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Thursday, May 26, 2022 When credibility matters
Engine work is performed on a B-24 Liberator in this photo taken by Schenectady native Edwin Vincent Jendzeizyk during World War II. Inset photos show Jendzeizyk during his war years and the cover of the book of photos compiled by his son, Paul. (photos provided)
Rotterdam

Schenectady veteran’s WWII photos of 22nd Bombardment Group made into a book

Most history books on World War II focus on the big picture and the big names. Not as many focus… Read more »

Lillian Hanham Dixon was known as Lillian Olar, her maiden name, when this photograph was taken in the Chicago area when she was in her early teens. She is at far right in the photo. Inset top left: Hanham Dixon early in her career. She danced professionally in New York City and throughout the Midwest before moving to Schenectady in 2005. (photos provided) Inset bottom left: Hanham Dixon smiles recently at her home on Phoenix Avenue in Schenectady. (photo by Bill Buell)
Schenectady

As a dancer in NYC during WWII, Schenectady woman rubbed elbows with Jackie Gleason, Dean Martin, others

Nobody would want to go back and relive the painful experience of World War II, but for Lillian Hanham Dixon,… Read more »

An undated photo of the USS Enright is shown in the background. Inset right: Raymond Sarnacki, left, meeting the late Bob Dole, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate (1996) and an Army veteran of World War II, in 2016. Inset bottom left: Radar men on the bow of the USS Enright, Sarnacki is in the second row, second from left. Inset top left: Sarnacki during his service years. (photos provided)
Schenectady

Schenectady native and WWII veteran to celebrate 100th birthday

Good parents, good Polish food and a bit of luck — that’s what 99-year-old Schenectady native and World War II… Read more »

Left: During World War II, then-Lieutenant James “Boss” Farrell, squatting at right, was the aircraft commander of a twin engine B-26 Marauder bomber. He nicknamed his aircraft “Flak Bait.” Right: Capt. James J. Farrell is seen sipping champagne after landing the 14-passenger GE Gulfstream II for the final time on his retirement in the mid-1980s. 
Niskayuna

Niskayuna man recalls flight with an American war hero and former GE pilot

Incredible encounters sometimes come with little forewarning.  One such event happened more than 40 years ago, yet I still often… Read more »

Photograph of late Walter Alvin Smead, surrounded by his Purple Heart and Ambassador for Peace medals and missing in action letters addressed to family members
Saratoga County

Remains of Saratoga County man killed in Korean War identified after 70 years

CORINTH – Douglas Smead has spent 70 years wondering about the fate of his oldest brother, a U.S. Army private who… Read more »

Amsterdam

Cudmore: An impressive service and a forceful sermon

On Memorial Day Sunday in 1931 Amsterdam’s East Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church (E.M.M.E.) was crowded with people who came… Read more »

Senator Tedisco presents veteran Ambrose ‘Cowboy’ Anderson the New York State Liberty medal in Gloversville Friday.
Gloversville

Gloversville resident receives a special salute

GLOVERSVILLE — While Ambrose Anderson is one of the men who made the ‘Greatest Generation’ just that, for the longest… Read more »

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