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Coney Island, 1939

April 1, 2025 by Blogfinger

From the Goldfinger family album: Aunt Jean and cousin Marty Litinger. Coney Island, 1939. Photographer unknown.

 

By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net

 

Marty Litinger, one of the heroes in my family, served with the Coast Guard in convoys heading back and forth across the North Atlantic making runs to England and Russia during WWII.

His mom Jean was my mother’s sister, and the family loved to meet at Coney Island where I rode the Cyclone once and the Parachute Jump once  (They made us take off our shoes.)

My mother had 8 siblings, and although all were from Bayonne, NJ, they loved to meet at Coney Island.

 

JOHN BARRY   “Coney Island.” from the soundtrack of the film  Across the Sea of Time.

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  1. on May 8, 2017 at 12:37 pm Cousin Brucie Litinger

    Thanks for sharing Paul…. Fabulous memories….. They were such beautiful people!



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