Tag

American Legion Memorial Post 274

HMT Rohna
Historical Accounts

Camden County, NJ HMT Rohna Memorial

Twelve soldiers from Camden County, NJ died when the troop transport HMT Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank off the coast of North Africa on November 26, 1943 — one of the greatest maritime disasters of World War II.

·5 min read
General Gas Mantle Company - Jefferson Street - 1926
Streets

Jefferson Avenue

Jefferson Avenue, also called Jefferson Street, runs from the Delaware River east to South 10th Street in Camden, one block north of Chelton Avenue; construction of I-676 severed the street, wiping out all structures east of the railroad tracks to Master Street.

·8 min read