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December 9th, 2009 Newburgh remembers Pearl Harbor Day
Newburgh - Pearl Harbor Day was remembered in the City of Newburgh on Monday, as veterans gathered at the waterfront to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Guest speaker Maj. Gen. (ret.) Thomas Maguire compared that day to September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked New York City and D.C. by crashing three airplanes into buildings.
Maguire, a former adjutant general of the State of New York and before that, served as commander of the Air National Guard Base at Stewart Airport, was joined by the United States Military Academy at West Point cadet marching band. |
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TetVet68
December 10th, 2009
Remember Pearl Harbor -- Keep America Alert!
America's oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, living his 101st year is former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman (ACOM), later wartime commissioned Lieutenant John W. Finn, U. S. Navy (Ret.). He is also the last surviving Medal of Honor, The Day of Infamy, Japanese Attack on the Hawaiian Islands, Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941.
(Now deceased) 'Navy Centenarian Sailor', 103 year old, former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Radioman (ACRM, Combat Aircrewman), later wartime commissioned Chief Warrant Officer Julio 'Jay' Ereneta, U. S. Navy (Ret.), is a thirty year career veteran of World War One and World War Two. He first flew aircrewman in August 1922; flew rearseat Radioman/Gunner (1920s/1930s) in the tactical air squadrons of the Navy's first aircraft carriers, USS LANGLEY (CV-1) and USS LEXINGTON (CV-2).
Visit my photo album tribute to these centenarian veteran shipmates:
http://news.webshots.com/album/123286873BFAAiq
http://news.webshots.com/album/141695570BONFYl
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