Monthly Archives: July 2016

July 16: In the past two days, I experienced an amazing high from the generosity of others. Thursday night, I spoke at the Sayville VFW Post 443. Commander Joe White and I had been emailing and phoning each other since October and we finally had set a date. I mingled with the members beforehand and found a nice mix of mostly Vietnam vets but also some younger vets of Afghanistan and Iraq and others who had served in Beirut,Korea and…..

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July 6 — My friend and Newsday colleague Jerry Zezima came up with the title “Heroes to the End” for my Vietnam memoir. My friend Harvey Cohen exemplified that title by being a hero to myself and others right up to the end of his life. Harvey died in late May at the age of 97. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset held a memorial service for him on July 2. The worship hall was packed. In…..

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