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hometown heroes In honor of Veterans Day we are saluting those who kept us free, and in some instances made the ultimate sacrifice.
Benjamin Tallmadge East Setauket United States Army Lt. Colonel Second Continental Light Dragoons American Revolution
Evan Goldstein Sound Beach United States Air Force Airman First Class 1991-1994
Melvin Tessler Port Jefferson United States Army World War II
Charles William Geiger Ridgewood, Queens United States Marine Corps Corporal World War II
Brad Lods Selden United States Navy Seaman 1968-1974
John C. Drews, Jr. United States Navy Sonar Technician 3rd Class 1963-1967
Frank Malafronte Shoreham Army Infantry, WWII Private Rifleman 1943-1945
Samuel J. Finkel United States Army Sergeant Korean War
William Ryan Rocky Point United States Army & Air Corps Flight Officer 1935-1938 & 1941-1945
Kathleen Ford Sound Beach United States Air Force Technical Sergeant 2008-present
John E. Whitton Sr. Garden City/Stony Brook United States Army/Air Force Lieutenant Colonel 1941-1949
Charles A. Hughes Port Jefferson United States Army Staff Sergeant-Korean War 1952-1953
John Koutrakos
Port Jefferson United States Navy Captain
Matthew Moran Sound Beach United States Navy AN-USS Independence 1960-1964
William Schreck & Joseph Knoetgen Massapequa Park & Mt. Sinai United States Navy & Air Force Pharmacists Mate/Senior Airman 1943-1945 & 2013-present