"Uncle Jack"
Niles resident and Veterans History Project Participant, Martin O'Grady, commends this 16 minute tribute and writes:
"The story and videography are inspiring...as we approach Memorial Day, let's remember these WWII vets in our prayers...were it not for them, none of us would have the wonderful lives we have today. As you may know, Gary Sinise is a Chicago-area boy and very supportive of U.S. veterans."
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Charles Matz and the Honor Flight
The US Marine and Niles Resident made his Honor Flight on May 11. His granddaughter Carol wrote: "I was fortunate enough to be able to go with him and we had a jam-packed day touring D.C. including the WWII Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial and the Air and Space Museum. He was just amazed throughout the entire day with the outpouring of support from complete strangers just wanting to shake his hand and tell him 'thank you for your service.' It was fantastic to witness!"
He kept telling me, “I knew this was going to be good, but I never expected anything like this!”
A Gunnery Sergeant who saw much combat, Mr Matz is a participant in the Veterans History Project at the Niles Public Library.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Annual May Remembering Our Veterans Display
The military artifacts on display in the east and west exhibit cases have been loaned for exhibit during May.
The exhibit coordinator is Al Aronson, a World War II Army veteran of the ‘Bloody Bucket” Keystone Division in Europe and a participant in the Veterans History Project* at Niles. The VHP interview transcripts have been posted on the library’s website and are available in the Reference Department for reading.
VHP participants Gus Habighurst* (WWII-CBI), Niels Larsen(Korean War)*, Jerry Levin*(WWII-Pacific), and Matthew Wojtaszek (WWII-Europe)* as well as Mike McNulty (Viet Nam), Ralph Ponfil (Korean War), and Chris Reuscher have all loaned items for this year’s exhibit which for the first time takes up two windows and includes items from the Viet Nam War.
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