Steven Mager photos

(above) Shown here is PVT Steven A. Mager’s obituary as it appeared in the Cranford Chronicle, in late December of 1944. Researching using the Cranford Public Library’s digital collection, I realized that in three consecutive issues of the Chronicle, which were delivered to Cranford’s mailboxes, the obituaries of William Hinkle, Arthur Galvin, Cecil Spittler, Anton Hascek and Steven Mager were all listed. Also from the French German border fights, came the sad news of the deaths of John Barich and Arthur King. Additionally, during this same time period, Robert Tuttle and Merwin Udell were killed in the Pacific theater. So many young men lost in such a brief period of time surely left our small town reeling.