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 […]
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 […]
American WWII veterans travel to France for 80th anniversary of D-Day
A veteran’s story of surviving D-Day 98-year-old World War II veteran Jack Gutman talks about serving as a medic on Omaha Beach at just 18 years old on the day of the Normandy landings, where he cared for countless wounded and killed soldiers. Listen to “The Untold Story” interview on FoxNewsPodcasts.com. A group of 60 […]
WWII veteran proud to be part of ‘greatest generation’ because ‘we saved the world.’
Andrew “Andy” Negra Jr., 100, of Helen, Georgia, served with the Army’s 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Armored Division. Negra landed at Utah Beach in Normandy on 18 July 1944 and fought in the Battle of Brest, among other battles, before serving with the German occupation forces until he was honorably discharged on 17 […]
Wreck of US submarine that ‘sank the most Japanese warships’ during WWII is found in South China Sea
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ICC warrants like charging Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during WWII
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has requested an arrest warrant against him, along with Hamas officials, for indicting former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. I likened it. “I think these charges are exactly what President Biden says they are. They […]
WWII veteran, 100, finally receives college diploma nearly 60 years after graduation
The 100-year-old veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War plans to attend to celebrate his 100th birthday and honor his contributions to his alma mater, the University of Maryland Global Campus. Ta. Instead, Jack Milton got the surprise of a lifetime this week: the graduation ceremony he’s been waiting for […]
WWII veteran, 100, finally receives his college diploma nearly 60 years after graduation
The 100-year-old veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War plans to attend to celebrate his 100th birthday and honor his contributions to his alma mater, the University of Maryland Global Campus. Ta. Instead, Jack Milton got the surprise of a lifetime this week: the graduation ceremony he’s been waiting for […]
WWII soldier who died in Japanese POW camp identified 81 years later
Military scientists have identified the remains of an Illinois soldier who died in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines during World War II. The remains of Army Pfc. Harry Jerere of Berkeley, Illinois, was identified in December, nearly 81 years after he died of pneumonia at the Cabanatuan POW camp, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting […]