In that area Is McQuire AFB, Fort Dix, and Lakehurst NAS. Back in the 1960's there was a Bomarc missile base with nuc capability between the AFB and Fort, one of the Bomarc missiles had an accident with a nuc on the tip and there was contamination of radiation from this, supposedly cleaned up by now. Back in the Nike and Bomarc defense days.
Fort dix use to be a Basic Combat Training base, not sure of its use today. Spent many summers there in the 70's with the reserves. McQuire is used more in transport to Europe than a defense airbase it use to be. I think it still provides defense for the New York area s few fighter jets. Lakehurst is Lakehurst more a training facility than anything else. You can still see the huge dirigible hangers that were built in the 30's. The German dirigible Hindenburg blew up there.
Back in its day, Belle Meade NJ had an arms depot but I believe it has been long ago discontinued.
Earle Ammunition Depot did at one time store nuc's but that was along time ago. Don't know if they still do.
Picatinny Arsenal I don't know to much about but I thought it was decomissioned back in the 60's.
Not to take away from 7 December, but when you mentioned the bullet holes I thought Of a church between Freehold and Englishtown NJ, Tennent Church. If you go inside you can still see the blood of a soldier on one of the pews there. He was wounded in the Battle of Monmouth just between those two towns during the Revolutionary War. So close, history in my back yard. I lived a few miles down the road from this area on Tennent Rd. and seeing this as a young teen it has always stuck in my memory. I don't think to many people are aware of this Historic Church.
I am ambidextrous, but write with my left hand. Most everything else I can use either hand, scissors, shooting (Rifle/pistol), batting, tennis (used to piss other players off cause I could switch on the fly), you name it. I even consider myself bisexual because I can use either hand. It is weird but I could never write with my right hand with any Decent legibility.
It was at one of Pres. Trumps rally a few years back. I can't recall the exact phrasing but he did say Joe was shot in the head and if I remember correctly he pointed to his head when he said it. He could of been talking about dementia also so there is that, but I doubt it.
My Father who was a GI in Europe for almost half of 1944 and most of 1945, told me that the Red Cross would charge GI's for coffee and donuts near the end of the war and pass out free parcels to German soldiers. That just never sat well with him and he had nothing good to say about the RC and would never donate when they would come around.
Just rambling here, but years ago, I believe it was Pizza Hut, had several commercials of people eating pizza backwards, crust first. It was to promote their new stuffed crust pizza. Interestingly President Trump was in one of the commercials. Just some old thoughts to ponder.
Thanks for the update. It has been a long time since I have been in North Jersey.