That oversight will be corrected today Town adds 365 missing names to its WWII memorial newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Joseph B. Bennett, a Tuskegee Airman from Halesite, will have his name posthumously added to the Town of Huntington s World War II Memorial. (Courtesy: James Hunt Funeral Home via Bennett Family)
HUNTINGTON, NY Joseph B. Bennett, a Tuskegee Airman from Halesite, will have his name posthumously added to the Town of Huntington s World War II Memorial, according to a news release. The town recently discovered Bennett s name, Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci said. On this final week of Black History Month in 2021, we are thrilled to be able to add this most deserving Word War II pilot, Joseph B. Bennett, to the Town of Huntington World War II Memorial in just the nick of time, thanks to the Newsday article on local Tuskegee Airmen and the great work of our Veterans Affairs Coordinator Carol Rocco, Lupinacci said.
Famed Tuskegee Airmen included LIers who paid a price abroad and at home newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.