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Vets at the mercy of the commander in chief

It does matter that on Memorial Day, President Trump tweeted, “Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today.” It matters because . . . more

6/8/18

The liar calls the killer an ‘honorable’ man

He is the boogeyman in our worst nightmares. Kim Jong-un, absolute ruler, Dear Leader and beloved father of North Korea, is the 30-something tyrant who inherited his seat of power . . . more

5/10/18

Paying too much attention to the first 100 days

For decades now, at the beginning of every presidency, the media and even the president himself have become obsessed with . . . more

5/4/17

Mission Impossible: getting V.A. benefits

Life gets so hard when you’re very old that dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs bureaucracy does indeed feel like adding insult to an already injurious process. more

7/8/15

Who is the little man in the elevator shoes?

He is the boogeyman in our worst nightmares. Kim Jong-un, absolute ruler, Dear Leader and beloved Father of North Korea . . . more

5/29/14

The ambiguity of war

I plugged a simple search term into Google last week: “Were Afghanistan and Iraq worth it?” Tens of thousands of entries popped up. more

5/31/13

More than a dozen veterans live in the East Meadow Senior Center on Front Street, including, from top left, Anthony Nohfouz, Vincent Scelsi, John Errico, Carmine Cella, John Mallico, Tom Nicoletti, Ira Meltzer, Alfonso Caggiano and Al Willougby. On the bottom row sat Cliff Way and Carmine Peranzo.

Veterans reflect on Memorial Day

Carmine Cella served in the United States Air Force from 1943 to 1946, and was stationed in Saipan and the Tinian during World War II, which are part of U.S.’s Northern Mariana Islands, in the western Pacific Ocean. Cella, now 91, said he couldn’t help but notice a huge commotion while deployed in Tinian. “I knew something was going on over there,” he said. “I didn’t know what it was.” He later learned he was on the same island as the atomic bombs, which would soon be launched on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. more

By David Weingrad | 5/29/13

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