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== History == | == History == | ||
Long Island National Cemetery was established in 1936 with a purchase of {{convert|175|acre}} of land from Pinelawn Cemetery (a neighboring cemetery) to answer a need after World War I of a large number of veterans, and not enough burial space in the urban cemeteries in | Long Island National Cemetery was established in 1936 with a purchase of {{convert|175|acre}} of land from Pinelawn Cemetery (a neighboring cemetery) to answer a need after World War I of a large number of veterans, and not enough burial space in the urban cemeteries in New York City. At the time the only National Cemetery in the area was [[Cypress Hills National Cemetery]] in [[Brooklyn]], and it had very limited area available. The land was developed and burials began in March 1937. Within its first 8 years, it saw over 10,000 interments from [[World War II]]. | ||
A section of the cemetery has the interments of World War II prisoners of war, including 37 [[Germany|Germans]] and 54 [[Italy|Italians]]. There are also 35 British [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|Commonwealth servicemen]] buried here from the same war.<ref name=cwgc>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073142/LONG%20ISLAND%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY,%20FARMINGDALE|title=CWGC Cemetery Report.}}</ref> | A section of the cemetery has the interments of World War II prisoners of war, including 37 [[Germany|Germans]] and 54 [[Italy|Italians]]. There are also 35 British [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|Commonwealth servicemen]] buried here from the same war.<ref name=cwgc>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073142/LONG%20ISLAND%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY,%20FARMINGDALE|title=CWGC Cemetery Report.}}</ref> | ||
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== Notable interments == | == Notable interments == | ||
* | * Medal of Honor recipients | ||
Seaman First Class [[Heinrich Behnke (Medal of Honor)|Heinrich Behnke]] (1882–1952), for peacetime service aboard [[USS Iowa (BB-4)|USS ''Iowa'']] | Seaman First Class [[Heinrich Behnke (Medal of Honor)|Heinrich Behnke]] (1882–1952), for peacetime service aboard [[USS Iowa (BB-4)|USS ''Iowa'']] | ||
Corporal [[Anthony Casamento]] (1920–1987), for action at the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]] during [[World War II]] | Corporal [[Anthony Casamento]] (1920–1987), for action at the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]] during [[World War II]] | ||