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102-Year-Old WWII Veteran Who Saw Flag Raised at Iwo Jima Dies on Way to D-Day Event in France
People via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNavy veteran has died while reportedly on his way to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France....
WWII Vet, 102, dies on way to D-Day event
Newsweek· 1 day agoAn American Navy veteran who was there when U.S. troops raised the flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 has died while en route to France to make Thursday's 80th...
Rochester WWII veteran Robert Persichitti dies at 102 on way to D-Day ceremony in France
Gannett via AOL· 5 hours agoEldorado sailing near Japan, when he peered through a set of binoculars and witnessed the now-iconic...
WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
The Independent US via AOL· 1 day agoA World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has...
Inside Battleship Texas’ historic comeback, 80 years after D-Day
KXAN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Texas was first launched in 1912 and is a veteran of both world wars. She served not only on...
Veteran who saw flag raised at Iwo Jima dies aged 102 on way to D-Day commemorations
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe witnessed the raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima, one of the most iconic moments of the Second...
102-year-old WWII Navy vet dies en route to D-Day commemorations
Military Times via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoRobert Persichitti enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and later sailed on the USS Eldorado to the Pacific,...
102-year-old WWII vet from New York dies while traveling to D-Day ceremony in France
NBC News via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoHe spent 15 months at sea assigned to the command ship USS Eldorado in the Pacific as a junior radio...
WWII Veteran Dies At 102 While Traveling To D-Day Event In France
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoRobert “Al” Persichitti, who served as a radioman in the Navy and witnessed the raising of the U.S....
World War II veteran, 102, dies in Germany while traveling to France for D-Day ceremonies
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoHis tour of duty included combat in Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Guam. A resident of Fairport, New York,...