Lector, maritime lawyer James Lynch dies

Originally published: June 26, 2012 9:07 PM
Updated: June 26, 2012 9:28 PM
By BART JONES bart.jones@newsday.com

1945 photo of James quot;Jimquot; Lynch, WW II

Photo credit: Handout | 1945 photo of James "Jim" Lynch, WW II Veteran.

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Edward Martin, a retired industrial arts teacher who

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James Lynch was an "Abraham Lincoln-George Bailey" kind of guy, his relatives said -- tall and lanky with a commanding presence, and utterly honest and trustworthy.

As a master sergeant, he led American soldiers during brutal combat on the Japanese island of Okinawa during World War II and was among Gen. Douglas MacArthur's troops during the 1944 invasion of Leyte in the Philippines, said...

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