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Veterans from LI reunite on July Fourth

Originally published: July 4, 2012 8:05 PM
Updated: July 4, 2012 9:01 PM
By ANKITA RAO  ankita.rao@newsday.com

Left to right: Ken Miller, 69, Nick Klemuk,

Photo credit: Ankita Rao | Left to right: Ken Miller, 69, Nick Klemuk, 67 and Jon Foster 69, all from Southampton. Miller and foster, both veterans, met after the holiday parade in Southampton for the first time in decades. (July 4, 2012)

Ken Miller and Jon Foster went to high school together in Southampton, then went their separate ways.

But in the midst of the village's Independence Day parade, they met again after hearing each other's name being spoken -- their first encounter in 50 years.

The parade, sponsored by the Southampton Village Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events, drew several wars' veterans, including...

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