Keyword: Marines
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So impressive were the Long Beach Marines offensively in their 32-6 victory over Bellmore-JFK in the Conference II season opener for both teams last Saturday, they didn’t even have to score to make their point.
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By Tom Jordan
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9/11/12
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Our community was heartbroken to hear that one of our own, Lance Cpl. Greg Buckley Jr., was killed along with two other fellow Marines while serving our nation in Afghanistan.
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9/6/12
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U.S. Marine Kevin Vaughan, of Merrick, was seriously injured in Afghanistan last year, resulting in the loss of his left leg — but that didn’t stop him from participating in the Nassau County …
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8/29/12
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The solemn sound of bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace” mixed with the throaty roar of motorcycles as the hearse carrying Lance Cpl. Gregory T. Buckley’s body pulled up in front of St. Agnes Cathedral last Saturday afternoon.
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By Alex Costello
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8/22/12
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Long before he was a Marine, Greg Buckley Jr. was a Sailor.
Buckley was a star on the basketball court his senior year at Oceanside High School. He played football as well, but it was when he was …
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By Alex Costello
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8/15/12
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Master Sgt. John Abbraciamento started playing the trumpet while he was a fourth grader at William L. Buck School in Valley Stream. There, he played in front of friends, family and members of the community. Now, Abbraciamento is accustomed to playing in front of U.S. presidents, esteemed politicians and war heroes.
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By Brian Croce
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7/27/12
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Thirty-two wounded soldiers from different branches of the armed services and their families marched in the fourth annual Long Beach Waterfront Warriors welcome parade on Sunday, July 22, as hundreds of residents, filled with patriotism and pride, lined the streets.
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By Vanessa Canner
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7/25/12
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The yacht that has been the focus of attention in the waters around Oyster Bay for the past two weeks was raised from its 60- to 70-foot temporary resting …
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By Mary Malloy
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7/18/12
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In what’s become an era of specialization, the three-sport high school athlete is a dying breed, albeit far from extinct. Finding a three-sport varsity head coach is much more difficult, but they do exist.
With all due respect to those pulling triple duty in cross-country, winter track and field, and spring track and field in what seems like every school in the Herald’s coverage area, coaching three entirely different sports put Baldwin’s Darius Burton, East Rockaway’s Joe Lores, Long Beach’s T.J. Burke and West Hempstead’s Chris Van Kovics in select company.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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7/5/12
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When Long Beach senior David Henry leapt 45-feet, 1-inch to win the Nassau Class AAA Triple Jump championship last month, coach Greg Milone referred to it as the “best jump of his life.” As it turned out, it was merely a sign of bigger things to come.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/21/12
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