Keyword: Navy
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Michael Moraitis
East Meadow native serves aboard guided missile cruiser
An East Meadow native and 2012 East Meadow High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided missile cruiser, USS Chancellorsville. more
Patrick Gallagher moved to Lynbrook when he was 18 and fought in Vietnam, where he earned the Navy Cross and was killed in battle when he was 23.
Sen. Charles Schumer joins mission to have Naval ship named after Irish immigrant, former Lynbrook resident killed in Vietnam
Momentum to get a U.S. Naval ship named in honor of an Irish immigrant and former Lynbrook resident who was killed in Vietnam has gained momentum. more
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Midshipman Ben Phelps, center, hung out with Lincoln Parsons, left, and Chaplain Albert Klipfel of Freeport American Legion Post 342.
Midshipmen sail into Freeport
Dressed in his summer whites, U.S. Naval Academy midshipman Kyle McCullough, 21, of Freeport, made his way through the crowd on the Esplanade off Woodcleft Avenue, also known as the Nautical … more
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Navy electrician’s mate Maurice Mayes was nearly killed on the beaches of Normandy, France.
Island Park Navy veteran remembers D-Day, Omaha Beach
June 6, 1944, D-Day, a.k.a. Operation Overlord, was the largest military undertaking in recorded history, and the beginning of the end for Germany during World War II. The entire war effort in … more
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Members of the U.S. military and Irish Defense Forces marched in a parade in Ireland on March 30 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Patrick Gallagher’s death. Gallagher, who called Lynbrook his home in America, died while serving in the Vietnam War.
Family of man born in Ireland, killed in Vietnam, wants U.S. Navy ship named in his honor
Pauline Gallagher was 3 when her brother Patrick, a hero of the United States military who once made Lynbrook his home, was shot and killed in combat. more
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Members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, left, performed an aerial demonstration.
Military teams take to the skies
The skies over Eisenhower Park resembled an action scene from a summer blockbuster last Saturday, as Navy and Marine Corps units performed aviation demonstrations during a special Fleet Week New York … more
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The Air National Guard returns each year with their commanding display of flying expertise, a Memorial Day weekend tradition.
Thrills at the Bethpage Air Show
For many Long Islanders, Memorial Day weekend is all about watching some of those high fliers in the Bethpage Air Show. more
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Claudia Borecky, second from left, president of the North Merrick Civic Association, and David Denenberg, a former Nassau County legislator from Merrick, led a news conference last Thursday to urge the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take over cleanup of an underground chemical plume caused by Grumman and the Navy. They were joined by Dr. Dean Hart, of Brookville, and Audrey Ciuffo and David Stonehill, both of Merrick.
A widening toxic threat
A half-dozen Nassau County environmental and civic activists, most from Merrick, came to Bethpage Community Park on April 21 –– the day before Earth Day –– to call on the state to accelerate efforts to clean up a massive chemical plume that has crept for more than seven decades from Bethpage toward South Oyster Bay. more
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Grumman’s toxic mess must be fixed now
Environmentally speaking, the mid-20th century was a terrible time. Government and industry experimented with all manner of chemicals . . . more
President Obama sits out a dance with ISIS
Instead, he dances the tango in Buenos Aires. more
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