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Photos and stories about the rich history of The Reporter's coverage area. Readers are encouraged to submit their own stories and photos for this blog and the weekly Remember When feature in The Reporter, which runs on Mondays. Contact us by email at citydesk@thereporteronline.com, or write us at 307 Derstine Avenue, Lansdale, PA 19446 for details.

Monday, July 19, 2010

The war years

Today we revisit a few photos from the “North Penn Revue,” produced in September 1946 to showcase “The North Penn Victory Celebration,” honoring the area’s service men and women who had served in World War II.

It was published by Charles J. Maguire of the North Penn News in Lansdale.

In one of our photos today, it is noted that hundreds of bond rallies were held throughout the North Penn area in the numerous industrial plants.


The photo featured today shows people at a rally being held at the Dexdale Hosiery Mills in Lansdale.

The other photo features Donald Schmidt and Bob Oberholtzer.

According to caption information, the men worked at Hunter Pressed Steel in Lansdale before they entered the service 13 days before Pearl Harbor.

The two “donned khaki together and, as members of the 185th Field Artillery Battalion, they fought in the Tunisian campaign together, as well as the one in the Italian mountains and others. With victory won they returned home and to their jobs, once more at Hunter Pressed Steel.”

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