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WWII D-Day veteran, awarded France's Legion of Honor
It’s June 6, 1944, Joseph Petrucci is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with 30-some fellow comrades in a landing craft hurtling through the English Channel toward Omaha Beach. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-04-29 07:24:18]
It’s June 6, 1944, Joseph Petrucci is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with 30-some fellow comrades in a landing craft hurtling through the English Channel toward Omaha Beach. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-04-29 07:24:18]
D-Day veteran Verdun Hayes celebrates 100th birthday
D-Day veteran Verdun Hayes made the jump at Dunkeswell Airfield near Honiton, Devon, to raise money for the North Devon Hospice. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-04-28 06:29:32]
D-Day veteran Verdun Hayes made the jump at Dunkeswell Airfield near Honiton, Devon, to raise money for the North Devon Hospice. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-04-28 06:29:32]
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ONEIL JOHN J 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION |
Honored by Bill and Patsy Galiher
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WOLTERS HENRY H 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION |
Honored by Herman Wolters
[Posted: 2024-02-29 20:28:14]
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Let us remember those young soldiers who changed the course of history with their sacrifice. Let us commit ourselves to remembering their sacrifice by cherishing the freedom they bought for all generations that follow. Honored by Laurent Lefebvre [June 13, 2024]
My Dad and I visited found his marker at the Normandy Cemetery in 2001. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:48:38]
My father, Pvt. Howard J. Johnson served under Captain Fitch on D-Day and saw him killed on the beach. My father thought a lot of this brave man who while trying to rally his troops to move up stepped on a mine. He later took a direct hit from mortar. They were together many months in England. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:46:09]
To read 1st Infantry Division documents (after action report, diary, journal,...)
At 0115 hours, 6 June 1944 the Company was alerted aboard the USS Henrico and began preparations of disembarking into assault craft. Breakfast was given all Army personnel at this time, consisting of...(Account, 1st Division, 16th Regiment, 2nd Bn., G Co.)
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To post a new messageMy Dad and I visited found his marker at the Normandy Cemetery in 2001. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:48:38]
My father, Pvt. Howard J. Johnson served under Captain Fitch on D-Day and saw him killed on the beach. My father thought a lot of this brave man who while trying to rally his troops to move up stepped on a mine. He later took a direct hit from mortar. They were together many months in England. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:46:09]
To read 1st Infantry Division documents (after action report, diary, journal,...)At 0115 hours, 6 June 1944 the Company was alerted aboard the USS Henrico and began preparations of disembarking into assault craft. Breakfast was given all Army personnel at this time, consisting of...(Account, 1st Division, 16th Regiment, 2nd Bn., G Co.)