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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...
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...
At 102, a WWII veteran died on his way to Normandy to commemorate D-Day
Washington Post· 21 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 ...
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· 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 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...
102-year-old WWII Navy vet dies en route to D-Day commemorations
Military Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRobert Persichitti enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and later sailed on the USS Eldorado to the Pacific,...
Meet the American who 'won the war for us': Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoAndrew Jackson Higgins, native of Nebraska, designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious...
WWII Veteran Dies At 102 While Traveling To D-Day Event In France
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRobert “Al” Persichitti, who served as a radioman in the Navy and witnessed the raising of the U.S....