Ten years ago I wrote about the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day landings and thought on that in 2014 it was the last time veteran soldiers, sailors and airmen would make it to Normandy. But here we are at the 80th Anniversary and there are still veterans able to make it.
Sadly one American veteran never made it, Robert Persichitti, who took ill on the ship bringing him to Europe. That was last Thursday and he passed away on the 31st. I just felt adding him to my post today seemed apt. I never knew him of course but it's people like him who at 102 wanted to travel to Europe to never forget what they fought for. They knew about duty and what it was to serve.
That was a remarkable generation and no two ways about it.
June 6th 2014.
http://365-2-50.blogspot.com/2014/06/june-6th-2014.html
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