Accurately trace my military odyssey, ive drawn from four sources one, my memory, two, my discharge papers, three, letters i sent to my parents when i was in europe, and, fortunately, my mother had saved my letters, and number four, regimental and battalion history of the 317th regiment at second battalion that had been declassified. A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute. You said you are from brooklyn, new york . Did you were you raised and grew up in brooklyn . Harold the first 11 years of my life, i spent in brooklyn. Then my father retired and we spent time in a town called monticello. That is where you went to school . Harold that is where i went to junior high and high school. It is in my notes as i go along here. Do you have any brothers or sisters . Harold one brother who is deceased. I came from a small town called monticello at the foothill of the catskill mountains. Monticello was approximat
A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute. You said you are from brooklyn, new york . Did you were you raised and grew up in brooklyn . Harold the first 11 years of my life, i spent in brooklyn. Then my father retired and we spent time in a town called monticello. That is where you went to school . Harold that is where i went to junior high and high school. It is in my notes as i go along here. Do you have any brothers or sisters . Harold one brother who is deceased. I came from a small town called monticello at the foothill of the catskill mountains. Monticello was approximately 90 miles from new york city. I was inducted in the army in 1944, shortly after graduating high school. I was 18 years old. Other inductees and i traveled by bus to fort dix, new jersey, where we were processed. When the processing was complete, we were put on a train and we were sent to camp crop, south carolina, outside of sparta
We begin with breaking news this shutdown is over. New jersey lawmakers announced they reached a budget deal to put the state back in business. Good evening im jessica dean, Ukee Washington is off tonight. Lawmakers agreed on a budget just hours before the shutdown would have entered a fourth day, greg argos is live in trenton with breaking details. Greg . Reporter thats exactly right, jessica, the breaking details is that this budget impasse is state shutdown is over. Chris christie expected to speak here at his office at the State Capitol any minute and tomorrow the 4th of july for everyone concerned, the beaches, the public parks are expected to be reopened. The most important thing is we open the state of new jersey again. We put back to work all those workers that did not get to go to work today. We open the beaches, the services, we care a great deal about the finances in this budget. Its the best weve seen in ten year, provides for a lot of people. And i think its a good day, be
Greg . Reporter thats exactly right, jessica, the breaking details is that this budget impasse is state shutdown is over. Chris christie expected to speak here at his office at the State Capitol any minute and tomorrow the 4th of july for everyone concerned, the beaches, the public parks are expected to be reopened. The most important thing is we open the state of new jersey again. We put back to work all those workers that did not get to go to work today. We open the beaches, the services, we care a great deal about the finances in this budget. Its the best weve seen in ten year, provides for a lot of people. And i think its a good day, because everything will be open probably starting tomorrow. I think the governor said hes putting out a release that the beaches will be open tomorrow. Reporter that was state Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Senate President speaker Steven Sweeney announce, the end of the stale mate minutes ago. The impasse began three days ago and democrats fought
East peace is in jeopardy and a fiery speech, he defended the obama administrations policies for israel and the palestinians. Backlash from the jewish state and americas incoming president seemingly boiling over with the white house. Mr. Trump calling out president obama and the u. N. In a new series of tweets promising change after january 20th. Well talk about it. In jerusalem, you may have seen, this Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issuing his own televised statement condemning mr. Kerrys comments as antiisrael. A lot of back and forth between ourselves and israel today. Back on the home front, though, amazon facing off against Law Enforcement and bentonville, arkansas. The Online Shopping giant echo device and alexa feature seen as the key to solving a murder. Why isnt amazon going to help the police out . The right to privacy versus Public Safety debate. Im Cheryl Casone in for liz claman on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Lets start our countdown. Breaking news wall s