Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost. 

SOMERDALE, N.J.
 WAR MEMORIAL

Somerdale Borough Gratefully Honors Those Who Served Their Country 

       Situated on the grounds of the Raws-Tait VFW Post # 7334, Kennedy Boulevard and Somerdale Road, in Somerdale NJ, this monument honors the two fallen heroes for whom the post is named for, William Raws & William Tait. William Tait is also memorialized on the Hollingshead Employees Monument, originally in Camden, NJ that now is at Newton Lake Park in Haddon Township, NJ.

       If you have information or pictures which you would like to see included on this website, please contact me by e-mail.
                                        Phil Cohen  
                                        phil552@reagan.com


 
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
William Raws EM3C NAVY USS Staff AM-114 12/8/1918 7/16/1943
William Tait T/SGT ARMY 6th Ordinance 
Bomb Disposal Squad   		8/27/1919 7/9/1044

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HMTS Rohna

Six men from Camden NJ, Frank Ballerino, Michael Carr,  Michael Yachus, Stephen V. Koscianski, Lewis Riondino, and Joseph H. Johnson died together when the troop transport HMTS Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank of the coast of North Africa. In addition,  six other Camden County men, Jacob K. Jenkins and Carl Johanson of Pennsauken, 19 year-old Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, William McKeon of Blackwood, Merl Reagle of Lindenwold, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville and  also were lost that day. In total, 1,015 men were lost, but the story was never told to the families or the general public for over 57 years due to wartime censorship.

THE ROHNA DISASTER
CAMDEN COUNTY INTERNET WAR MEMORIAL

The Rohna Survivors Memorial Association

MSNBC Coverage - Tom Brokaw
Read the article or see the video
     

CAMDEN COUNTY NJ
  MONUMENTS & WAR MEMORIALS

       Click links to visit web-pages on these memorials, and to visit "virtual memorials" to Camden County's fallen heroes.

GUEST BOOK & E-MAIL
     As of this date, February 6, 2002 I have not erected a guest-book. Please e-mail all comments to phil552@reagan.com. If you would like your comment published in the upcoming guest-book, please let me know.

Phil Cohen
Camden NJ

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