The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Petersburgh Man On The Military Channel

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submitted by Mary Lou Walters

John Parkinson of Petersburgh will be featured in five spots on the upcoming “Against All Odds” show on the Military Channel at 9 pm on Memorial Day, May 26.  A much heavier pre-dialysis Parkinson is shown in the advertising spots for the show.  Parkinson is also frequently quoted in the upcoming book Forgotten Victory by Adam Mackos. Mackos also wrote the New York Times best sellers A Higher Call and Voices of the Pacific. The book will go on sale on October 14.

Marine Sergeant John E. Parkinson, son of Mrs. Albert E. Parkinson of 489 Summer St, Patterson N.J., displays the Purple Heart Medal he won for wounds received in action against Communist forces in Korea on May 31, 1951. The medal was received during recent field ceremony. Hdqtrs. no. A-155197 DEFENSE DEPT. PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) Sgt. B. R. Uthe.
Marine Sergeant John E. Parkinson, son of Mrs. Albert E. Parkinson of 489 Summer St, Patterson N.J., displays the Purple Heart Medal he won for wounds received in action against Communist forces in Korea on May 31, 1951. The medal was received during recent field ceremony. Hdqtrs. no. A-155197 DEFENSE DEPT. PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) Sgt. B. R. Uthe.

Some pictures and the story printed in the Eastwick Press on April 4 and 11 are now on display at the PVMCC Veterans Memorial room. One picture, a Newsweek magazine cover, has the following note from inside, “THE COVER: Korean truce talks of the last few weeks afford a welcome respite for Sgt. John Parkinson of Patterson N.J. and his buddies.”