World War I
March 26, 1917
Maury Jones of the Lafayette Flying Corps
By Mark A. Wallinger On March 26, 1917, a young man from Red Bank prominent in Monmouth County social circles left the United States and volunteered to join the French in their war against Germany, well before the U.S. entered...
September 15, 1917
Theodore D. Parsons, World War I Test Pilot who Became New Jersey Attorney General
By John R. Barrows Editor’s note: Almost 100 percent of the details of military service in this story of Theodore D. Parsons come to us courtesy of Mike O’Neal, a member of the board of trustees for the Golden Age...
October 17, 1918
The Silver Star: William D. Frayne of Sea Bright
By John R. Barrows Editor’s note: Most of what we present here about hero pilot Bill Frayne’s wartime exploits is owed to Steve Ruffin and his exhaustive work with original source records as published in Over the Front, the...
October 10, 2023
Book Review: Reaping the Whirlwind, by Dominic Etzold
Book Review: Reaping the Whirlwind, by Dominic Etzold ©2023 Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, Pa., $34.99, available from Schifferbooks.com, Barnes & Noble, AbeBooks, Amazon, and other retailers. Book review by John R. Barrows The Battle of Monmouth is an...