Persichitti's friends said he was a generous man who had a zest for life and was always up for traveling to WWII commemorations.
World War II veteran Robert Persichitti from New York died while traveling to Normandy , France on Friday for a ceremony marking the Persichitti 's friends said he was a generous man who had a zest for life and was always up for traveling to WWII commemorations.
"It was a privilege to know him, and I will miss him. He had a real zest for living," Leone said. "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."In 2019, WHAM interviewed both men while they were on a trip to the South Pacific.
DeCarlo was traveling with Persichitti to Normandy on Friday when his friend became ill during a stop in Germany. He was airlifted to the hospital and died shortly after.
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