Melville vet designs flag for veteran suicide awareness, remembrance
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Kevin Hertell of Melville is third generation military. He has experienced firsthand the devastation of veteran and military suicide. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports. Credit: Photo Credit: J Conrad Williams Jr.; Kevin Hertell; Staff