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VOLUME 136NUMBER 195SINCE 1879SATURDAY 08.15.15Sample from foodtrucks in TuckertonThere will be a food truck festival at Tuckerton Seaport todaywith live music, food and drinks, plus activities for the wholefamily to enjoy.Enjoymusic anda campfireThere will be a WOODStockevent at the Bass River StateForest lakeside beach today.Eat crabcakes inOceanportThere will be a crab cakecook-off with food vendorsat Monmouth Park today.Happy hourConnolly Station: Belmar, $2.50Bud Lights all day; $4 vodka drinks8-11 p.m.Sand Bar: Brielle, $5 sangria; $5house wines; $5 Stoli drinks; 3-6p.m. The Chubby Pickle: Highlands,$2.50 Miller Lite and Bud Lightdrafts; $3.50 Yuengling; 11 a.m.- 6p.m.beacheditionYOUR WEEKEND GUIDE DOWN THE SHOREAll this and more inside! 2A87/70 72 UV7ADVICE6DCLASSIFIED7DCOMICS5DLOCAL3AMOVIES4DOBITUARIES8AOPINION11ASPORTS1CWEATHER10CYOUR MONEY 4AAFTER 54 YEARS, AMERICAN FLAG AGAIN FLIES IN CUBA AS EMBASSY OPENS PAGE 1BSee what people are saying about the hottest stories in APP and join theconversation. Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/asburyparkpress. BERKELEY Policearrestedsevenpeopleandseized large amounts of heroin, along with crack co-caine and Oxycodone pills, when they executed searchwarrants Wednesday at two separate apartments in theBerkeley Gardens Apartment Complex on FrederickDrive, Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele said.In one of the units, police discovered what they saidwas a heroin manufacturing facility. The investigation by the police departments Detec-tiveBureauwastheresultofseveralcomplaintsbyresidents about narcotics distribution in the neighbor-hood and in nearby areas along Route 9, the chief said.Arrested at the first apartment was Ivan Day, 56, ofFrederick Drive, who was found to have more than 100 Heroin factory in Berkeley, cops sayJEAN MIKLE @JEANMIKLESee DRUGS, Page 10AThis weekend marks the 70th anniversary ofthe allied forces victory over Japan, but How-ell resident Charles Sona wont be celebrating. TheWorldWarIIveteranandlongtimeHowell resident will reflect on what was lost,not what was won.Thewasteofallthementhatdiedoverthere, he said. If I had my way, wars would befought by the politicians that declare it. Not bysending our young guys to get slaughtered.Now 90, Sona almost was one of those guys.He fought in the Pacific theater in 1943 and 1944before getting blown up during the Battle ofHollandia in New Guinea. He was on patrol as aSeabee, a member of the Navys constructionbattalions.Iwokeupinthemud;aguywaslookingdown at me and I couldnt hear him, Sona re-called.ApparentlyIwasblownupbysome-thing...Icouldntwalk.Icouldnthearforawhile. I still have terrible ringing in my ears.70TH ANNIVERSARY OF V-J DAYA STRUGGLETHAT DIDNT ENDHowells Charles Sona wants to remind everyonewhat war is really about. And hes not alone.PHOTOS BY PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERCharles Sona, a 90-year-old Howell resident who served in the Pacific during World War II. Sona holds a hat with his Seabees insignia on it.Visit APP.com for a video about Sonas experiences.JERRY CARINO @NJHOOPSHAVENGuys who havegone through it, if we sense(depression) inanother veteran,we step in and tryto help. You cantalways get tothem. Its aheartbreak.CHARLES SONASee WAR, Page 5ASteepyourself in blissSlow down and relax at theseseven tea rooms. Indulge, 1DHOME DELIVERY ADVANTAGE!Coupons inside today only for home deliverysubscribers. To subscribe to the Asbury Park Press,call 1-800-822-9779.$774