Veteran Spotlight
Joseph C. Reaser A Gettysburg HeroRichard D. L. Fulton Joseph C. Reaser was born to parents Clayton S. and Annie E. Reaser on September 27, 1913, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He had four sisters, Catherine, Helen, Ruth, and Esther, and two brothers, Paul and David. Reaser was a graduate of Gettysburg High School. Reaser registered for…
1944: The ‘Nazi’ Mason-Dixon Invasion
Richard D. L. Fulton (Adapted from ‘Nazis’ in Gettysburg: World War II Comes to a Civil War Battlefield by Richard D. L. Fulton, pending publication.) It seemed like just another routine and ordinary morning in 1944 in tranquil Frederick and Adams counties to the casual observer, but something was about to occur which would be…
Veteran Spotlight
John Reever: New Midway to Normandy and Beyond by Priscilla Rall John Wilbur Reever was born in 1922 in Pennsylvania, but the family soon moved to Harney, then to Taneytown, then to Union Bridge, and finally, to New Midway, where Wilbur attended school through the seventh grade. The Great Depression affected every American, especially farmers…
