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Japanese specialists detonate WWII-era bombs discovered on Okinawa island
Stars and Stripes· 7 hours agoJapanese authorities recently detonated three explosive shells believed to be left over from World ...
102-year-old WWII vet from New York dies while traveling to D-Day ceremony in France
NBC News via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoHe...American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945 β which was...
102-year-old WWII vet dies en route to France for D-Day commemoration
Stars and Stripes· 3 days agoPersichitti was a Navy veteran who served as radioman aboard the USS Eldorado β an amphibious force...
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 ago"When I was in Okinawa, we had two kamikazes come in on us. We knocked...
The story of a World War II Iwo Jima veteran from Eagle Rock
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 14 hours agoWhat he would do, was keep the diesel engines in the LST, or Landing Ship Tank-779. The battle of...
When democracy was on the line 80 years ago, Americans put their lives on the line
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhen I retired in 2022, I followed the retired Baby Boomer handbook and started researching my...
Rochester WWII veteran Robert Persichitti dies at 102 on way to D-Day ceremony in France
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoFollowing the war, Persichitti worked as a school teacher in the ... District. Stewart said he spent...
5 things to know for June 7: Presidential race, Hunter Biden, Extreme heat, Ukraine, Cargo ships
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoDiscovery. Read more about the storyline here. QUIZ TIME World War II veterans were honored on the...
At 102, a WWII veteran died on his way to Normandy to commemorate D-Day
Washington Post· 11 hours agoPersichitti was born in a Pennsylvania coal mining town in 1922 to parents who had immigrated...
102-year-old World War II vet died en route to D-Day commemorations
Seattle Times· 20 hours agoWilliam Leone, said. βHeβs been to most of the World War II remembrances down in Washington and Louisiana, and he ...