Monthly Archives: September 2017

Sept. 15: Because I was interviewed for the WNET documentaries “Legacies of War: Vietnam,” and “Legacies of War: Coming Home,” my wife Lynn and I were invited to Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan for the Sept. 14 preview screening of Ken Burns’ 10-part, 18-hour PBS documentary series “The Vietnam War.” It was followed by a panel discussion moderated by ABC News’ Bob Woodruff with filmmakers Burns and Lynn Novick plus Vietnam veteran Roger Harris, former Saigon regime chief justice Phan…..

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Sept. 15: Because I was interviewed for the WNET documentaries “Legacies of War: Vietnam,” and “Legacies of War: Coming Home,” my wife Lynn and I were invited to Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan for the Sept. 14 preview screening of Ken Burns’ 10-part, 18-hour PBS documentary series “The Vietnam War.” It was followed by a panel discussion moderated by ABC News’ Bob Woodruff with filmmakers Burns and Lynn Novick plus Vietnam veteran Roger Harris, former Saigon regime chief justice Phan…..

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Sept. 14: John Chalker deserves another medal. He has a bunch under glass at his Port Washington home. The medal he deserves now is for resurrecting Port Washington’s Henderson-Marino VFW Post 1819, which seemed destined to close before he became its commander in early 2006. On Sept. 14, there was a photo op at the post on Mohegan Avenue in Manorhaven to mark the near-completion of its renovation, helped by a $20,000 grant from the Farmingdale-based nonprofit Rebuilding Together Long…..

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