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 […]
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 […]