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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
[Posted: 2023-07-23 04:48:28]
COPENHAVER JAMES E 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION |
Honored by Jim Shafer
[Posted: 2023-06-11 01:08:37]
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THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL | ||
FITCH FRANK N Jr | ||
Unit: 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION Rank: CAPTAIN Hometown: ORANGE COUNTY (CA) Status: KILLED IN ACTION Date of Died: JUNE 6, 1944 Plot-Row-Grave: J-13-23 [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 [May 16, 2024] |
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My Dad and I visited found his marker at the Normandy Cemetery in 2001. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:48:38] |
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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] |