Honoring our Lynbrook, East Rockaway veterans
Jay F. Korth joined the Army in 1942 at Camp Upton, NY. He took basic training in Florida, and Signal Corp training at Fort Monmouth, NJ. He then saw service during World War II performing Air Corps duty at Hickam Field in Hawaii. He was discharged in January 1946. Upon returning home he went to law school and was later admitted to the New York State Bar and practiced law for over 50 years. He has served as a Lynbrook village trustee, and later as the village attorney for many years. Jay also became a First Lieutenant in the Judge Advocates General’s Corp. He joined Lynbrook’s American Legion Post #335 over 50 years ago. He has been a Post Commander, and presently serves as the Post Judge Advocate.
Henry Speicher was drafted into the US Army in 1953 and served in Austria for 18 months. After being discharged, he worked for several major newspapers in New York City, including The World Telegram and Sun, the World Journal Tribune, and the Daily News. Now retired, he is the Commander of Lynbrook’s American Legion Post 335.
Jack Barlow joined the United States Air Force in December 1950 and served in Korea from July 1951 to June 1952 with the 5th Air Force. He was next assigned to a Strategic Air Command base in Ohio until honorably discharged in 1953. Upon returning to New York, Barlow took a job with H. G. Wellington and Co. on Wall Street, working in data processing. He worked there for 36 years, retiring in 1996. He joined the American Legion Post 335 in 1986 and became very active after his wife, Joan, of 43 years passed away in December 2003. In 2004, he became Adjutant, and to this day is the Adjutant/Treasurer. He is also a member of the Lynbrook VFW Post 2307.
Paul Civitano, a Rockville Centre resident, was a U.S. Army corporal from 1954-56, and a supervisor in charge of the motor pool. He was stationed in Germany during the Korean occupation. After his tour of duty, he became a detective with the New York City police department, and then worked with the Inspector General’s office, guarding presidents from Kennedy to Reagan.
