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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1969

Page

4

D-Day Remembered From Normandy Veterans Echo Remembrance

The piece recalls Coleville Vierville and Omaha Beach roles with Bristol units and features Pfc Edward Estrella’s wartime letters. It quotes Pete Cavalieri on his Weymouth to Normandy voyage, outlines his combat record from Amca to Czechoslovakia, and includes Admiral Friedrich Ruge’s reflections on mine sweepers and the invasion’s broader meaning.

Coleville Vierville Omaha Beach Bristol Edward Estrella the Phoenix Pete Cavalieri Weymoth England Normandy Newport Breakers Amca Sicily Czechoslovakia Normandy Heachhead Freidrich Ruge Rommel Ruge Omaha

Invasion Heroes Listed From D-Day Faces and Fates

A compiled roster recognizes Capt Lawrence Deery and many others who took part in the Normandy landings. It notes deaths and injuries among First Army, First Division, 82nd and 101st units, plus Navy and Coast Guard personnel and air service members.

Lawrence Deery St. Mary’s Church First Army Colleville Peter A. Orefice Armored Infantry James J. Sylvia Field Artillery Warren W. Drainville 82Nd Airborne Division Louis M. Proto U.S France Richard Bisbane 83Rd Infantry Seaman Morris Caizzi US Coast Guard LST Manuel A. Perry Herman E. Silvia Diet Norman A. Des Lauriers Joseph Barboza Tank Corps Germany John Hogan U.S. Army Normandy Charles Scott Louis Romano Army Engineers William Bottomley Michael D. Topazio William Marshall Domenic J. Scolaro Pic Elmer Rishe Albert del Toso

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Arleigh Burke Cavalierri Gen. Eisenhower Paul DeLuca Frank French, Jr Royal Canadian Army Caen Irwin M. Porter 101St Airborne Cpl Peter Cavalieri Xanthony A. Oliver Col Franklin Springer George H. Manchester George Sousa Edward A. Estrella Frank Morra Alphonse Morra Jacob Osofsky Army Infantry Henry B. Rohrman Ralph Gallo D-Day Pasquale Grimo Angelo Cirillo Domenic Edmund Morin Walter Antonio Pirri 29Th Infantry Fred Lopes 12Th Infantry John Francis
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