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Local officials celebrated Purple Heart Day at Hope’s Land of Candy on Aug. 6. Hope’s co-owners Hope, fifth from left, and Joan Cohen, Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, left, American Legion Post 303 Commander Frank Colon Jr., Assemblywoman Missy Miller, Flynn Zeilmann, Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty and county Legislator Denise Ford.
Purple Heart Day in Island Park
Aug. 7 is Purple Heart Day, a national holiday commemorating George Washington’s creation of this prestigious medal in 1782, which is awarded to any American soldier injured or killed in battle by … more
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Lifelong Inwood resident Charles Percy Ashby, pictured here during World War II, was a member of the 761st Tank Battalion.
Celebrating the fighting 761st
The Tuskegee Airmen may be the most famous all-black military unit that fought in World War II, but the 761st Tank Battalion was the first African-American armored unit to engage in combat. more
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Sal and Gladys Chiaffitelli have lived in the same East Rockaway home together for the last 50 years.
WWII veteran, wife celebrate 70 years of marriage in East Rockaway
Now in their 90s, Sal and Gladys Chiaffitelli have shared the same Carman Avenue home in East Rockaway for the past 50 years. On Nov. 3, the two celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at a brunch with their family. more
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Rothenberg strong at 103
“He sings!” Franklin Rothenberg said about his father, William, 103. “Oh, come on,” William replied, annoyed. The younger Rothenberg began to sing “By the Light of the Silvery … more
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Rusha “Billie” Williams in her uniform of the Army Nurse Corps in 1918. She served in World War I and has many ties to Lynbrook.
Lynbrook’s Rusha Williams: A war story and a love story during World War I (Part 3)
Editor's note: This is the last installment of a three-part series written by Lynbrook Village Historian and author Art Mattson, who wrote “The History of Lynbrook” among other published … more
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Pacific warrior relives WWII
Sgt. Maj. Daniel Breier was on Mindanao Island in the Philippines on Aug. 14, 1945—after more than a year of bloody combat to expel Japanese troops clinging to the territory. The naval guns of … more
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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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Memories of a day that lives in infamy
December 7 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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Learning from their stories
Surrounded by two of her four grandchildren, her two sons and a daughter-in-law, Laura Greenbaum celebrated being 99 with about 90 fellow Holocaust survivors at the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC’s 16th annual Thanksgiving Day luncheon a week before the holiday. more
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WWII veteran recalls Southwest Pacific battles
When 22-year-old Joe Macchio lay on a beach in Oro Bay, New Guinea, with fellow Army Air Corps. comrades in late 1944, he heard a sound emerging from the deep jungle behind the makeshift tent he called home. more
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