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      • “I think we all had every intention that if he got back from his Normandy trip on Father’s Day, he would have been there in June, shaking hands.” Stewart noted that Persichitti’s wife had preceded him in death and he had no children.
  1. Jun 6, 2024 · Stewart noted that Persichitti’s wife had preceded him in death and he had no children. Marlene Lenthang. Robert Persichitti, a 102-year-old World War II Navy veteran from New York, died...

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  3. Jun 7, 2024 · Persichitti was born in a Pennsylvania coal mining town in 1922 to parents who had emigrated from Italy and had 11 children, according to his 2015 autobiography “Bob’s Book: Building an ...

  4. Jun 7, 2024 · Persichitti died last week while traveling to France for a ceremony to commemorate the pivotal Allied forces invasion known as D-Day, according to Richard Stewart, president of Honor Flight Rochester.

  5. Jun 3, 2024 · Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — World War II veteran Robert Persichitti from Fairport died while traveling to Normandy, France on Friday for a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

  6. Jun 6, 2024 · Navy veteran Robert “Al” Persichitti, of Rochester, New York, was aboard a ship heading to the coast of Normandy from Germany on Friday when he experienced a medical emergency. He was airlifted to a hospital in Germany and died shortly after, the organization Honor Flight Heroes said in a statement.

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  7. Jun 6, 2024 · “He would go visit children in the grammar schools in the area, talk with them about his experiences growing up, his experiences during the Second World War.”

  8. Jun 6, 2024 · Robert Persichitti, a 102-year-old World War II veteran who served in the Pacific Theater, died May 31 while he was on the way to D-Day commemorative events in France to mark the 80th...

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