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WWII Vet, 102, dies on way to D-Day event
Newsweek· 2 days 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...
Veteran who saw flag raised at Iwo Jima dies aged 102 on way to D-Day commemorations
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHe witnessed the raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima, one of the most iconic moments of the Second...
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· 2 days agoNavy veteran has died while reportedly on his way to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France....
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...
At 102, a WWII veteran died on his way to Normandy to commemorate D-Day
Washington Post· 24 hours agoNearly 80 years after Bob Persichitti watched the flag raised atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, the 102-year-old Navy veteran was headed to Normandy to commemorate ...
WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has...
Type 1 Photo of Joe Rosenthal's Raising the Flag Sells For $103,000
PetaPixel· 3 days agoJoe Rosenthal’s iconic Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph has sold for $103,090 at auction...
World War II veteran, 102, dies in Germany while traveling to France for D-Day ceremonies
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHis tour of duty included combat in Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Guam. A resident of Fairport, New York,...
102-year-old WWII vet from New York dies while traveling to D-Day ceremony in France
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe spent 15 months at sea assigned to the command ship USS Eldorado in the Pacific as a junior radio...
Meet the American who 'won the war for us': Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoAndrew Jackson Higgins, native of Nebraska, designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious...