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Theodore Bryant, deserter

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 New Jersey Courier 20 Sep 1918

Quarantine lifted,1918

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Joe Tito's WWII story

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from the Ocean County Observer of 20 Sep 2006

Fatal accident near Camp Dix, 1939

New Jersey Mirror 25 Jan 1939 Edwin Baynes, 51, of 154 Millerick avenue, Trenton, was fatally injured on Friday when his automobile skidded on the Wrightstown-Bordentown highway and crashed into a tree. Suffering complete paralysis of his right side, a possible skull fracture, chest injuries and severe lacerations of the scalp, the victim was taken to Camp Dix Hospital, where he died later. Baynes, riding alone, was returning to his home from Camp Dix, where he is employed on a WPA project as a bricklayer. Work on the project had been cancelled for the day because of cold weather