The New England - New York Chapter

About the Chapter

The New England-New York Chapter holds annual weekend conferences at various sites within our region. Past venues have included the Harvard Club, Boston; West Point; the Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, the Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, N.Y., and the Ann S.K. Brown Museum, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Our current Chairman is Gaetano V. (Guy) Cavallaro R.Ph., M.D.

Our 2006 Meeting: November 11, 2006 Hartford, Connecticut Some of Our Guests and Presenters Click Here To See Our Full Program Our 2005 Meeting: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY Some of Our Guests and Presenters Our 2004 Meeting: Springfield Massachusetts Some of Our Guests and Presenters Click Here to See Full Program Our 2003 Meeting: The New York Military Museum, Saratoga Springs Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the Twilight of the Great War Gaetano V. Cavallaro M.D Commemorative Coin Last Emperor Karl I Austria-Hungary The Plattsburg Idea William Glidden Lost Battlion Leader Charles Whittlesey Plattsburgh Graduate Hermann Goering - The Lazy Ace William Haiber Goering: Ace & Jasta Commander O'Ryan's Roughnecks -- The 27th New York Division T.J. Johnson John O'Ryan Commander, 27th Division Edith Wharton -- The Grand Dame and the Great War Joe Liggera Author Edith Wharton The Independent Force, R.A.F.: Steve Suddaby Hugh Trenchard, RFC/RAF Strategic Bombing Advocate More About the Chapter The Chapter publishes an occasional newsletter, The DuD, edited by Patrick Keefe. Our Chapter is honored to welcome Gaetano "Guy" Cavallaro, M.D. on board as our new Chairman. Guy expands our knowledge to Italy and Austro-Hungary, and will be soon publishing on Italy and WWI. Benvenuto, dottore! Interests: Italy Email: ph1m2h3@aol.com Our retired Chairman, Lanayre D. Liggera, and the Secretary, Joseph J. Liggera, Ph.D., can be reached at 96 College Avenue, Poughkeespie NY 12603, TEL: 845-486-6189, FAX: 845-486-6190, E-MAIL: gagin1@aol.com Our Officers Vice Chairman: Patrick Keefe Interests: Western Front ground operations, Yankee Division, Verdun Tel: 860-429-7273 Treasurer: Col. Stuart S. Corning, Jr. Interests: Military Medals, Badges & Patches (U.S.A. & German) Email: enon06@comcast. net Secretary: Dr. Joseph Liggera Interests: Literature Email; gagin1@aol.com rev. February 2008 Contact President TJ Johnson Return to Chapter Index Back to the Western Front Association Copyright ©1999 - 2001, The Western Front Association, US Branch Website maintained by M. Hanlon