Telegraph News
He witnessed the raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima, one of the most iconic moments of the Second World War, and survived the bloody campaign against the Japanese in the Far East.
But Robert Persichitti never lived to fulfil his last mission – to pay tribute in Normandy to his fellow soldiers, sailors and airmen who risked all to free Europe from the Nazis. More Here
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