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Every month for the past year, Mike Guerriero has purchased hundreds of toiletry items, socks, games, magazines and more, packed them in three or four boxes and sent them to Afghanistan.
He used …
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Lee Landor
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3/7/12
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Are you or veteran or do you know a veteran who’s recently returned to civilian life?
With the return of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, the number of veterans in our area is growing. …
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1/25/12
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The St. Agnes Cathedral Knights of Columbus and The Carltun at Eisenhower Park have teamed up to offer a “Welcome Home/Appreciation Dinner For Two.”
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12/21/11
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The children in St. Raymond’s school have been working very hard collecting money and sheets to send to U.S Army Captain Ryan Harmon, pictured at right, and the 134 soldiers in his company serving …
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11/25/11
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Dear children:
This is what I wrote 10 years ago, in 2001, just days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center:
“As I write this letter, you exist only as a hope for the …
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Randi Kreiss
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9/9/11
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It is difficult to believe that 10 years have come and gone since Al Qaeda terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, a third into a field in Pennsylvania and a fourth …
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9/9/11
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In the 10 years since the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., we have lost 6,000 brave soldiers’ lives, seen countless wounded and spent a trillion dollars on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The immediate response to the attack on the U.S. homeland was fully justified, as we have a right to go after those terrorists who would attack us.
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6/30/11
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“I’m thrilled that he’s gone.”
That is what Merokean Carol Gies had to say on Monday morning about the death of Osama bin Laden, shortly after President Obama announced to the world on Sunday night that the al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind was killed in a 40-minute firefight with U.S. Navy seals at a fortified compound outside of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/2/11
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Chris Van Dyke, the brother of Kathleen Brosnan, a Rockville Centre resident, is currently serving in the Army in Afganistan. He recently came home on a two-week leave. While home, he stopped by Covert Elementary School and St. Agnes Cathedral School to thank students for the letters and candy they have sent him and his fellow troops. He said the visits were important to him because he wanted to let all the children know how much the soldiers appreciate getting mail and packages from home.
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2/9/11
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He could be your son or mine . . . Perhaps you saw the photo of 24-year-old Bowe Bergdahl of Idaho posted on the Internet last week. Bergdahl, an American soldier, was taken prisoner by the Taliban in Afghanistan 18 months ago.
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by Randi Kreiss
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12/16/10
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