WWII Hero Robert Persichitti Dies Traveling To France For D-Day Anniversary
A World War II hero who witnessed the raising of the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima died Friday, May 31, while en route to France for the commemoration ceremonies marking the Normandy landings. Robert Persichitti, a 102-year-old Navy veteran from Fairport, New York, suffered a medical emergency on board a ship en […]
McConnell blasts isolationists and defense skeptics in D-Day anniversary op-ed
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warned against embracing isolationism and those skeptical of building up defense on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. McConnell detailed his thoughts on what the anniversary means for U.S. foreign policy when faced with threats to democracy in an op-ed published in the New York Times. Eighty years ago today, […]
RUCK: What We Owe Our Veterans This D-Day
Eighty years ago, the beaches of Normandy, France, were a hellish place. The sea literally ran red with the blood of Allied soldiers torn apart by German Wehrmacht defenders. But American soldiers pressed on, step by step, making great sacrifices. On the day of the Normandy landings, these young men stormed Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, showing […]
WWII vet Robert Persichitti dies traveling to France for D-Day commemoration
A 102-year-old American World War II veteran who witnessed the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima has tragically died while en route to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Robert Persichitti, of Fairport, New York, died last Friday after undergoing emergency medical treatment at a hospital in Germany, a […]
What we owe our veterans this D-Day
Eighty years ago, the beaches of Normandy, France, were a hellish place. The sea literally ran red with the blood of Allied soldiers torn apart by the defenders of the German Wehrmacht. But with every step, American soldiers pressed on, making great sacrifices. On the day of the Normandy landings, these young men, driven by […]
Normandy churches honor D-Day paratroopers as biblical heroes in stained-glass windows
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‘Back in time’: House lawmakers parachuting from WWII-era plane in Normandy to mark D-Day
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Jack Carr recalls Eisenhower’s D-Day memo about ‘great and noble undertaking’
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D-Day 80th anniversary: The true legacy of Normandy
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The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
The sands of Omaha Beach were at their feet and tears flowed from their watery eyes, inevitably, knowing they were on the venerable shores of Normandy, France, where so many young Americans died on D-Day 80 years ago. World War II veterans, many of them over 100 years old and possibly returning to France one […]