Veterans Vincent Greco and Albert Kelpfel, both 93 and both of Freeport, did not take part in the invasion, but they remember it, and both said they were fortunate to come out of the war alive.
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By Nadya Nataly
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6/7/19
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June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings, famously known as D-Day. As the years have passed, the number of living World War II veterans has declined.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/6/19
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By air and by sea, starting on June 6, 1944 — 75 years ago today — soldiers of the Allied forces hurled themselves against the heavy German fortifications along the coast of occupied Western …
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By Peter Belfiore
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6/6/19
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Bill Swift Jr. shared a daily ritual with his father, William Sr. Each night after dinner, they watched “Victory at Sea,” a documentary series broadcast in the 1950s depicting the history …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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6/6/19
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Memorial Day started as Decoration Day, and it was first observed at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on May 30, 1868, three years after the Civil War reached its bloody conclusion.
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5/23/19
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Three students from North Shore Middle School took home first place in the junior group exhibit category of New York History Day for their project, “D-Day,” the day Allied Forces launched a beach …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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5/16/19
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Veterans, students, residents and local elected officials participated in the annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony on Dec. 7 at Carrigan Point in East Rockaway.
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By Mike Smollins
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12/14/17
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Gerard “Jerry” Barbosa, who survived Japanese war planes attacks while stationed on the USS Raleigh as a gunner’s mate at Pearl Harbor, died on Sept. 15, at age 93, of natural causes.
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By Stephany Reyes
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9/20/17
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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 …
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By Peter Belfiore
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6/6/17
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June 6th marked the 72nd anniversary of D-Day, the Allied forces invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces Captain Harold W. Smith received the Chevalier of the Legion of …
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By Nakeem Grant
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6/15/16
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