Role model for Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in the 1971 film The French Connection Dorothy Frooks, Communications Yeoman, US Navy/ Technician 5, US Army. Served in World War I and World War II. Actress and author. Francis S. Gabreski, Colonel, US Air Force. The top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II, a jet fighter ace in Korea. Cassius C.A. Harris, U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer and combat fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen Leonard Jackson, World War II US Navy veteran. Actor who appeared on both Sesame Street and Shining Time Station. Albert Paulsen, Private, World War II US Army. Actor. Arthur Pinajian, Corporal, US Army, World War II. Awarded Bronze Star Medal. Comic book creator and illustrator in the 1930s to 1950s, and impressionist artist. Isaac Woodard, Jr., Sergeant, US Army, World War II. African American World War II veteran whose 1946 beating and maiming sparked national outrage. Hubert Julian, Trinidad-born aviation pioneer. He was nicknamed "The Black Eagle". See also United States Department of Veterans Affairs References External links Calverton National Cemetery Brookhaven, New York Riverhead (town), New York United States national cemeteries Cemeteries in Suffolk County, New York Historic American Landscapes Survey in New York (state) 1978 establishments in New York (state)