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Remembering D-Day 80 years later: Battleship Texas vital to invasion
Baytown Sun· 1 day agoThe big guns of the USS Battleship Texas roared across the beaches of Normandy to help destroy...
At 102, a WWII veteran died on his way to Normandy to commemorate D-Day
Washington Post· 2 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 another ...
57 years after deadly attack, former USS Liberty sailors still have questions and hope to provide...
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 2 days agoFifty-seven years ago this week — for reasons still not completely understood — Israel attacked the...
WWII Veteran Dies At 102 While Traveling To D-Day Event In France
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoRobert “Al” Persichitti, who served as a radioman in the Navy and witnessed the raising of the U.S....
San Diego sailors launch invention, business from downtown library
KPBS San Diego· 11 hours agoFormer Navy officers Matt Semple and Andy Camp were tired of waking one another up at odd hours...
World War II veteran gets diploma from Albert Gallatin
Observer-Reporter· 1 hour agoAt 96, Louis Watkins Davis of Masontown has lived a full life. Davis didn’t receive his diploma...
‘We have so many amazing veterans in the city:’ Veterans museum launches in Jacksonville
WJAX via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoJacksonville will soon learn the stories of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association, which helped bring the USS
Papillion holds Vietnam memorial ceremony on 80th anniversary of D-Day
KETV 7 Omaha· 12 hours agoThe Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation created the memorial to honor the 74 lives lost...
World War II veteran Robert Persichitti dies at 102 while traveling to France for D-Day’s 80th...
7 News Boston· 10 hours agoWhile Persichitti passed away bound for Normandy — where the Allied forces’ landing on June 6, 1944,...
A 102-year-old World War II veteran dies en route to D-Day commemorations in Europe and is mourned
The News-Times· 5 hours agoA World War II Navy veteran was being mourned Thursday following his death while en route to France...