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Rutgers Oral History Archives

  • Links to Oral History Sessions: Plushanski, Fred (December 18, 2017)
  • Conflict(s): Korean War
  • Military Branch & Unit: Marine Corps
  • Theater(s): Korean

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Fred Plushanski was born in 1929.  He was raised on a farm in Glen Gardner, New Jersey.  After graduating from high school, Mr. Plushanski followed in his older brother's footsteps and joined the Marine Corps.

Mr. Plushanski went to Parris Island for basic training and Camp Lejeune for advanced training in antitank warfare.  During the Korean War, he served as a Marine in operations at Inchon and Seoul and then in the campaign for Wonsan-Hungnam-Chosin.

After his military service, Mr. Plushanski played professional baseball for a short time, worked at John Deere, and then owned and operated a farm in New Jersey.

The Rutgers Oral History Archives received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. In the 2017-2018 cycle, this grant assisted the ROHA staff in making this oral history available to you for your use.

Targum Cover 11 22 1963a

 

"HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died

 

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.

Images from that day and the events that followed remain etched in our collective consciousness—the open-top Presidential limo traveling down the people-lined streets of Dallas; President Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the oath of office on Air Force One beside a shaken First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; John, Jr. saluting his father's passing casket at the funeral in DC.

Those who lived through that traumatic period can recall both their initial shock and the nuances of their reactions.

In "HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died, ROHA presents a sampling of stories related to the Kennedy tragedy, a touchstone event for multiple generations.

The Rutgers Targum (campus newspaper) cover from its November 22, 1963 issue. (Image courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.)

 

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Voices of Veterans

 

Voices of Veterans is an online exhibit showcasing passages from oral history interviews of veterans who served in the Second World War and in wars in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. ROHA created this exhibit in commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941.

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