Senior Center seeks material for book on World War vets

The Warren County Senior Center is putting together a book featuring Warren County veterans of World War I & II, and is asking veterans, or family members of veterans, to supply information and photographs for the project.

Senior Center director Cheryl Watson Mingle says the book is being produced as part of the Warren County Bicentennial Celebration.

‘We want to celebrate our heritage and recognize our World War I & II veterans,’ Mingle said. ‘So we want to encourage community involvement by anyone who is interested in submitting their information on a veteran in their family. We want to compile a book with service information and photos on all our W.W.I and W.W.II vets as part of the Bicentennial.’

Applications are available at the Senior Center which make it easy to provide the information. Some of the information required includes:

‘ Name, birth date, place of birth

‘ Father’s name, mother’s maiden name

‘ If veteran is deceased ‘ date of death, burial place

‘ Where and when entered service

‘ Branch of service

‘ Where trained

‘ Dates of service/years of service

‘ Rank/classification

‘ Service record, overseas record, places served

‘ Awards and medals

‘ Military engagements involved in

‘ Date returned to USA

‘ Date of discharge

‘ Names of spouse, children and siblings

‘ Photograph of the veteran in his or her uniform if at all possible, though any photo will be taken.

The Senior Center is requesting anybody who was born in Warren County, or lived in Warren County for a significant portion of their lives, to provide this information for inclusion in the Veteran’s Book.

‘If they had anything to do with Warren County, born here, lived here, then we want them in our book,’ Mingle said. Once published, the book will be available for both research and purchase.

For more information on this project contact the Warren County Senior Center at 473-6559.