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AUG. 21, 2015
Pedestrians use the rectangular rapid flashing beacon at the intersection of Oak Avenue and Carlsbad Boulevard. The beacon was used as a pilot program to measure the impact of the beacons on traffic. Photo by Ellen Wright
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa pins the Bronze Star Medal on retired Navy Capt. Robert A. Sulit during an Aug. 17 ceremony at the congressman’s Vista office. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek
Man awarded Bronze Star 70 years later They spent the first two days dulled it. … But I did what I was told. I learning to identify and clear the was just a private at the time.” He next traveled to Frankfurt, mines. The third day was spent with Germany, where he had his first combat experience driving through a village on a half track. “People were shooting at us,” he said. Sulit, who served as a machine gunner on a half track, said he aimed his weapon up and engaged the enemy. “I think I got somebody,” he said. Following the war Sulit took advantage of the G.I Bill and attended Shelly Sulit college. In 1957 he was commissioned Wife of Capt. Robert A. Sulit as an officer with the Navy Reserves, where he worked as a nuclear physithe chaplain, praying, going to confes- cist until his retirement in 1985. Shelly Sulit, his wife of more sion and receiving Communion, Sulit said. They blew up the mines on the than six years, said her husband reads quite a bit of war history. While dofifth day. He said he used his regular ing so recently he learned he could be eligible for the Bronze Star, which is trench knife to dig them up. “I didn’t like that,” he said. “I TURN TO BRONZE STAR ON A16 had it hone sharp and (the digging)
He’s a very quiet man. I haven’t seen him this excited in a while.”
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VISTA — Capt. Robert A. Sulit was awarded the Bronze Star Medal on Aug. 17, 30 years after his military retirement and 70 years after earning it for his meritorious and heroic service during World War II. Surrounded by family, the 89-year-old Del Mar resident was presented the fourth highest individual award in the U.S. military by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa in the congressman’s Vista office. Sulit, a retired Navy captain, was 18 years old when he was drafted out of high school into the U.S. Army and sent to fight in the European Campaign during his service from 1944 to 1946. His first job as a member of Company A, 69th Armored Infantry Battalion, 16th Armored Division was to dig out and clear mines on top of the cliffs at the Atlantic Wall. He said one member was selected from each squadron for mine clearance.
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By Bianca Kaplanek
Safer pedestrian crosswalks installed in Carlsbad Village By Ellen Wright
CARLSBAD — Starting next week, crossing the street along Carlsbad Boulevard will be safer for pedestrians. The city is currently installing four rectangular rapid flashing beacons along the boulevard and hopes to have them finished by the end of the month. The signs light up when a pedestrian pushes a button, in order to draw attention to the crosswalk and alert drivers to stop. The beacons are being installed at existing crosswalks on Carlsbad Boulevard at Hemlock Avenue, Cherry Avenue, Maple Avenue and Sycamore Avenue. The first one to be installed is the beacon at the Hemlock crosswalk. Each one takes a few
days to install because workers must wait for the concrete footing to dry. The actual sign installation is pretty quick, said Senior Traffic Engineer Doug Bilse. There is already a beacon installed at the intersection of Oak Avenue and Carlsbad Boulevard, which was used as a pilot program. “We wanted to make sure if the lights were going to disrupt the citizens, the intended use was going to be there, that cars were going to yield to the pedestrians,” Bilse said. “I think it’s going to be a really great project,” he said. There haven’t been complaints about the beacons. Next month, plans TURN TO CROSSWALKS ON A16
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