World War II Ranger, Pfc. John Wardell was among those who received the medal. “It’s an honor to be here today to accept the Congressional gold medal and to stand along my fellow WWII Rangers.

A man magnet fishing off the De Jessa Bridge Thursday pulled a WW2-era artillery shell from the Passaic River. The Bergen County Bomb Squad responded to the scene and took the item.

Those are the humble words of Pfc. John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday.

One of the Riverbend’s “greatest generation” celebrated his 100 th birthday in style on Wednesday. Retired insurance salesperson Richard Wickenhauser’s friends threw him a party at the Winchester ...

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World War II veteran and soon-to-be centenarian Barnett ‘Barney’ Crawford, of Meadville, holds a hat stating he served in the Marines during the war.

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