 1955 - Lawrence DiVuolo
March 4, 1945 - Arthur Abbott Jr.
March 6, 1945 - Vincent Fields
March 6, 1945 - Howard Harle
March 15, 1951- Van Der Linde
March 17, 1969 - David Dinan
March 19, 1944 - Robert Cary
March 22, 1943 - William Nutzel Jr.
March 22, 1951 - Alexander MacMillan
March 22, 1955 - Lawrence DiVuolo
2.24.2007
Nutley Men in the 39th Regiment - Civil War
Franklin Men who served in the 39th Regiment
N.J. Civil War Record: Page 1129
Thirty-ninth Regiment - Infantry - Volunteers.
The Thirty-ninth Regiment was organized under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 22, 1861, and an Act of Congress, approved July 4, 1864, as set forth in General Orders No. 224, dated War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., July 6, 1864, and under authority received from the War Department for the raising of two regiments of Infantry, and promulgated in General Orders No. 4, dated Office of Adjutant General, Trenton, N. J., August 24, 1864.
The Regiment was organized under the provisions of General Orders No. 110, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., April 29, 1863. Instructions were issued and recruiting for the Regiment immediately commenced. The Headquarters of the Regiment was established at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J., and active measures were put forth to complete the organization at an early day.
The required number of men to complete the Regiment was soon raised and mustered into the service of the United States, by companies, for one year.
Company A was mustered in October 11; Company B, September 30; Company C, October 8; Company D, October 3; Company E, September 23; Company F, September 25; Company G, September 23; Company H, September 26; Company I, October 1; Company K, September 23, 1864, at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N.J., by William O. Douglass, Second Lieutenant, Fourteenth Infantry, United States Army.
Soon after the commencement of this regiment, authority was issued for the raising of another regiment of Infantry, to be known as the Forty-first, recruiting being dull it failed of success - the men that had been enlisted for it were transferred to and joined this regiment.
The Regiment was fully completed and organized by the 11th day of October, 1864, having a full complement of men. Officers, 39; Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, 973. Total, 1012.
It left the State by detachments. Companies E, F, G, H, and K, left October 4, 1864, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Close; Company D, left October 9th, under the command of Captain Fowler Merrill; Companies B and I, left October 10th, under the command of Major William T. Cornish, and Companies A, C, and Field and Staff, left October 14, 1864, under the command of Colonel Abram C. Wildrick, and proceeded under orders direct to the front. Arriving at City Point, Va., it was temporarily assigned to duty with General Benham's Brigade of Engineers, within the fortifications around Petersburg.
It remained in this connection but a short time; when it was assigned to the Ninth Army Corps. During the months of March and April, 1865, the strength of the Regiment was increased by the joining from Draft Rendezvous, Trenton, N. J., of a large number of recruits.
The Regiment continued its organization and remained in active service until the close of the war, and those not entitled to discharge under the provisions of General Orders No. 77, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., April 28, 1865, were transferred to the Thirty-third Regiment, in compliance with Special Orders No. 45, dated Headquarters, Ninth Army Corps, June 15, 1865, and were discharged with that regiment.
The remainder were mustered out of service near Alexandria, Va., June 17, 1865, under provisions of special orders from War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., dated May 18, 1865, by Edward Rose, First Lieutenant Fifty-sixth Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, Assistant Commissary of Musters, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps.
The Regiment was first attached to General Benham's Brigade of Engineers, Army of the James - then to the First Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps.
The Regiment took part in the following engagements: Before Petersburg, Va., (Capture of Fort Mahone), April 2, 1865.
Source: NJ State Library, NJ Civil War Record, Page 1129
John Corb
David Jenkins
Enoch Booth
John Hanily
John Garrabrant
Mighael Gaffney
Garrett L. Stager
N.J. Civil War Record: Page 1129
Thirty-ninth Regiment - Infantry - Volunteers.
The Thirty-ninth Regiment was organized under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 22, 1861, and an Act of Congress, approved July 4, 1864, as set forth in General Orders No. 224, dated War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., July 6, 1864, and under authority received from the War Department for the raising of two regiments of Infantry, and promulgated in General Orders No. 4, dated Office of Adjutant General, Trenton, N. J., August 24, 1864.
The Regiment was organized under the provisions of General Orders No. 110, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., April 29, 1863. Instructions were issued and recruiting for the Regiment immediately commenced. The Headquarters of the Regiment was established at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J., and active measures were put forth to complete the organization at an early day.
The required number of men to complete the Regiment was soon raised and mustered into the service of the United States, by companies, for one year.
Company A was mustered in October 11; Company B, September 30; Company C, October 8; Company D, October 3; Company E, September 23; Company F, September 25; Company G, September 23; Company H, September 26; Company I, October 1; Company K, September 23, 1864, at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N.J., by William O. Douglass, Second Lieutenant, Fourteenth Infantry, United States Army.
Soon after the commencement of this regiment, authority was issued for the raising of another regiment of Infantry, to be known as the Forty-first, recruiting being dull it failed of success - the men that had been enlisted for it were transferred to and joined this regiment.
The Regiment was fully completed and organized by the 11th day of October, 1864, having a full complement of men. Officers, 39; Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, 973. Total, 1012.
It left the State by detachments. Companies E, F, G, H, and K, left October 4, 1864, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Close; Company D, left October 9th, under the command of Captain Fowler Merrill; Companies B and I, left October 10th, under the command of Major William T. Cornish, and Companies A, C, and Field and Staff, left October 14, 1864, under the command of Colonel Abram C. Wildrick, and proceeded under orders direct to the front. Arriving at City Point, Va., it was temporarily assigned to duty with General Benham's Brigade of Engineers, within the fortifications around Petersburg.
It remained in this connection but a short time; when it was assigned to the Ninth Army Corps. During the months of March and April, 1865, the strength of the Regiment was increased by the joining from Draft Rendezvous, Trenton, N. J., of a large number of recruits.
The Regiment continued its organization and remained in active service until the close of the war, and those not entitled to discharge under the provisions of General Orders No. 77, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., April 28, 1865, were transferred to the Thirty-third Regiment, in compliance with Special Orders No. 45, dated Headquarters, Ninth Army Corps, June 15, 1865, and were discharged with that regiment.
The remainder were mustered out of service near Alexandria, Va., June 17, 1865, under provisions of special orders from War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., dated May 18, 1865, by Edward Rose, First Lieutenant Fifty-sixth Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, Assistant Commissary of Musters, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps.
The Regiment was first attached to General Benham's Brigade of Engineers, Army of the James - then to the First Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps.
The Regiment took part in the following engagements: Before Petersburg, Va., (Capture of Fort Mahone), April 2, 1865.
Source: NJ State Library, NJ Civil War Record, Page 1129
1.25.2007
FEBRUARY
February 2, 1945 - Frank Burak
February 4, 1953 - Robert Bliss
February 15, 1951 - Reed Smith
February 20, 1945 - Norman Bell
February 20, 1967 - Charles Katt Guttilla
Februay 28, 1968 - Matthew Dwyer
February 1945 - E. D. Kurz
February 4, 1953 - Robert Bliss
February 15, 1951 - Reed Smith
February 20, 1945 - Norman Bell
February 20, 1967 - Charles Katt Guttilla
Februay 28, 1968 - Matthew Dwyer
February 1945 - E. D. Kurz
1.07.2007
JANUARY
January 1943 - Souren Avedisian
January 8, 1946 - John Mutch
January 15, 1944 Cecil Dunthorn
January 16, 1945 - Frederick D. Kurz
January 19, 1919 - Pasquale De Francesco
January 19, 1944 - Charles Haney
January 19, 1967 - Michael Halpin
January 18, 1942 - Preston Hastings
January 23, 1967 - Thomas Van Houten
January 25, 1957 - Salvatore Pillitteri
January 26, 1966 - Arthur Rego
January 8, 1946 - John Mutch
January 15, 1944 Cecil Dunthorn
January 16, 1945 - Frederick D. Kurz
January 19, 1919 - Pasquale De Francesco
January 19, 1944 - Charles Haney
January 19, 1967 - Michael Halpin
January 18, 1942 - Preston Hastings
January 23, 1967 - Thomas Van Houten
January 25, 1957 - Salvatore Pillitteri
January 26, 1966 - Arthur Rego
11.28.2006
DECEMBER
December 2, 1941 - William Donohue
December 2, 1950 - Joseph Dinardo
December 11, 1968 - Alfred Critelli
December 15, 1944 - Maro Jahr
December 17, 1944 - Eugene Bellene
December 17, 1944 - Halsey Miller
December 23, 1944 - Charles J. Smith
December 24, 1944 - Thomas Maxham
December 25, 1944 - Malcolm Christopher
December 30, 1944 - William Deighan
December 2, 1950 - Joseph Dinardo
December 11, 1968 - Alfred Critelli
December 15, 1944 - Maro Jahr
December 17, 1944 - Eugene Bellene
December 17, 1944 - Halsey Miller
December 23, 1944 - Charles J. Smith
December 24, 1944 - Thomas Maxham
December 25, 1944 - Malcolm Christopher
December 30, 1944 - William Deighan
11.22.2006
11.07.2006
DORR FIELD, ARCADIA, Fla.
We recently learned that Dorr Field, Arcadia, Fla., was named after Nutley WWI pilot Stephen H. Dorr Jr.
According to Florida Aviation and Southwest Florida - 1910 to 1996:
Stephen Higginson Dorr Jr., 24, was killed in an airplane collision in Toronto on Aug. 18, 1917. The eldest son of Stephen H. Dorr of Satterthwaite Avenue, he had lived in Nutley all his life.
Dorr joined the Officers’ Reserve Corps at Fort Myer, Fla., ago and was one of ten men selected to go to Toronto for training in aviation with the Royal Flying Corps there.
According to the Toronto Globe, Aug. 18:
Copyright © 2006 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved.
Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.
Florida's World War II Memorial
Horace Hickam, a pdf
Desoto Co., Fla.
Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Nutley, N.J.
According to Florida Aviation and Southwest Florida - 1910 to 1996:
Near Arcadia, Carlstrom Field and Dorr Field were principal aviation training stations for the Army. At Dorr Field fourteen hangars were constructed and training was done in Curtiss JN-4D (Jenny) airplanes as well as some rotary engine craft produced by the Glenn Martin company. Army airfields were named after military aviation heroes of the day, and Carlstrom Field was named after First Lieutenant Victor Carlstrom who had made many altitude and distance records and died in a training flight.
Dorr Field ... was reopened in 1942 by John Riddle and operated as a civilian contract school for training Army aviators. At it's peak it had 700 cadets in training using Steerman training planes. Riddle also operated schools at Clewiston. In 1944 the Embry-Riddle interests were sold to John McKay. After the war, the field was converted to a minimum security prison.
Stephen Higginson Dorr Jr., 24, was killed in an airplane collision in Toronto on Aug. 18, 1917. The eldest son of Stephen H. Dorr of Satterthwaite Avenue, he had lived in Nutley all his life.
Dorr joined the Officers’ Reserve Corps at Fort Myer, Fla., ago and was one of ten men selected to go to Toronto for training in aviation with the Royal Flying Corps there.
According to the Toronto Globe, Aug. 18:
S. H. Dorr, an American cadet training with the Royal Flying Corps., was killed yesterday in an accident at Armour’s Heights.Our thanks for the airport news heads-up to Robert F. Dorr (no relation), author of Air Combat: An Oral History of Fighter Pilots.
It was Dorr’s first solo flight, and also the first solo flight of another cadet, an American, G. Squires.
In some manner the planes collided in the air, Dorr’s falling to the ground, and bursting into flames as soon as it struck the earth.
Bystanders extricated him from the machine, but not until he had been severely burned. He died a few minutes later.
The other aviator made his landing without mishap, but naturally his nerves were rather shaken.
Copyright © 2006 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved.
Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.
Florida's World War II Memorial
Horace Hickam, a pdf
Desoto Co., Fla.
Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Nutley, N.J.
10.29.2006
NOVEMBER
November 2, 1945 - Anthony Impellizeri
November 2, 1944 - Arthur Leithauser
November 4, 1966 - Robert Brinckmann
November 5, 1944 - Joseph Des Jardins Jr.
November 5, 1918 - Ralph Zellars
November 10, 1968 - Richard Greenspan
November 10, 1944 - Thurston Woodford
November 10, 1943 - John Del Grosso
November 13, 1942 - Hebert Washburne
November 13, 1944 - William Louden
November 21, 1944 - John Hanley
November 24, 1944 - Sydney Butcher
November 25, 1944 - Frank Stangota
November 26, 1944 - Frederick Comer
November 27, 1943 - Charles W. Katt
November 27, 1943 - James Hare
November 28, 1918 - Pasquale De Francesco
November 30, 1945 - Thomas E. Smith
November 2, 1944 - Arthur Leithauser
November 4, 1966 - Robert Brinckmann
November 5, 1944 - Joseph Des Jardins Jr.
November 5, 1918 - Ralph Zellars
November 10, 1968 - Richard Greenspan
November 10, 1944 - Thurston Woodford
November 10, 1943 - John Del Grosso
November 13, 1942 - Hebert Washburne
November 13, 1944 - William Louden
November 21, 1944 - John Hanley
November 24, 1944 - Sydney Butcher
November 25, 1944 - Frank Stangota
November 26, 1944 - Frederick Comer
November 27, 1943 - Charles W. Katt
November 27, 1943 - James Hare
November 28, 1918 - Pasquale De Francesco
November 30, 1945 - Thomas E. Smith
10.09.2006
THE WALL - OCTOBER 2006
Copyright © 2006 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved.
Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.
Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Nutley, N.J.
9.25.2006
OCTOBER
October 8, 1942 - Arthur Garrett
October 9, 1951 - Richard McConnell
October 10, 1918 - Joseph Lamb
October 12, 1918 - John Beaumont
October 14, 1918 - Bertam Townsend
October 15, 1918 - Winan Klesick
October 19, 1951 - Bernard Hafkin
October 21, 1942 - Francis Schwarzenbek
October 22, 1918 - Ray Blum
October 24, 1944 - Walter Stecewicz
October 24, 1918 - George Kalvio
October 1943 - Richard Van Divort
October 1958 - Edward Zuczek
October 9, 1951 - Richard McConnell
October 10, 1918 - Joseph Lamb
October 12, 1918 - John Beaumont
October 14, 1918 - Bertam Townsend
October 15, 1918 - Winan Klesick
October 19, 1951 - Bernard Hafkin
October 21, 1942 - Francis Schwarzenbek
October 22, 1918 - Ray Blum
October 24, 1944 - Walter Stecewicz
October 24, 1918 - George Kalvio
October 1943 - Richard Van Divort
October 1958 - Edward Zuczek
9.22.2006
NUTLEY FLYBOYS PAID HIGH PRICE IN WW I
Stuart Edgar and James Pearson are two of the men whose stories that come to mind when Lafayette Escadrille discussing Nutley's part in the air war over France during World War I.
The new movie "Flyboys" about the Lafayette Escadrille brings all the action and tragedy of those early flying days to the local cinema. But Nutley men held there own in that war 90 years ago.
Lt. Stuart Emmet Edgar served in the the Lafayette Escadrille. The young flyer was killed in a starting accident as he was starting out for patrol duty on Aug. 17, 1918.
Lt. Edgar, 28, worked and for a short time worked for the (Nutley) Sun. Later he was on the staff of the Newark News and the New York Evening Sun.
Born in Nutley, Edgar attended the Newark Academy and the Riverview Military Academy at Peekskill, N.Y., where he was a member of the football and baseball teams.
He later went to Cornell, where he was active in athletics and was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity and the Undine Sophomore Society.
In October 1916, Edgar joined the Norton-Harjes ambulance unit and went to France as an ambulance driver.
Later he went into the French aviation service, receiving his training a the Avord Flying School and later at Pau. When America entered the war he was transferred to the United States air service.
Lt. Edgar earlier wrote to his mother that he had been engaged in his first air fight from which he emerged unhurt. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #493, 272 Washington Avenue, is named in his honor.
Meanwhile, Capt. James W. Pearson of Nutley received his commission in the Royal Flying Corps in November 1917.
He was assigned to the RFC's 23rd Squadron and downed his first enemy plane on May 30, 1918.
He received credit for the conquest of a German fighter in both June and July, and his two victories in August qualified him as an "ace."
Over the next two months he raised his total victory count to eight and on Nov. 1, 1918, ten days before the Armistice, he won his last aerial battle.
Copyright © 2006 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved.
Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.
Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Nutley, N.J.
The new movie "Flyboys" about the Lafayette Escadrille brings all the action and tragedy of those early flying days to the local cinema. But Nutley men held there own in that war 90 years ago.
Lt. Stuart Emmet Edgar served in the the Lafayette Escadrille. The young flyer was killed in a starting accident as he was starting out for patrol duty on Aug. 17, 1918.
Lt. Edgar, 28, worked and for a short time worked for the (Nutley) Sun. Later he was on the staff of the Newark News and the New York Evening Sun.
Born in Nutley, Edgar attended the Newark Academy and the Riverview Military Academy at Peekskill, N.Y., where he was a member of the football and baseball teams.
He later went to Cornell, where he was active in athletics and was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity and the Undine Sophomore Society.
In October 1916, Edgar joined the Norton-Harjes ambulance unit and went to France as an ambulance driver.
Later he went into the French aviation service, receiving his training a the Avord Flying School and later at Pau. When America entered the war he was transferred to the United States air service.
Lt. Edgar earlier wrote to his mother that he had been engaged in his first air fight from which he emerged unhurt. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #493, 272 Washington Avenue, is named in his honor.
Meanwhile, Capt. James W. Pearson of Nutley received his commission in the Royal Flying Corps in November 1917.
He was assigned to the RFC's 23rd Squadron and downed his first enemy plane on May 30, 1918.
He received credit for the conquest of a German fighter in both June and July, and his two victories in August qualified him as an "ace."
Over the next two months he raised his total victory count to eight and on Nov. 1, 1918, ten days before the Armistice, he won his last aerial battle.
Copyright © 2006 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved.
Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.
Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Nutley, N.J.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)