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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.

Announcing Our 2009 Fall Seminar
Boston University, November 7, 2009
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Our 2008 Meeting:
November 8-9, 2008
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York


Chapter Chairman Dr. Gaetano (Guy) Cavallaro with Attendees Doug Snyder and Stan Jaffe




Our 2006 Meeting:
November 11, 2006
Hartford, Connecticut


Some of Our Guests and Presenters

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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
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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!

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.
Secretary: Dr. Joseph Liggera
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