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The three eldest members of Congress - senators Frank Lautenberg (at 87, Congress' oldest) and senators Daniel Inouye & Daniel Akaka of Hawaii - Democrats all, are also its only remaining World War II veterans. Lautenberg served in the Army Signal Corps in the European theater.
Today, in just a few minutes, Lautenberg will be at the Rutgers Student Center kicking off a collaboration with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. There will be a training to teach New Jerseyans how they can participate in this oral history project of American vets. And then, Lautenberg's office and the Rutgers Oral History Project will be recording the war stories of 5 New Jerseyans:
Arthur Seltzer (Cherry Hill), a WWII veteran who survived D-Day
Tom Mahoney (Union Township), WWII vet who survived Pearl Harbor
Danielle Peloquin (South Brunswick), Vietnam veteran
Joe Nyzio (Bordentown), veteran of Iraq
Justin Sasso (Holmdel), veteran of Iraq.
This is at 11am in the Rutgers Student Center Multi-Purpose Room, 126 College Ave. in New Brunswick (Google map). Also attending are Rutgers President Richard McCormick and other university officials, NJ Deputy Commissioner of Veterans Affairs Ray Zawacki and reps from several veterans organizations. I don't see Veterans for Peace among them; some of the most interesting stories I've heard are from veterans actively engaged in peace work.
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