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Forever: Private First Class Peter J. Sbordone—A Story About His Death During the Second World War, His Disappearance and Remembrance

The author, Patrick Coppens, is a history teacher at a secondary school in the Netherlands. Your editors are very grateful to this Dutchman who has submitted the first article in South of the Mountains from overseas.

The Historical Society of Rockland County 2026 Annual Meeting and President’s Report

COVER PICTURE. Peter Sbordone’s gravestone, Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium.
Photographed by Patrick Coppens.

SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS (ISSN 0489-9563) is published quarterly by The Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956; phone, (845) 634-9629; fax, (845) 634-8690; website, www.RocklandHistory.org; email, info@rocklandhistory.org.

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