b"Remembering our PastMaplewoods military photos once again see the light of dayBY HENRY WALLHAUSERThis album contains photos of local servicemen and women in the armed forces during World War II. Below: selected photos from the album.Y ouve got to have a good reason to wantWhile some of the photos were snapshots, most were profes-to visit a certain tiny storeroom deep insionally taken.the basement of Maplewood Town Hall. Why not let the public have a look? True, there were only Its got a rough red brick wall on one147 service-member photos in the albuma long way from sideandalineofmustythe nearly 4,000 young men and women shelves on the other loadedfrom Maplewood who served during the witholdfilesandmiscella- war. But they represent a significant re-neous memorabilia. minder of the contribution Maplewood It's not a great place to go. And it's in sharpmade to the 1941-45 war effort. contrast to spaces elsewhere in Town Hall, allTheCommit-keptspic-and- tee gave the album span. acloselookand Butitsdecidedthatwith wherethealittlerestoration M a p l e w o o dandgatheringof Committeeforscattered photos, it Servicemenandcouldbeputinto Servicewomenpresentable shape.keepitsfiles,Who put the al-whichincludebum together? It is importantlyaa legacy of the orig-collection of pho- inalMaplewood tographs. Committeefor Those old pho- Servicemen,or-tosrecentlybecameganizedearlyin asubjectofinter- 1942, just 40 days estwhenCommitteeaftertheU.S.was members rememberedattackedatPearl there was a photo al- Harbor.Thejobof bumcontainingtheproducing an album pictures of servicemenwasgiventothe and women who wereCommitteesWom-inthearmedforcesansBranch,which during World War II.wroterequestsfor 40/ matters magazine / winter 2020"