Month: April 2016

FIREFIGHTER STATUE LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF SNUG HARBOR

STATEN ISLAND NY

This is a photograph of the memorial for U.S. Navy Chaplin Lt. Vincent R. Capodanno giving last Rites to a Soldier. He was born on Staten Island NY. He was killed in combat, giving last rites in the Que Son Valley of Vietnam on September 4, 1967. He was awarded the:                                               Medal of Honor ( posthumously), Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

This memorial statue is on the grounds of Fort Wadsworth Staten Island NY.

Vietnam War Veterans Day: a day to pay tribute, honor those who served in Vietnam. March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, a day meant to pay tribute to veterans of the Vietnam War, including personnel who were prisoners of war or who were listed as missing in action.

This is a close up view of melted steel on one of the beams from the WTC, after the attacks on 9-11-2001. This beam is on permanent display on the campus of the College of Staten Island CUNY.

This is a steel beam from the WTC, after the attack of 9-11-2001, given to the College of Staten Island CUNY Campus.