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Dad, USCG, 1942.

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Jimmy Buffett, with  James Taylor and Deborah McColl, Sending the Old Man Home, 1979

"The sailors will dance in the street,  then they'll mothball the whole damn fleet"

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Coast Guardsmen pose with 3 inch gun, USS Klickitat, 1945.

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Jonathan Hunt - 1760-1835

Grave of Revolutionary War veteran Jonathan Hunt, Nichols, NY.

The Owego Gazette of Sept. 29, 1932, says Hunt’s Revolutionary service included the years 1775 to 1778. He saw duty at Bunker Hill, the British at White Plains, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth and the Westchester militia.

Read Wendy Post's reports on activities honoring Jonathan Hunt at the Daily Review, September 26 and October 5, 2010.

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Town of Veteran, NY

Organized by an act to the legislature of N.Y. State, in 1823, The Town of Veteran was formed from the town of Catherine in Schuyler County.  Green Bently, a native of Rhode Island and a veteran of the Revolution, was the first settler.  The town was named "Veteran" in his honor.