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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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LAHAYE EDWARD J 8TH AIR FORCE |
Honored by Lil Metzger
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COPENHAVER JAMES E 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION |
Honored by Jim Shafer
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THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL | ||
BARNES ROY E | ||
Unit: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION Rank: SECOND LIEUTENANT Hometown: ADA COUNTY (ID) Status: KILLED IN ACTION Date of Died: JUNE 6, 1944 Plot-Row-Grave: E-20-18 [See map] |
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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 5, 2024] |
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(continued) at the marker directly in front of me and it was that or Roy E. Barnes from Idaho. Roy, I thought about your family back home receiving the terrible news. Thanks to all veterans for our precious freedom. Honored by Russell Gee [2014-07-16 07:58:20] |
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I was very moved by the memorial and surrounding area. As I walked through the cemetery looking at all the soldiers' graves from many many states, a thought crossed my mind... "I wonder if it is possible that I find a marker for someone from Idaho" (my home state). At that very moment, I looked Honored by Russell Gee [2014-07-16 07:48:20] |