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              ARMED FORCES
Marine Private First Class
Francis A. Walker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank A. Walker of 9
Recina Road, Farmingdale, is in
Da Nang, Vietnam serving with
the Third Battalion, 11th Marine
Regiment of the First Marine Di­vision.
* * *
Second Lieutenant Brian W.
Armet, of 301 Clark Blvd., Mas-sapequa
Park, a 1967 graduate
of Bucknell University in Lew-isburg,
Pa., received his Army
Reserve commission through
the Reserve Officers' Training
Corps at the school.
Lt. Armet, a member of Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity is a
1963 graduate from Massapequa
High School.
* * *
Electronics Technician Third
Class Raymond J. Censoprano,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos­eph
N. Censiprano of 277 North
Park Drive, Massapequa, took
part in an amphibious assault
near the " demilitarized one"
which divides North and South
Vietnam, while serving aboard
the command ship USS St. Paul.
* * *
Stephen R. Hamlyn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Ham­lyn
of 122 E. Shore Drive, Mas­sapequa,
has been promoted at
Keesler Air Force Base, Mis­sissippi,
to airman second class
in the United States Air Force.
Airman Hamlyn, a 1% 2 grad­uate
of Massapequa High School,
attended the University of Buf­falo
and the University of Min­nesota
at Minneapolis.
* * *
Seaman Recruit Dennis L.
Mortensen, 19. USN, son of Mr
and Mrs. Otto J. Mortensen of
50 Highwater Ave., Massapequa,
has been graduated from nine
weeks of Navy basic training at
the Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, Illinois.
* * *
Marine Private Robert M.
Cramp Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert M. Cramp Sr„ of 3 Da­vid
Road, Massapequa, was grad­uated
from eight weeks of re­cruit
training at the Marine Corps
Recruit Depot at Parris Island,
S. C.
* * *
Gunners Mate Seaman Ray­mond
J. Graulich, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J . Grau­lich
of 53 Miller Road, Farm­ingdale,
is in the Mediterranean
aboard the attack aircraft car­rier
USS Saratoga.
* * *
Seaman Frank W. Searles Jr.
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Searles of 156 Division Ave.,
Massapequa, N. Y., took part in
the amphibious assault of the
" demilitarized zone" which di­vides
North and South Vietnam,
while serving aboard the amphi­bious
transport dock ship USS
Ogden.
The search and destroy mis­sion
named " Operation Hick­ory,"
was a multi- unit offensive
into the " DMZ" just south of
the Ben Hai River. His ship
helped put a special landing force
of U. S. Marines, complete with
tanks, weapons and ammunition
into the area. The Marines were
landed by small boats, as well
as by helicopters.
While " Hickory" was under­way
pilots from U. S. aircraft
carriers in the South China Sea
and the Gulf of Tonkin flew air
strikes over the area, and at­tacked
targets as indicated by the
ground forces ashore.
* * *
Airman John R. Ciavatta, son
of Mrs. Rose M. Ciavatta of 25
Colonial Drive, Farmingdale, has
been selected for training at
Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois,
as an Air Force aircraft equip­ment
repairman.
Airman Ciavatta. who attended
Farmingdale High School, re­cently
completed basic training
at Amarillo.
* * *
Jerry Micolo, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carmine G. Micolo of 4
Beverly Road, Farmingdale, has
been promoted to airman first
class in the U. S. Air Force.
Airman Micolo is a supply
inventory specialist at Scott Air
Force Base, Illinois.
* * *
Seaman Recruit Thomas C.
Graulich, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond J. Graulich of
53 Miller Road, Farmingdale,
is undergoing nine weeks of basic
training at the Naval Training
Center at San Diego, California.
* * *
Army Private First Class Jos­eph
R. Carosella, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Caro­sella,
23 N. Front St., Farm­ingdale,
fired expert with the
M- 14 rifle at Ft. Carson, Colo­rado.
* * *
Electronics Technician Third
Class Robert D. Altese, USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Al-tese
of 34 Taylor Drive, Farm­ingdale,
was promoted to his
present rate while serving aboard
the USS Fort Snelling, a dock
landing ship operating off St.
Thomas, Virgin Islands.
* * *
Anthony Chernis, 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Chernis,
131 Yoakum Ave., South Farm­ingdale,
was promoted to Army
private first class on May 12
while assigned to the 2nd Armor­ed
Division at Fort Hood, Texas.
Aviation Fire Control Technic­ian
Airman Alan S. Zeitchick,
USN, son of Mrs. Arthur M.
Deleon of 158 Park Lane, Massa­pequa,
was graduated from Avia­tion
Fire Control T e c h n i c i an
School at the Naval Air Tech­nical
Training Center, Memphis,
Tennessee.
Boatswain's Mate Third Class
Robert J. Doris, USN, son of
Mrs. Kenneth T. Klyberg of 155
N. Hawthorne St., North Massa­pequa,
has completed two weeks
of training exercises aboard the
attack transport USS Okanogan,
during the ship's stay atBuckner
Bay, Okinawa.
* * *
Seaman Apprentice Robert F.
Maceluch, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Maceluch of 50 Birch Ave.,
Farmingdale, has completed the
16- week basic Radarman School
at the Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, Illinois.
* * *
• Army Private
First Class Donald J. Kelly J r .,
23, whose parents live at 2
Rhonda Lane, Farmingdale, N. Y.,
was assigned to the 1st Cavalry
Division in Vietnam,
Pvt. Kelly, a cannoneer in Bat­tery
C, 2nd Howitzer Battalion of
the division's 17th Artillery, en­tered
the Army in June 1966 and
was last stationed at Ft. Hood,
Tex.
Kelly is a 1962 graduate of
Farmingdale High School and atj
tended New York Agricultural
and Technical Institute in Farm­ingdale.
Before entering the
Army he was employed by Crest-wood
Electronics in Merrick.
* * *
Marine Corporal Robert J.
Ruggiero, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Ruggiero of 53 Colonial
Drive, Farmingdale, was grad­uated
from the Infantry Weapons
Repair Course at Quantico, Vir- ' r
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Richard A. Chesney, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Chesney of 355
Staples St., Farmingdale, has
been promoted to airman first
class in the United States Air
Force.
Airman Chesney is an elec­trician
at Vandenberg Air Force
Base, California.
* * *
Army Private Anthony L. Car-darelli,
Jr., 23, whose parents
live at 75 W. Zoranne Drive,
Farmingdale, completed a ve­hicle
mechanic course atFt. Dix,
New Jersey.
* * *
Private Francis J. Fitterer,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
J. Fitterer, 30 Ridge Road,
Farmingdale, completed a six-week
lineman course May 26
at the Army Southeastern Signal
School, Ft. Gordon, Georgia.
Cadet John T. Passannante,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
A. Passannante, 4 Rosewood
Drive, N. Massapequa, will at­tend
Army Reserve Officers*
Training Corps summer camp at
Indiantown Gap Military Reser­vation,
Pa., with his unit from
Hofstra University.
Cadet Passannante is a 1964
graduate of Plainedge High
School.
Cadet George E. Von Duerr-ing,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Von Duerring, 245 Maple
Street, Massapequa Park, will
attend Army Reserve Officers'
Training Corps summer camp at
Indiantown Gap Military Reser­vation,
Pa., with his unit from
Rutgers University.
Cadet Von Duerring graduated
from Berner High School in 1964,
and he is a member of Delta
Upsilon Fraternity.
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the work of Joyce Lawlor of Seaford. Looking on are Joseph
McPartlin of Massapequa, left, Oyster Bay Town Historian, and
Mrs. Lee Karcher of Massapequa, First Vice President of the
Mid Island Council.
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