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Libero J. Bernagozzi, veteran of World War II and resident of Copiague
Libero "Libby" J. Bernagozzi, a lifelong resident of Copiague, died at the age of 85 on September 17, 2001. Mr. Bernagozzi served his country as a tech sergeant in the Army Air Corps through the duration of the second World War. In the winter of 1944, as a young flyer in the 100 Bomber Group 418 Squadron, Mr. Bernagozzi’s B-17 bomber drew heavy fire in the skies over Nazi Germany, and as a result, the plane crashed in rural Belgium. The sergeant was captured by Axis forces and sent to a prisoner of war camp in East Prussia. He was held as a P.O.W. for 15 months until the camp was liberated in 1945. After the war, Mr. Bernagozzi was a self employed charter boat captain and fished the waters of the south shore for 35 years. His last vessel, "Capt. Lib B" was docked near his Copiague home. Mr. Bernagozzi was a long time member of the Copiague Volunteer Fire Department and was a member well into his eighties. He was the company’s second oldest member at the time of his death. Mr. Bernagozzi was also an active member of the V.F.W. . He true passion, however was for the outdoors. "Libby lived to play," said nephew Al Chiesa. "He loved to fish and hunt, but golf was his real love." Mr. Bernagozzi was the youngest of seven children all deceased. He is survived by his nieces: Barbara Chiesa of Copiague, Lorraine Tweed of North Carolina and JoAnn Langston of Florida, as well as by his nephews: William Bernagozzi of South Carolina, and Richard Bernagozzi of California. Mr. Bernagozzi reposed at D’Andrea Bros. Funeral Home, 99 Oak Street, in Copiague. A funeral mass was held at Our Lady of the Assumption R.C. Church.
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