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Three
new names were added to the Confirmed List of Names in April for a new
total of 1,812. We are
pleased that, even at this late date in the Project's timeline, new
names continue to be added from HixNews readers! In, the past month we
continued to make additional progress on missing information for names
already on the list, thanks to your continued help. In
our work to insure that no one is left behind who should be included in
the Memorial, please continue to help us by reviewing the Confirmed List
of Names when you select the "click here for confirmed list" link
near the bottom of this update with your computer mouse. To
speed the process, just use your class year or the years you may be
familiar with as a reference and see if you have a new name or some
missing data on existing names to email to us.
Class years, where known, are specifically shown to make this
effort easier for our readers. All
missing data for names already on the list is shown in red, again making
it easier for readers to see what's needed. In
addition, please go to the second website link shown below to see the
full List of UNCONFIRMED Names for the Memorial and see if you can help
us to establish whether or not these folks served during the Vietnam Era
(note: Vietnam Era dates are
shown in the "Memorial Qualifications" section below). Tentative
approval was received from the Hicksville Superintendant of Public
Schools, Mrs. Maureen Bright, to construct our Memorial at the Jerusalem
Avenue Middle School Memorial Gardens.
Approval will be finalized once she reviews the site with the
Board of Education at its next meeting.
She indicated with her approval, they are most likely to also
agree. Due
to various issues, there is nothing new to report this month on the
research taking place in Washington on our List of UNCONFIRMED Names.
We hope to have good progress to relay to you for the June 1
issue of HixNews. Memorial Qualifications:
A person must have been on active duty in one of our Armed Forces
during the Vietnam Era. The
person did not necessarily have to serve in Vietnam, because by being in
service at that time he or she faced the possibility of being sent to
Vietnam and was an integral part of strengthening our Armed Forces
during a time of war. Overall
qualifications include:
Our
Project Team consists of the following HHS Alumni and Vietnam War Era
Veterans: ·
Ken Strafer, Founder (HHS
'62) ·
Joe Carfora, Project
Coordinator & Master List (HHS '62) ·
Carl Probst, Input Data,
Class of '59 & Others (HHS '59) ·
Tony Plonski, Input Data,
Class of '64 & Others (HHS '64) ·
Tommy Sullivan, Press
Release Editing (HHS '63) ·
Walter Schmidt, Town of
Oyster Bay Veterans Services Officer (HHS '65) ·
Joe Ingino, Veterans
Advocate, Hicksville & ·
Jay Tranchina, Input Data,
Class of '64 & Others, plus local press contact (HHS 1964) ·
Bill Walden, Cmdr of
Hicksville VFW Post, Site Selection/Approval & Fundraising Leader (HHS
'65)
Here's what we continue to need from each person reading this to
do: Please
click on the following link to review the Confirmed List of Names: Click
here. Please
click on the following link to review the UNCONFIRMED List of Names: Click
here. If
you know of someone who is not listed, or if you have information we are
still missing, please send what you have to Joe Carfora at jcarfora1@nc.rr.com.
Please use the information contained on the current list as a
guide for the data we need. Thank
you! The
Vietnam War Era Memorial Project Team Footnote extracted from www.vietnamwar.com:
During 15 years of military involvement, over 2 million Americans
served in October 19,
2012 Superintendent
Maureen Bright Dear
Superintendant Bright, Hope all is
well with you. On behalf of
the The monument
is planned to be three stones listing all the names of those The location
of the Monument has yet to be determined which is why I am contacting
you. Three locations have
been proposed: at the My most
important questions are: What
is the committee's next step in acquiring a location for the monument?
Who would be contacted next to further the process of finding a
location? Will I have to
make a presentation to you or the I realize
you have a busy schedule, but would appreciate any information/help you
can provide. Enclosed is
a copy of a press release the committee will be sending out to the local
papers about the memorial project. Thank you
for your time. Best
Regards, William
Walden Joe
Carfora March 5,
2013 Ms. Maureen
Bright, Superintendent
Re: Proposed Dear Ms.
Bright: On behalf of
our project team for the subject proposed Memorial, I am writing to seek
your response to the attached letter sent to you on October 19, 2012 by
William (Bill) Walden, Commander of Hicksville's Veterans of Foreign
Wars (VFW) Post and a member of our team.
Bill's letter sought your input regarding the process we will
need to pursue in order to gain approval to erect the Memorial we have
planned either at the After over
four months, we have yet to receive a reply from you or anyone within
the school system on this letter. Our
team has put a great deal of time and effort into this project to thus
far compile a list of over 1,800 names to be placed on the Memorial,
mostly consisting of HHS Alumni who served our Armed Forces on active
duty during the Vietnam War Era. As
noted in Bill's letter, our intent is to self fund the entire cost of
the Memorial and it's erection through an alumni funding effort.
As you may
recall, the Vietnam War was controversial and unpopular among the
American Public and our soldiers seldom received any sign of
appreciation for their service at that time.
The lesson learned from Vietnam taught the public to do better by
soldiers returning from serving during future conflicts, such as Iraq
and Afghanistan and we are proud to see the public today shows a great
deal of appreciation to those who serve our country.
Our purpose is to now erect a lasting Memorial as a strong symbol
of appreciation for the Hicksville residents and classmates who served
during the Along with a
copy of Bill Walden's letter, I am attaching a photo of the
Memorial's Center Stone plaque for you to see that we are now ready to
proceed with the site approval phase of this project. We would
appreciate your response and comments as soon as possible. Thank you, Joe Carfora HHS Class of
1962 Project
Coordinator To access a huge list of veteran related websites
that offer assistance, visit http://buffalobobcasale.com |
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