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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.
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By David Weingrad
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5/29/13
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Hundreds in East Meadow honored servicemen and women during the community’s annual Memorial Day parade, led by Grand Marshal Bernard Hein of the Jewish War Veterans Post 709. Residents waved, clapped and cheered as the parade, which also featured the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2736, the American Legion Post 1082, the East Meadow Fire Department, students from the East Meadow and W.T. Clarke High School bands and local Boy and Girl Scout troops marched toward Veterans Memorial Park.
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By Emily J. Cappiello
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5/29/13
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A presentation on May 2 represented the next step in — and a new hope for — the future development of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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5/23/13
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One of Long Island’s oldest structures that has always deserved attention and gotten little respect is the Nassau Coliseum.
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5/9/13
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On the corner of East Meadow and Prospect Avenues sits the East Meadow Town Square, a grassy area highlighted by a gazebo, and laden with park benches, brick pathways, colorful flowers and trimly cut grass. The square sits serenely in the heart of East Meadow, and is an ideal place to sit, relax, and read a book on a warm spring or summer day.
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By David Weingrad
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5/1/13
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The East Meadow Veterans of Foreign War Post 2736 recently donated $10,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project.
The Wounded Warriors is a nationwide organization that provides programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members.
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By David Weingrad
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1/9/13
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For years, plans to replace or refurbish the 40-year-old Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and develop the land around it have come and gone.
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12/6/12
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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced the establishment of a public-private partnership on Tuesday between the county and Bruce Ratner, the chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies, to establish a plan to reinvent the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
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By David Weingrad
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11/20/12
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East Meadowites came out to Veterans Memorial Park on Sept. 11 to remember the men and women who died during the attacks on the World Trade Center and while less tears were shed than in years passed, the solemn ceremony reflected on the loss still felt by the community.
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By Shannon Koehle
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9/21/12
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“The price of freedom is written on the wall,” read a sign near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall replica that visited Nassau County last week. Erected in Eisenhower Park, the wall serves as a site of healing, remembrance and education.
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By Shannon Koehle
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8/10/12
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