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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]
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]
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BRODISH WILLIAM J
27TH ORD BOMB DISP SQ
This hero was a cousin I never met. I am aware of family details, but they are private. I try to post a picture on Facebook in his honor every D-Day remembrance day.
Honored by Constance Brodish
[Posted: 2024-06-12 20:46:41]
MULVEY JOHN M
299TH ENG COMBAT BN
Remembering you today, Uncle Jack, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. I shall NEVER forget your service and your sacrifice. May God hold you in the palm of His hand, until we meet, again.
Honored by Diane Mulvey
[Posted: 2024-06-06 18:50:12]
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THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL
  KANSES EDMUND S  

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Unit: 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Rank: MAJOR
Hometown: --- (NJ)

Status: KILLED IN ACTION
Date of Died: JULY 11, 1944

Plot-Row-Grave: H-1-17 [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 18, 2024]
Voilà plusieurs années que je viens me recueillir dans le cimetière d'Omaha Beach. Un jour, je me suis dis que je ne pouvais pas me recueillir sur chaque tombe. Alors, tout en pensant à tous ces jeunes courageux, j'ai choisi une tombe et c'était celle d'Edmund Kanses. Donc, à chaque fois que j
Honored by DIDIER LE BORGNE [2016-06-21 20:38:50]