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Trying to put nuclear genie back in the bottle

Two weeks ago was the 68th anniversary of the American attack on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. more

8/21/13

The American flag exists at the periphery of most our lives. It takes on significance mainly at events kicked off by the playing of the national anthem, at parades and during the seventh-inning stretch at Yankees games. more

6/13/13

The ambiguity of war

I plugged a simple search term into Google last week: “Were Afghanistan and Iraq worth it?” Tens of thousands of entries popped up. more

5/31/13

Michael Russo shared his Navy photos with first graders.

Bring a veteran to school day in Lynbrook

To embody the school theme for the year, “Be the Change,” Lynbrook’s Waverly Park School hosted its first annual “Bring a Veteran to School Day.” Students and teachers invited family … more

11/17/11

World War II veteran Fracncis X. Becker looks at the names of comrades on the Lynbrook Wall of Honor.

A salute to Lynbrook's veterans

During the Korean War era, Henry Speicher had spent time as an army corporal. He remembers leaving a Brooklyn army base to travel to places like Africa, … more

Clarissa Hamlin | 11/17/11

Over here

By Steve Grogan They planned to bomb New York City bridges, tunnels, and the water supply. Bombs were also to be placed on railroads, at factories, and manufacturing plants. This is not from a … more

By Steve Grogan | 6/15/11

Bob Caron is the second from the left (kneeling, with dark cap). Col. Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, is the fourth from the left, standing.

Lynbrook’s Bob Caron was WW II tail-gunner

Before Memorial Day, George Rand wrote a letter to the Herald describing some of his experiences during World War II (“Life as a soldier in WW II.) He mentioned that he was intimately involved in planning for the invasion of Japan when news came that a B-29, the Enola Gay, had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. more

By Art Mattson | 6/1/11

Has American get-up-and-go got up and gone?

We Americans know some things about ourselves. It’s part of our narrative. We are winners. We are optimists. We have a “can do” attitude that allows us to smite our enemies and solve our problems. We invent things, fix things and help others. more

Randi Kreiss | 6/20/10

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