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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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

Sounds great if I can I will be there.

 

John Basilone (November 4, 1916

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

Macedonia , Ex-Yugo

 

 

See u at the parade

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.

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?

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

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.