Feb 7, 2012 5:58 PM
A wreath-laying ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the death of U.S. Air Corps Colonel Francis S. Gabreski was held on January 31 at the Westhampton airport that bears his name.
Members of the Polish American Congress, New York Downstate Division, and Mr. Gabreski’s daughters, Frances Phillips of Westhampton and Patricia Covino of Quiogue, attended the special service held at the airport’s memorial stone, located between the terminal and runway.
“There aren’t a lot of Polish-American heroes, and they’re striving to keep my father’s name alive,” Ms. Phillips said in a phone interview this week. “The Polish American Congress really went out of their way and had a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for my father.”
Mr. Gabreski, who was stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, went on to become... more
Members of the Polish American Congress, New York Downstate Division, and Mr. Gabreski’s daughters, Frances Phillips of Westhampton and Patricia Covino of Quiogue, attended the special service held at the airport’s memorial stone, located between the terminal and runway.
“There aren’t a lot of Polish-American heroes, and they’re striving to keep my father’s name alive,” Ms. Phillips said in a phone interview this week. “The Polish American Congress really went out of their way and had a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for my father.”
Mr. Gabreski, who was stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, went on to become... more
