Honor Flight Long Island

Honor Flight, a non profit organization created solely to honor America's WWII Veterans for all their sacrifices, flies our nation's heroes to Washington, D.C.

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Please donate to our fundraiser on July 31st, 2021 at https://t.co/T1HtiGITk6

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It’s #NationalCoffeeDay! Who doesn’t love a nice warm cup of joe?

Here, Marine Cpl Roy Webster and Sgt Dewaine Fisk heat up their morning coffee from a pipe protruding from a hot sulfur pit on Iwo Jima.

Photo from @CorpsHistory

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Japan Officially Surrenders - 75th Anniversary

Seventy-five years ago today, the Japanese officially surrendered to the Allies on board the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

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Sophia Bates and Shannon Dodenhoff of Long Island Girl Scout Troop 2137 hosted this wonderful video from their Silver Award Project Presentation. The video includes visits to the World War Two Memorial along with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Enjoy!

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Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Charles D. Miller of Albany was accounted for in May and will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors nearly 77 years after he was killed. #WWII #RIP #GreatestGeneration #WelcomeHome https://t.co/cy5Ti44jyT

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Since 1982, August 14th has been National Navajo Code Talkers Day. They played a pivotal role in the success of major battles won by the U.S. during World War II and they didn't receive proper recognition for their efforts until their missions were declassified in 1968.

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Today in 1918, the Allies launch the Hundred Days Offensive, beginning with the Battle of Amiens. This scene shows the defence of Cerisy on 8 August 1918.
Artwork by Peter Dennis and featured in CAM 197: Amiens 1918 written by Alistair McCluskey:https://t.co/fHjcd5aAKw

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Today marks 78 years since the beginning of America’s first WWII amphibious invasion – the Battle of Guadalcanal.

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Honor Flight Long Island is proud to announce that we are hosting a fundraising cocktail party next summer, July 31st, 2021 at 5:30pm. The event will take place @SaggDistillery (rain date will be Saturday, August 7th). We are looking forward to seeing you there.

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Semper Fidelis
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