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	In Amagansett during the&nbsp;Town of East Hampton&#39;s Juneteenth festivities, elected officials, friends and extended family celebrated the life of Lt. Lee Hayes, a local&nbsp;man who flew into history as&nbsp;a pilot and member of the Tuskegee Airmen. Newsday&rsquo;s Steve Langford reports.
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