Newsletter for the Alumni and Friends of
Hicksville High School Hicksville, New York

The Editors:
Buffalo Bob Casale '61	Linda (Piccerelli) Hayden '60
Pat (Koziuk) Driscoll '56	Bob (Gleason) Wesley '61

Contributing Editors: Bob Gillette & Walter Schmidt

Webmaster: Roger Whitaker

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HICKSVILLE VIETNAM WAR ERA MEMORIAL - PROJECT UPDATE

There was one repeat donor in October. $25 was received for a new total of $19,397. After tax expenses last year, we have a total of $18,522 available to us, sufficient to build the Memorial, but not yet enough to maintain it after construction. Repeat donors have really helped us, but we sure would like to see help from new donors to reach our $25,000 total goal. Details on where to mail your donation check are shown in the Project Update, which appears in the Honoring Our Veterans tab of the newsletter.

Good things continue to happen to move the Project towards completion. Please see the Project Update for details.

What the Memorial means to those who served during the Vietnam War Era is very well expressed in a letter received this past month from Brian Maas, a Vietnam War Veteran who has been a multiple donor to the Memorial Project. It is posted on this Home Page and we hope you can take the time to read it.

As always, should you have any new information to report for either the Confirmed or Unconfirmed Lists of Names, particularly to fill in missing data on the Confirmed List, please email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

As we approach the annual Veterans Day celebration this month, please show your generous support to all our Veterans who served during the Vietnam War Era.

Sincerely,
Joe Carfora, HHS 1962

The following letter was sent to Bill Walden (1965) by Brian Maas (1962). Bill is part of the committee dedicated to having the Vietnam Era Vets honored by constructing a memorial. The goal to complete the project was to raise $25,000 that would permit all who served during that period of time to be included on the memorial. Brian has made multiple donations during the past several years and is anxious to see the project come to fruition. We are considerably short of the goal and Brian's letter is an appeal to all to help reaching that goal.

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

A FedEx Boeing 757, without any cargo.

This is the clearest photograph of Mercury that has ever been taken.

These things are octopus eggs.

What the Northern Lights look like from space.

Bavarian town of Nordlingen built in a 14 million year old meteor impact crater.

This is an illustrated grocery list Michelangelo would create for his illiterate servants.

This is a view from Mars.

Inside one of Googles data center Mechanical Systems.

A look at Hitler's office.

These are the teeth of George Washington.

A ginormous statue of Genghis Khan in Mongolia.

A comparison showing fat vs muscle.

This is the desk of Albert Einstein just a few hours after his death.

This is Daytona Beach in 1957.

Climbers going up Mount Everest in 2013.

Cancer cells under microscope.

Bagger 288, the largest land vehicle in the world.

An aerial view of a tire dump.

A watch belonging to Akito Kawagoe which stopped at 8:15, the exact time of the Hiroshima bombing in 1945.

A 360 rainbow, which was captured from an airplane.

A zoomed in view of the human tongue.

A huge dust storm just before it hit Australia in 2013.

A geyser just barely before it erupted.

A cross-section of an undersea cable.

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Memory Lane

Class of 67 Memory Lane Profile (video slideshow)