Remembering D Day and Normandy from Neshannock Veteran
John Bruno of Neshannock Township recalls June 6 1944 at Utah Beach during D Day. He describes ships planes and bombardment saving 12 survivors from a sinking Navy vessel and being buried under wreckage. He mentions CBI unit with the 28th and 146th quarters and later transport to Liverpool with nearly 1500 POWs.
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John Bruno
Neshannock Township
Navy
Utah Beach
Normandy
Bruno
CBI
Surviving D Day Tale From a WWII Tank Crewman
Ted Valentine recalls D Day landing at Omaha Beach where ships were “sitting ducks” for German artillery as over 5000 vessels crowded the channel. He describes ships shelled, sailors diving, and path clearing by underwater demolitions before advancing through Normandy to St Lo Mayenne Paris Sedan Verviers Eupen Aachen Elsenborn and the Ardennes counteroffensive.
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Omaha Beach
Normandy
St. Lo
Mayenne
Paris
Sedan
Verviers
Eupen-Aachen
Elsenborn
Ardennes
D-Day LST Crewman Recalls Omaha Sword Beach Hell
Sam Caiazza, U S Coast Guard helmsman on LST 331, recounts June 6 1944 from Portsmouth to Omaha Beach. He details shelled unloading on Sword Beach, six hits and ten wounded, prisoner transport to England, and his brother Joe Caiazza who died in action in Germany.
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Sam Caiazza
U.S. Coast Guard
Portsmouth
England
Omaha Beach
English Channel
Utah
Sword Beach
le Havre
France
Joe Caiazza
Germany
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Liverpool
Cherbourg
Charles Gloria
Ted Valentine
E. Wallace Ave
571St Automatic Weapons Battalion
Valentine’s
East Washington Street
Lsts
Butler County Community College
Lawrence County
Vo-Tech
New Castle
Katich Rosati Mikesell Annarumo
MGT
Busin
ISS
Lee Rosati
Bowen McKivigan
Massaro Daugherty
Katich
America
Health Science
Lawrence
Hud
Istie
Rosati Moore-Zeigler Palisin Hogan
Mikesell
Rosati
BCCC
Lawrence County Center
Eareer A
Western Ibbank
First National Bank of West Western Pennyylvania
Pearle Vision
Lawrence Village Plaza
Ellwood Road
FDIC
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