Sgt John Basilone is a hero - Route 5 thru Pendleton named after him - CMH on the Canal - KIA at Iwo. Could have stayed home and sold war bonds, but wanted to go "back with the men"!
"The Pacific"
For a long time rumors have circulated that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg were collaborating on a World War II: Pacific Theater/Marine Corps HBO mini series in the same spirit of their highly respected Band of Brothers. This is no longer a rumor. In 2010, The Pacific will air on HBO as a ten part mini series.
The Pacific is based on the books With the Old Breed, by Eugene Sledge, which was hailed by historian Paul Fussell as one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war, and Helmet for My Pillow, by Robert Leckie (recipient of the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Annual Award), as well as original interviews conducted by the filmmakers. Continuing the World War II oral history work begun by his father Stephen E. Ambrose (author of the book Band of Brothers), Hugh Ambrose serves as a consultant on the miniseries, as does Captain Dale Dye, USMC (Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and Platoon).
The miniseries follows Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. Specifically, it tracks the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie (played by James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (played by Joe Mazzello) and John Basilone (played by Jon Seda) - across the vast canvas of the Pacific. The extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Watch the Official HBO Trailer at:
http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/video.html
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Oh What a Night!!
It was a great night I had a fabulous night and got to meet
so many of the people from our class. Especially all the women! Hubba
Hubba! you gals just keep getting more gorgious as the years go by. every
one i talked to said they had a blast and it was worth the trip. I enjoyed
the dancing especially the "chorus line" I was a little sore the next
day but it was worth it. hope to be there for the next one. Gerry and
Barbara you guys did a great job. thanks.
Joe Ferrera
Lets Hear it for the Golden Falcons!!!
Monday, October 23, 2006 6:38 PM
from Donna(Febo) and Dennis Kulik
To our life long and cherished classmates of 1966, although we were unable to attend this
latest and greatest class reunion, we in spirit were thinking of all of you with fond thought and appreciation of all the good times and great relationships. Our year books are always close at hand and it is such a great part of our past to look thru them and reminisce. I hope the reunion was jam packed with fun and excitement and will create a new set of memories that we can take into our sunset years along with the very first one of 1966. Best wishes for health and happiness till we meet again.
Love and good thoughts to all of you,
Donna(Febo) and Dennis Kulik.
posted: Sunday, November 5, 2006 7:16 PM
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From Ken Villani
Barbara-
I guess I stayed stuck in the sixties by staying at BRHS, then it became West, than I went to East for
one year, back to West, and stayed on until we became BRRHS again. I retired
as vice principal of the high school in 1999, having served as that since
1982.
Since retirement, I have had fourteen jobs. Most recently, I supervise
student teachers for Fairleigh Dickinson University and work for Kean
University as a clinical instructor for alternate route teachers in the
Plainfield and Elizabeth schools. Due to the success of the program, the
School of Ed doubled my hours, so now I punch the time clock daily. One
of my joys as vice principal was actually working with the children of
your classmates. My own son went to West and played three sports. There
WAS no finer school.
Before we shut down, I felt that we had a family
atmosphere, and I particularly felt close to the students from Bradley
Gardens and Raritan. To that point, I lived in five neighborhoods in Bridgewater
as my kids were growing up, all in the WEST side. You have to remember,
I was born and raised in the great town of Raritan.
In my last year at
BR, I compiled a list of Raritan natives who had lengthy careers in education.
When I stopped, the list topped out at over one hundred!
Best of luck
to all of you in the Class of 1966.
Ken Villani
posted: Saturday, November 4, 2006 8:09 PM
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