Shelter Island's human treasures
"Banshee Troop" soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 71st Calvary Team, 10th Mountain Division spent an extended weekend in Shelter Island remembering and bonding with the community that was home to their own Lt. Joseph Theinert, who was killed while in Afghanistan last summer. Credit: Alejandra Villa
I read with interest your photo essay "Hooked on Shelter Island" [LI Life, May 22]. I have fond memories of the Island since I visited often 50 years ago when my relatives built a home there.
However, I was disappointed that no mention was made of a native son, George Glenn Dawson, a retired professor of economics. He is a decorated Navy veteran, having served in three conflicts: World War II, Korea and Somalia, where he spent two years in charge of a Peace Corps facility.
Dawson, formerly of Wantagh, is an octogenarian, a prolific author, writer, poet, historian and what I would call a vanishing American.
Mary Haughey, Lindenhurst
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