A 102-year-old U.S. Navy veteran has died while reportedly on his way to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France. Honor Flight Rochester, a veterans' group supporting Persichitti in past ...

A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way to a D-Day commemoration event in France. Robert Persichitti, 102, passed away on ...

Eight-and-one-half months later on Feb. 19, 1945, there was another D-Day. This time the landing was on a small island named Iwo Jima, and the beaches were composed of salt-and-pepper colored volcanic ...