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VFW Post Commander William Hughes Named ‘All American’

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HH-53 Super Jolly Green rescue helicopter with pilot and three pararescuemen standing alert for their next mission during the Vietnam War. William Hughes is at the far right.

HH-53 Super Jolly Green rescue helicopter with pilot and three pararescuemen standing alert for their next mission during the Vietnam War. William Hughes is at the far right.

William Hughes and his dog, Buddy on the front parch of his Hampton Bays home. DANA SHAW

William Hughes and his dog, Buddy on the front parch of his Hampton Bays home. DANA SHAW

William Hughes and his dog, Buddy on the front parch of his Hampton Bays home. DANA SHAW

William Hughes and his dog, Buddy on the front parch of his Hampton Bays home. DANA SHAW

Kitty Merrill on Aug 2, 2022
There’s a statue of a soldier tucked into the greenery alongside the front porch of William Hughes’s Hampton Bays house — a gift, Hughes explained, from the widow of a... more

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