Martin G. Mahar | NY State Senate Martin G. Mahar Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Inductee was nominated by Former Senator Joseph L. Bruno Martin G. Mahar, a decorated Marine Corps veteran who took part in some of […]

Jim Mahoney Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Jim Mahoney is a household name in the Northport community where he has distinguished himself as an outstanding veterans advocate, community leader and family man. Drafted in the 1950s into the […]

Ralph A. Mottola | NY State Senate Ralph A. Mottola Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Ralph A. Mottola is a highly decorated World Word II Army veteran and former Prisoner of War (POW) who served from 1943 to […]

Michael A. Donaldson | NY State Senate Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Michael A. Donaldson, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, is deserving of a place among New York State’s outstanding veterans by virtue of his […]

Sergeant Gary Beikirch Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Sergeant Gary Beikirch, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, truly embodies the military’s teaching of the value and significance of service to others above self. He feels that the most […]

Gerald Donnellan Gerald Donnellan Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Gerald Donnellan has distinguished himself with acts of valor on the battlefields of Vietnam, as well as more than a decade of compassionate service to the veterans of Rockland […]

Robert E. O’Malley Sergeant Sergeant Robert E. O’Malley Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Inductee was nominated by Former Senator Serphin R. Maltese Robert E. O’Malley earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, for conspicuous gallantry in combat on August […]

Staff Sergeant David Bellavia Honoree Profile May 28, 2005 ISSUE: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant David Bellavia Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 David Bellavia has distinguished himself through both his profound leadership on the battlefields […]

Nicholas Erickson Honoree Profile May 28, 2005 ISSUE: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Coxswain Coxswain Nicholas Erickson Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Nicholas Erickson, a Coxswain in the United States Navy, is among the most famous veterans in Rockland […]

Daniel J. Brandi Veterans’ Hall of Fame Sergeant Sergeant Daniel J. Brandi Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Daniel J. Brandi has earned a place among New York State’s elite veterans with courageous and compassionate service to his country […]

Al Etkin Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Al Etkin is known throughout Sullivan County as a tireless advocate for veterans and their dependents. As the Director of the Sullivan County Veterans Service Agency from 1994 to 2000, Mr. […]

Frank C. “Fritz” Pesesky Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Frank C. “Fritz” Pesesky, a World War II Navy veteran, served in the Pacific theater as a flag signalman aboard LCI(L)-1076 [Landing Craft Infantry (Large)] during the invasions of […]

Master Sergeant Floyd Fisher Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Floyd Fisher, having distinguished himself with acts of uncommon valor and gallantry on the battlefield during WW II and decades of tireless service to his community, has earned a […]

John Patrick Burke Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Inductee was nominated by Former Senator Caesar Trunzo John Patrick Burke is deserving of a place among New York State’s elite veterans for his battlefield gallantry during WW II and […]