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The Luzerne County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the Luzerne County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Feb. 23 at its site on the south lawn of the Luzerne County Courthouse, North River Street, Wilkes-Barre. The ceremony will begin with a prayer service at 6 p.m. followed by a get-together at 7 p.m. at the Black Diamond American Legion Post on Wyoming Avenue, Kingston. Pizza will be served and monetary donations will be accepted. There will be a cash bar. Reservations must be made by Feb. 20 with Rob Tomasetti, 457-9760, or Neno Sartini, 825-7206. Shown in 1986 are the original members of the Luzerne County Memorial Committee from left, first row: Air Force veterans Michael Balash, Dallas, and Thomas P. Wayslow, Nanticoke; Navy veteran Edward Linskey, Pittston; Army and Korean War veteran Gloria Englehardt, Ashley; and the late Christopher Bradshaw, an Army veteran. Second row: retired Air Force Master Sgt. Neno Sartini of Wilkes-Barre; Marine veterans Dennis Rossania, Duryea, and Bernard J. Smith II, Harding; Navy veteran Donald Swartz, Wilkes-Barre; and the late Army Sgt. 1st Class John Englehardt, former secretary. Third row: Air Force veteran and treasurer Jack Kinney, Wilkes-Barre; Airbourne Division veteran Richard P. Mooney, Exeter; Air Force veteran and chairman Robert Tomasetti, Duryea; and Army veteran Albert Felker, Harding. Not shown: retired Air Force Col. Richard M. Goldberg, Wilkes-Barre.