Nicholas Mangano - U.S. Army 2013-17
Nicholas Mangano - U.S. Army 2013-17

Sgt. Nicholas Mangano grew up on Long Island, NY and joined the U.S. Army in 2013. Nick served with the 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia and was stationed in Jalalabad, Afghanistan as well as South Korea and Germany. Nick retired from the Army in 2017 and currently is a member of Airborne Tri Team, a non-for-profit organization providing war veterans with opportunities, physical challenges and goal oriented physical achievements to maximize their potential and increase their self-esteem all by being part of a team. airbornetriteam.org

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Telly Antona - U.S. Army 1991-97
Telly Antona - U.S. Army 1991-97

Telly Antona joined the U.S. Army while she was still in High School on the Army's delayed entry program and served 6 years and an additional year in the reserves. Telly served in the motor pool at Camp Kyle Korea and with central issues, supplying all the personnel at Fort Campbell KY for the 101st Airborne. Telly currently is involved with Habitat for Humanity and also a group of younger Veterans Net Gen in Vero Beach FL.

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Marty Zickert - U.S. Air Force 1962-92
Marty Zickert - U.S. Air Force 1962-92

USA Warrior Stories has lost a friend and honored veteran working with us in Vero Beach Florida, Martin “ MARTY ” Zickert - Col. U.S.A.F. (Ret.). Marty help and collaborated with USAWS over the past 5 years assisting us to produce and promote our Florida veterans stories, events and programs. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to his family, friends and the many veteran’s he served, worked with and helped.

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Peter M. F. Sichel - U.S. Army, OSS/CIA 1941-59
Peter M. F. Sichel - U.S. Army, OSS/CIA 1941-59

Peter M. F. Sichel's childhood was interrupted by the Nazis while growing up a Jew in Germany. He moved with his family to France in 1939, was imprisoned as an enemy alien and eventually escaped, reaching the United Stated in 1941.
Peter joined the Army shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) sending spies into Germany. Peter eventually became a senior official with the Century Intelligence Agency (CIA) serving in Berlin, Hong Kong and Washington before joining his family wine business in 1960.

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Pat DeRosa - U.S. Army 1943-46
Pat DeRosa - U.S. Army 1943-46

Pat DeRosa of Montauk died of natural causes in his sleep on March 30th. He was 101. In 1943, at the height of WWII, Pat was drafted into the Army Air Forces and sent to Greensboro, NC for basic training.  Soon after, Pat was offered to audition for the “Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band” and was accepted.  He spent three years traveling around the US with the band performing and entertaining the troops.

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Donna Zephrine - U.S. Army 1996-2006
Donna Zephrine - U.S. Army 1996-2006

SPC. Donna Zephrine joined the U.S. Army Reserves in 1996 and became Full Active Duty in October 2002. Donna served with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division (260 QM) and served 2 tours in Iraq from 2003-2005 as a 63 Bravo Light Weight Vehicle Mechanic.
Donna is active in many organizations including Wounded Warrior Project, World T.E.A.M Sports, Team Red White and Blue and Project 9 Line. She recently graduated from Columbia University School of Social Work and hoped to give back to help other Veterans or people who are in need.
In her spare time, Donna enjoys writing and has been published in multiple anthologies. These publications include Radvocate Literary Magazine, the “Afterwords” anthology, the “9 lives” New York University’s Veteran’s Writers Workshop anthology, Bards Annual 2017, The Local Gem Press, War Writer’s Campaign, Poets and Writers, Blogground, Oberon Magazine 2017 and CA/T Magazine of Columbia University.

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Bill Field - U.S. Army 1971-74
Bill Field - U.S. Army 1971-74

Bill Field joined the U.S. Army in 1971 and trained as a Radar Repair Technician. Bill served at White Sands Missile Base in New Mexico with C Company in the missile test and evaluation devision working with Continuous Wave Radar designed for the Hawk Missile System. After leaving the military Bill started a successful appliance repair company with his father. Bill is currently retired and is an active member of American Legion Post 419 in Amagansett, NY.

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Joan A. Furey - U.S. Army 1968-70
Joan A. Furey - U.S. Army 1968-70

Joan Furey began her career in Army service in 1968 as a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. She later volunteered to be deployed to Vietnam, where she received a Bronze Star as a staff nurse.
In 1970, the U.S. Army discharged Joan from Vietnam, and after leaving Southeast Asia, she dedicated her life to Veteran Affairs.

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