The family of William Winfield Colgan, a graduate of Carteret High School Class of 1942, has dedicated two large print copies of the Tom Brokaw book " The Greatest Generation Speaks" to the Carteret Public Library.

William Winfield Colgan, pharmacist's mate 2nd class (US Navy corpsman), was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart posthumously for his extraordinary heroism on the island of  Peleliu in October of 1944.

To read William's complete military history, you can to to the website http://home.att.net/~goodye1.