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Memories of a day that lives in infamy
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. more
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Brotherhood and the post-9/11 veteran
Re-adjusting to civilian life can pose a big challenge for veterans, including the 2.6 million servicemen and women who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. more
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Champion of the disabled
The building occupying 59 Hempstead Gardens Drive in West Hempstead looks like others on that street: industrial, nondescript and plain. But a significant chapter of national history began there, through a company that helped Americans with disabilities nationwide obtain equal rights. more
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Sign up for golf tournament
The trick is to play well, the treat is to win as the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club is looking for golfers to represent their village/community in the club’s inaugural Long Island Village Men’s Team Championship on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31. more
State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, far right, joined volunteers at the Long Beach Waterfront Warriors fundraiser at The Inn on July 9.
L.B. Waterfront Warriors to welcome wounded soldiers
The Long Beach Waterfront Warriors will hold its eighth annual 5K race and welcome parade on Saturday for recuperating soldiers and their families. more
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Nassau County leaders unveiled the latest addition to the Walls of Honor at Eisenhower Park: plaques featuring 280 names of local veterans.
Honoring Nassau's military heroes
County leaders, fellow service men and women and hundreds of residents paid tribute to dozens of local military heroes on June 25, as the names of 280 veterans were added to the Walls of Honor in … more
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The East Meadow Fire Department color guard stepped up to present the nation’s flags to open the Memorial Day ceremony.
East Meadow Fire Department honors the fallen
Memorial Day 2016 was less than colorful, as the preceding evening’s rainfall set the stage for stormy, grey skies — and the cancellation of the annual East Meadow parade the next … more
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After Vietnam, Yngstrom hid his veteran status from employers and even friends after he was accused of being a ’baby killer’ and ‘murderer.’ Now, he said, he is proud to tell people that he served in Vietnam.
Recalling Vietnam, Veterans gather for 50th anniversary
A cold, heavy rain couldn’t stop hundreds of veterans and supporters from gathering on April 2 at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale to remember the Vietnam War five decades earlier. more
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Marcia Zinger and Susan Bernstein painted equipment to prevent rust.
Supporting Israeli soldiers
Witnessing a routine activity at an Israel Defense Forces base just north of Be’er Sheva left East Meadowite Neal H. Zuckerman verklempt, he said. Zuckerman and seven other East Meadow … more
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Dominick Gualtieri, 95, held up his official Army headshot from 1942, when he was 22 years old.
WWII vet recalls first-wave attack in Okinawa
“Over here, Joe! Over here, Joe! You gettin’ sick of that, Joe? ” Japanese soldiers yelled in thick accents. They patroled the jungles of Okinawa Island at night in the hopes of catching American soldiers hiding in the shadows, as World War II was coming to a close in 1945. Army Cpl. Dominick Gualtieri hid in his tank, alongside two other soldiers. They waited until the Japanese retreated to escape the blazing heat and cramped quarters of the tank. more
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