Senator William J. Larkin Jr. (February 5, 1928 - August 31, 2019) represented the Hudson Valley including West Point, Newburgh and New Windsor, where the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, is located as a member of the state Legislature for 40 years. Larkin began his career in public service at the age of 16 when he began his military career as a Private in New Guinea and in the Philippines Operation of the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Read MoreJoseph Farina (January 26, 1921 - December 27, 2018), was a founding member of the Genesis Group and instrumental in the formation of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. A native of Newburgh, New York, he attended Newburgh schools graduating from Newburgh Free Academy in 1939. While serving in the military, he attended the U.S. Army Morse Code School and attended DeForest Institute in Chicago after his discharge from military service.
Read MoreDuty, Honor, Country: those three “hallowed words” are an apt description of the lifetime of service of Lieutenant General James D. Hughes (July 7, 1922 - January 12, 2024). From his West Point graduation in June 1946 until his military retirement in 1981, and throughout a subsequent civilian career, General Hughes demonstrated these ideals daily. In fact, they guided him through his exceptional record of achievements.
Read MoreA native of Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., Everett Smith (July 17, 1942 – December 20, 2023) began a career that has spanned forty-nine years in the newspaper business with the Long Island Daily Press. In 1979 he and his wife Mary founded The Sentinel, a twice-weekly newspaper that serves most of eastern Orange County, N.Y. In 1990 he founded Sentinel Printing Services, Inc., a commercial printing operation. He continues to serve as Publisher of The
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