Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost. 

RUNNEMEDE, N.J.
  WAR MEMORIAL


  RUNNEMEDE WAR MEMORIAL

    

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                                        Phil Cohen
 
                     
                   phil552@reagan.com

 

        This tribute to those who served from Runnemede is located on the Black Horse Pike in Runnemede NJ etween Route I-295 and Clements Bridge Road (Route 41).  It was dedicated in October of 1947.


         


RUNNEMEDE TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED
KOREA
VIETNAM
WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR II VIETNAM
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RUNNEMEDE'S TRIBUTE
TO HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS
WHO SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 HALLOWED BY THESE WHO GAVE THEIR ALL
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died

GLENN BARTL

PVT ARMY 324th Infantry Regiment
44th Infantry Division
  5/26/1943

EARL BROWN JR.

TEC5 ARMY   1917 1944

JAMES A. COCHRAN

PVT ARMY 37TH ENGINEER COMBAT BN   6/6/44

JOHN J. GRIFFITH JR.

SGT AIR FORCE 668TH BOMBER SQUADRON
416TH BOMBER GROUP, LARGE
  3/18/1945

WILLIAM FRANCIS GUNN

S2C NAVY USS TICONDEROGA CV-14   1/21/945

WALTER D. HANSEN

TEC4 ARMY     2/13/945

EDWARD KASPER

PVT ARMY Company I, 324th Infantry Regiment
44th Infantry Division
  10/27/1944

JOSEPH J. SAMPOLSKE
{Joseph J. Sampolski)

SSGT ARMY 349th Infantry Regiment
88th Infantry Division
  10/7/1944

LEONARD B. SCHAFER

CPL ARMY     3/19/1945

JOHN SCHNEPP

2LT ARMY 15th Tank Battalion
6th Armored Division
  8/5/1944

FRANCIS SENSEMAN

PVT ARMY 59th Coast Artillery Regiment   12/30/1942

JOHN SHACKLETON

SSGT ARMY 41st Armored Infantry Regiment
2nd Armored Division
  11/21/1944

GERALD H. THINNES

PFC ARMY      

CARL G. THORMAN

PVT ARMY 350th Infantry Regiment
88th Infantry Division
  7/15/1944

EARL A. TROUP JR.

CPL ARMY 119th Infantry Regiment
30th Infantry Division
  7/13/1944

RUNNEMEDE
LEST WE FORGET
VIETNAM
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
JAMES X. GILCH PFC ARMY 2d Platoon, B Co, 1st Bn, 
5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Div
5/6/1945 7/21/1966
JOHN M. HALEY JR. LCPL MARINES   9/15/1947 9/1/1967
FRANCIS JOSEPH HAYES JR. SGT ARMY 198th Infantry Brigade 7/14/1947 5/15/196

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The names of Runnemede war dead are also inscribed in marble at the base of the monument, as pictured above.

Camden
Courier-Post

October 27, 1947

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Camden
Courier-Post

October 27, 1947

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Camden Courier-Post * May 22, 1967

HMTS Rohna

       Six men from Camden NJ, Frank Ballerino, Michael Carr,  Michael Yachus, Stephen V. Koscianski, Lewis Riondino, and Joseph H. Johnson died together when the troop transport HMTS Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank of the coast of North Africa. In addition,  six other Camden County men, Jacob K. Jenkins and Carl Johanson of Pennsauken, 19 year-old Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, William McKeon of Blackwood, Merl Reagle of Lindenwold, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville and  also were lost that day. In total, 1,015 men were lost, but the story was never told to the families or the general public for over 57 years due to wartime censorship.

CAMDEN COUNTY NJ HMTS ROHNA MEMORIAL

The Rohna Survivors Memorial Association

MSNBC Coverage - Tom Brokaw
Read the article OR see the video


     

CAMDEN COUNTY NJ
  MONUMENTS & WAR MEMORIALS

       Click links to visit web-pages on these memorials, and to visit "virtual memorials" to Camden County's fallen heroes.


GUEST BOOK & E-MAIL

     As of this date, November 1, 2013 I have not erected a guest-book. Please e-mail all comments to phil552@reagan.com. If you would like your comment published in the upcoming guest-book, please let me know.

  Phil Cohen
Camden NJ



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