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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 | ||
KABAKOFF LEO H | ||
If you have a picture of this hero, please contact us. Unit: 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION Rank: PRIVATE FIRST CLASS Hometown: --- (CT) Status: KILLED IN ACTION Date of Died: JULY 7, 1944 Plot-Row-Grave: D-2-19 [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 15, 2024] |
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It was my honor to make my first trip to the D-Day memorials and U.S. National Cemetary at Normandy; to place a flower. My wife Sandy and I visited on August 24, 2017 and noticed so many flowers placed on the markers of those Stars of David that are sprinkled throughout the Cemetary. We noticed no Honored by Gary Stern [2017-08-25 11:29:08] |
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To the family of Leo H Kabakoff: I have just returned from Normandy Cemetery and wanted you to know that I placed a stone of his grave, said a Hebrew blessing and thanked him.
Blessing to him and his family. As a Jewish person, I wanted to find a Star of David memorial and I picked him. I left with Honored by Cheryl Carpet [2015-07-13 00:16:06] |