2. World War II

While the United States struggled with the Great Depression of the 1930s, Germany, Italy, and Japan prepared for war. As the “clouds of war” formed in Europe and Asia, many Americans remembered the losses suffered in World War I and, consequently, supported a strong isolationist foreign policy. That ended on 7 December 1941, when Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor killing over 2000 Americans.

At that point, isolationism was no longer an option for most Americans, and millions enlisted after Pearl Harbor. The men in Mountain Lakes were no different. After all, for them, Pearl Harbor was personal since Laker William M. Thompson was one of the dead. Scores of Mountain Lakes men joined each of the branches of our nation's armed forces and signed up to fight in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war. Fourteen of these men would never return.

World War II Causalities

Charles E. Butts David T Powell Edwin T Sanders Frederick Walker Castle Gilbert Cole

Gilbert H. Higgins Jr, Howard B. Larlee J. Gilbert Jones John V. Theim Quin P. Turkington

Robeson Sherrerd Thomas B. Stickney William M. Thompson W. Richard Fleming, Jr

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For those interested in learning how Lakers responded to the war, refer to the online magazine, Home Front Service: ML during WWII. This resource was designed for Mountain Lakes students to commemorate our community's centennial. It has dozens of primary sources that illustrate how the community responded here at the "Hone Front."

Conflicts in which Lakers Served & Sacrificed

World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War Post-Vietnam

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