BROOKHAVEN VETERANS ASSOCIATION (BVA)
Established:  8 March 2007

Historical

• Japanese Surrender, Sept. 2, 1945
• History Unearthed at BNL: Excavator for NSLS II discovers souvenirs of Camp Upton's Patriotic Past
• History of Memorial Day
• Casing of the Colors visit with MG William Terpeluk, Commanding Officer 77th RRC with Staff Officers, BVA members and BNL Planning Committee members.  More...
• Camp Upton
• Camp Upton Timeline
• Camp Upton Historical Collection: "From Basic Training to Basic Research (10 min.)
  A video survey of Brookhaven's historic Camp Upton Historical Collection. Prior to its use as a site for a national laboratory, Upton, New York was host to a World War I and II U.S. Army camp. 
• The Department of Defense Celebrates Women's History

B17 Pilots

Tuskegee Airman Lee Hayes (1 hr.)
Hayes, a resident of Amagansett who worked at Brookhaven Lab as a custodian from 1958 to 1966, served in an all-black bomber squadron at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. He was among 994 precedent-breaking black soldiers at Tuskegee who passed rigorous tests between 1942 and 1946 to become pilots in the then-segregated armed forces.
August 3, 2006.

Biography of Uncle Sam  

Last Modified: May 16, 2017
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