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From left, Vincent Morreale, Gary Glick of Bellmore, Robert Chiappone, and Steve Ratnoff of Bellmore all spoke of how great the honor flight trip was.

After waiting for two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, East Meadow residents Robert Chiappone, and Vincent Morreale, both Vietnam veterans, got to take a trip in early June to the Vietnam … more

By Mallory Wilson | 8/25/22

W. Hempstead war hero honored in D.C.

West Hempstead resident Alfred Magliano, 90, was a sergeant in the U.S. Army, only 18 years old and stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship on Feb. 11, 1945. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 9/27/16

World War II veteran Charlie Chapman, seated, third from left, recently flew with a group of his fellow vets to visit the National World War II Memorial. The non-profit Honor Flight organization sponsored the trip.

Veteran takes flight of honor

When Merokean Jean Petter recently drove to Charlie Chapman’s Bellmore home, she felt like she was picking up the president of the United States. She arrived at the house at 5 a.m., flanked by 10 motorcyclists, for the first leg of an exciting journey to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. more

By Julie Mansmann | 11/27/15

Onlookers in Washington, D.C., rushed to greet and photograph the veterans at the Washington Monument during an Honor Flight trip in June 2012.

Giving WWII vets a ‘final mission’

Jeffrey Rosenking never leaves home without a brochure. Wherever he is, if he spots an elderly man or woman in military garb, Rosenking will introduce himself and hand them a pamphlet for Honor Flight Long Island, an organization for which he has volunteered since 2010, which sends World War II veterans to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., free of charge. more

By David Weingrad | 11/13/13

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