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Veterans of Normandy recall courage and losses on D-Day
In accounts from New Castle and nearby towns, veterans recount landing on Omaha Beach, medics in peril, and campaigns across Europe. Joseph Stachowiak, Nick Bloise, Thomas Abraham, and others describe paratrooper action, captivity, injuries, and long lives after the war. A 1946 monument honored those killed in Graignes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Small
New Castle
16Th Infantry
Small
Pegr
Johnson Bronze Co
Joseph Stachowiak
Mt. Jackson
82Nd Airborne Division
Graignes
U.S
Stachowiak
Thomas A. Abraham
5Th
Europe
First Army
Third Army
Normandy
France
Rhineland
Ardennes
Luxembourg
Abraham
Bitburg
Germany
JJ Dean Corp
Joseph Tardio
Winsor Ridge
England
Tardio
Omaha
Carpenters’ Vocational School
Nick Bloise
W. Fairmont Ave
Omaha Beach
163Rd
Central Europe
Mooney Brothers
Castle Builders Supply
Nick
Joseph
Frank
Pulaski Road
Andy
Army Air Corps
John Swanik
Wampum
English Channel
Swanik
Charles Boyer
New Galilee
Special Engineer Brigade
Boyer
Antwerp
Ellwood Works
U.S. Steel