Basilone Parade

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Anyone planning on going to the Basilone Parade Sunday Sept. 26th, 1pm, in Raritan? maybe we can get a nice njgunforums crew showing up there.

http://www.basiloneparade.com/schedule-2010.htm

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I'm in it almost every year with my dads scout car with guns mounted all over it :mrgreen:

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AWESOME! I guess I'll be seeing you there for sure, then! That's the scout car you mentioned before, huh. way cool! and I know where that pic was taken! it's right by the B-water/Raritan High School...right?

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Yeah it was me picking my girlfriend up from highschool back in the day on halloween LOL i got some pretty funny looks

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dude, that's way awesome! I guess that was before the facial hair

[usnmars 136]

little side note, my grandfather was very good friends with John Basilone. He has several pictures of the two of them. If I am home I am going to try to get to the parade.

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that's not the guy that sculpted the statue in Raritan, is it? I've read that it was sculpted by a childhood friend of Sgt. Basilone

[71ragtopgoat 23]

Sounds great if I can I will be there.

 

John Basilone (November 4, 1916

[Wolfy 51]

Man that guy was something!!! God Bless Him.

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he was totally a hero! I've read about him, and it's so impressive. that's why I really wanna go to the parade. I pass by his statue often, in Raritan, and I always kinda stop for a bit, give the guy some respect.

[SpecOps2087 3]

Also one of the main characters in the HBO series "The Pacific"

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too bad I don't have HBO anymore. I really loved Band of Brothers and that's supposed to a lot like it. will have to wait until it comes out on NetFlix

[71ragtopgoat 23]

Here are some more of NJ's MOH winners. Click on the pictures to get the story of how they earned the medal.

 

http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/ ... ersey.html

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL8tU7tS ... re=related

[Damjan 73]

This is where Basilone`s House used to be :

 

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=shell+raritan+,nj&fb=1&gl=us&hq=shell&hnear=Raritan,+NJ&cid=0,0,4760550508634209581&ei=UfqdTLm-L8P_lgeC9tCECg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQnwIwAA

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really? it used to be where the Shell station is now? too bad they knocked it down then, could've been a memorial or something. There's an overpass right after there, where Rt. 202 goes over the Somerville Circle, it's called "John Basilone Bridge" I live like a hop and a skip away from there.

[Damjan 73]

I read that fact in the Boro Website somewhere , i can`t find it but here is something interesting about that corner where the statue is

 

http://www.raritan-online.com/yt-statue.htm

 

BTW , I`m coming to the parade

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And interesting info on the sculptor with Pics on the Boro website as well:

 

http://www.raritan-online.com/phillip-orlando.htm

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nothing special about the corner where the statue is. just a visible place, a bit landscaped...

[Damjan 73]

It was an interesting pic to see that the same houses were there in 1891

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nice link thanks. look forward to seeing you at the parade.

btw, you never did answer which part Eastern Europe you're from

[Damjan 73]

Macedonia , Ex-Yugo

 

 

See u at the parade

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ehhhh.. cool. <~ Ukraine

 

Fellas, when we get closer to the date, we should trade cell phone #'s, because I don't know about you, but I don't know what any of you guys look like... except for Glenn. and maybe, just maybe Maks will come through with the new t-shirts before the parade, so we can all rock the njgunforums.com shirts. Maksim!!! I know you read like every post on here! hook us up bro!!! I'm just kiddin', I'm patient, whenever you get a chance, dude.

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BADA-BUMP!!!! ok, so who's going on Sunday??? a slight change in my plans for the better - my family & I (wife + 2 kids) are actually gonna be inthe parade, riding in Glenn's WWII scout car. in our conversation last night, he said that it could comfortably fit maybe 3-4 more people. Glenn asked me to extend an invitation to any other NJGF members that may want to ride the scout car in the parade! Glenn - the pic is gone, you wanna re-post it?

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It was awhile ago but I had the honor of representing the New jersey National Guard in that parade as a color guard. Watching the "Pacific" really filled me in on what a hero and great American John Basilone was. My great Uncle in the 4th Marine Division was also killed on Iwo.

 

Thats a beautiful M3A1 Scout Car

TC

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crappy picture because I forgot to charge my camera battery and this was taken on my phone, but here were are at the parade staging area.