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A ceremony was held today for a 91-year-old World War II veteran from West Islip.

It took nearly 70 years, but Frank McLoughlin was finally honored in Farmingdale today for his heroic actions during World War II.

McLoughlin flew 50 missions as a B-24 turret gunner over the South Pacific.

Suffolk Legislator Tom Barraga says one of his superior officers promised McLoughlin the Distinguished Flying Cross, but because that promise was not put in writing, he never received the prestigious honor.

"He was a hero, and frankly, he deserves the Distinguished Flying Cross, but in lieu of that I thought it was important that we recognize his heroic efforts through this particular ceremony," Baragga said.

McLoughlin was a city firefighter for 40 years following the war.

For video of the ceremony, watch the clip to the left or click News 12 Extra on Optimum TV channel 612.

A ceremony was held today for a 91-year-old World War II veteran from West Islip.    It took nearly 70 years, but Frank McLoughlin was finally honored in Farmingdale today for his heroic actions during

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All right, Alex call me here to tell us today is the day to everything. Yeah, because of the rain coming later on in the weekend. Enjoy today. Absolutely. I mean, you see the radars clear today's 56 peaks of sun, definitely some generous cloud cover, but 60 on Sunday is not going to feel so good. It's a soaker. We've got a train of rain coming in from the Gulf of Mexico and that's going to bring in warm air. Yes, but it's gonna bring a lot of wind too. And so we have two threats, flooding and wind tomorrow today. Come on. This is fantastic. We're in the thirties now with a little bit of frost but mid forties by 9 a.m. we're hitting 50 way before brunch time and we're in the fifties all day Sunday morning. Little different feel it's warmer but it's cloudy with a stray shower at 9 a.m. A big rain risk for brunch lunch plans on Sunday afternoon. We may see a few soakers and then plenty of rain. 234 o'clock in the afternoon. Look at this just on and off downpours all day. The wind starts to pick up after sunset, seven o'clock at night, it's warmer than the afternoon because the wind is coming in straight from the south 40 mile per hour wind here, this is 11 o'clock at night. Probably the worst of the wind is going to be somewhere between eight o'clock at night. And about five o'clock in the morning, we could see some localized flooding because look at how much rain we end up with 2 to 3 inches across the island. And then also the possibility of some overnight power outages. So you'll want to be prepared for that, maybe strap those Christmas decorations down today.

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Ceremony in Farmingdale honors World War II veteran Frank McLoughlin