Brady Bunch star Alice visits New Castle in 1990
The late Ann B. Davis visited Independent Methodist Church in New Castle on September 8 1990 as a guest speaker for the churchs second anniversary. Rev Fred Gilbert recalled her as authentic like her Brady Bunch character and said she greeted fans after the service alongside Episcopal Bishop Bill Frey and his wife Barbara. Davis died at 88 in San Antonio Texas.
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World War II Hero Russo Recalls D‑Day Ordeal and Family Ties
Ralph “Nino” Russo, a former Army soldier from New Castle, reflects on landing at Omaha Beach May 1944. He describes pillbox peril, minefields, a sinking foot injury saved by sulfanilamide sewn in his coat, and weeks aboard hospital ships before return home. He later married Marietta in 1945 and built a life on Lilac Road with two children, five grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren while remaining a steady family leader.
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Veterans in 1944 film This Happy Breed
New Castle News reports Ralph Russo and Cpl. William Humphrey, two New Castle soldiers, were chosen for a company marching in front of Technicolor cameras in the 1944 film version of Noel Coward's This Happy Breed. They wore World War I wool uniforms with helmets and packs on a hot day as the London peace procession scene was shot recalling July 19, 1919.
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Obama recalls democracy's beachhead at Normandy graveyard
In Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Obama affirmed veterans that democracy's legacy is safe as 9,387 fallen soldiers rest under white marble tombstones above Omaha Beach. F-15s fly in missing-man formation, a 21 gun salute sounds, and taps rings during ceremonies with European leaders.
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