Brick Midway Vet Visits Lakehurst Hangar for Anniversary Commemoration

As submitted by the Ocean County Freeholders:

Ocean County Freeholder Gerry P. Little (left) with Battle of Midway veteran William Askew of Brick and Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau Director John P. Dorrity at Navy Lakehurst’s historic Hangar No. 1 for the commemoration of the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway.

The Battle, coming just six months after Pearl Harbor, was the turning point of the Pacific War. The June 4 ceremony was sponsored by the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society.