by Tom Chillemi –
On Veterans Day America reflects on the sacrifice of those who served to keep America free. Something is lost in the translation of war statistics when battle statistics are listed in mass numbers. It’s hard to visualize the numbers who have died in unknown fields halfway around the world. During the invasion of Italy in World War II, 10,000 men, about the population of Middlesex County, died in the battle of Anzio, Italy. Among those soldiers who took part in the invasion of Italy was Captain Beryl R. “Dick” Newman of Remlik.
In 1990, the Sentinel interviewed Newman who gave the following account of a skirmish on May 26, 1944 that would lead to him receiving the Medal of Honor — the nation’s highest military honor.
