Talk:Governors Island

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 * The Smothers Brothers were both born on Governors Island, where their father, Thomas B. Smothers, a U.S. Army officer, was stationed
 * Janet Lambert, an author of young adult fiction, resided on Governors Island while her husband was the post commander in the 1950s
 * Lois Lowry, author of The Giver, lived on Governors Island during her high school years while her father, an army dentist, was stationed there
 * Michael Collins, NASA astronaut, called Governors Island home during a portion of his childhood
 * Withers A. Burress, Commanding General of the 100th Division (United States) during World War II, finished his distinguished military career as commander of the First United States Army at Fort Jay from 1952-1954, receiving a ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan upon his retirement
 * Neal Adams, comic book and commercial artist, born on the Island
 * Harvey E. Brown, Jr., American military officer and army surgeon, born on the Island
 * Courtney Hodges, continued command of First Army at Fort Jay after World War II