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Story Ted Waddell – Photos provided by Steve Lungen

Lungen up by the DMZ with an M16 and a command radio at the ready. – From the wartime collection of Steve Lungen.

ROCK HILL – Sullivan County DA Stephen F. Lungen was never one to wrap himself in the proud colors of the American Flag when it came time to being elected as the county’s lead prosecutor starting in 1982 and right up until the time he decided to hang it up in 2009 after 28 years as DA.

But, in an exit interview with The Catskill Chronicle, followed in short order drill by a keynote speech to the graduates of the Sullivan County Drug Treatment Court on December 1, ’09, he talked about how his experiences during the heat of the Vietnam War shaped his character, focused a desire to complete law school and later helped him mold his assistant district attorneys (ADA’s) into razor-edged weapons for the prosecution in the courtroom…

You can read the full story – Reflections of a Vietnam War Vet – in the Chronicle’s Sullivan Faces section.

*All photos are from the wartime collection of Steve Lungen.

* Coming soon – further reflections on Steven F. Lungen’s career as DA

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