"Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy . . ."
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12/8/22
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There are very few people left who can answer the question, “Where were you when Pearl Harbor was bombed?”
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12/1/22
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Gerard “Jerry” Barbosa, of East Meadow, who survived Japanese warplane attacks while stationed on the USS Raleigh as a gunner’s mate at Pearl Harbor, and the D-Day landings later in …
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By Nadya Nataly and Stephany Reyes
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12/14/17
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Gerard “Jerry” Barbosa, who survived Japanese war planes attacks while stationed on the USS Raleigh as a gunner’s mate at Pearl Harbor, died on Sept. 15, at age 93, of natural causes.
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By Stephany Reyes
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9/20/17
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Next Wednesday marks 75 years since Japanese fighter planes unleashed two separate attacks on Pearl Harbor and its environs, bombing ships, planes and airfields and killing more than 2,000 military personnel and civilians. It was an event that spurred the U.S.’s entry into World War II and a pro-war mindset among Americans that united the country.
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By Rossana Weitekamp and Stephany Reyes
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12/2/16
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Two weeks ago was the 68th anniversary of the American attack on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.
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8/21/13
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Pearl Harbor survivor Gerard Barbosa, 88, of East Meadow, was one of six men honored on Dec. 7 at a 70th anniversary memorial ceremony at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale.
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By Shannon Koehle
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12/14/11
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Pearl Harbor survivor Gerard Barbosa, of East Meadow, was one of six men honored this morning at a 70th anniversary memorial ceremony.
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By Shannon Koehle
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12/7/11
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East Meadow’s own Gerard Barbosa was one of four Pearl Harbor survivors in attendance during a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary on Tuesday at the American …
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by Mike Caputo
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12/8/10
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