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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Also Mentioned on This Page
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