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Port Jeff honors vets at Pearl Harbor event
Photo credit: Kathleen Fordyce
Under a gray sky and fog, Henry Plate stood on the dock in Port Jefferson Sunday morning and saluted two brightly colored wreaths he helped toss into the harbor at the annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony.
Plate, 90, of East Setauket, who spent nearly three years stationed in the south Pacific, was one of a few remaining World War II veterans at the ceremony.
“I’m here for all those...
