Allied invasion, D-Day June 6, 1944, 75 years ago

Allied invasion, D-Day June 6, 1944, 75 years ago

D-Day, Allied Invasion at Normandy, France
On June 6, 1944, the Allies landed on the beaches at Normandy aiming at the ultimate defeat of Hitler's war machine.	ANTHONY'S WORLD Anthony Buccino BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS BIO Essays, photography, military history, more Contact Us Join Anthony's World Email List New Jersey author Anthony Buccino's stories of the 1960s, transit coverage and other writings earned four Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism awards. Permissions & other snail mail: PO Box 110252 Nutley NJ 07110 Copyright Information Where to Buy Buccino Books Follow Anthony Buccino Flickr Instagram @thenutleyguy_arb Twitter Facebook Anthony Buccino Author Anthony Buccino Photos By Anthony Buccino Cherry Blossom Press Belleville, NJ, Books Italian American Heritage Military History Nutley, NJ, Books Photo Collections Poetry Collections WW2 Letters Home from the South Pacific by Angelo Buccino Nutley Sons Honor Roll Belleville Sons Honor Roll Videos The Big Red One The Longest Day Saving Private Ryan Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War Amazon *Fire TV Stick 4K Max* resqme Emergency Keychain Car Escape Tool, 2-in-1 Seatbelt Cutter and Window Breaker Apple AirTags to track your baggage when you travel Ring Video doorbell All-new Kindle Paperwhite Lifehammer Safety Hammer - Emergency Escape and Rescue Tool with Seatbelt Cutter Shop Amazon Most Wished For Items *Web site will receive a stipend for purchases through the Amazon link* Support this site when you buy through our Amazon link.
Anthony Buccino researched and met local veterans of the D-Day invasion. He has written about survivors and the fallen from Belleville and Nutley, N.J. Between the two small northern New Jersey towns, at least 70 young men perished in the Normandy invasion of Fortress Europe and V-E Day. Nutley lost 92 sons who died in WWII. More than 110 Belleville sons died in WWII. In August 2013, Buccino spent a few days among the D-Day landing re-enactors at D-Day Ohio in Conneaut, Ohio. He has spent many days touring The National D-Day Museum/National WWII Museum in New Orleans. Falduti Parachutes into Normandy on D-Day Nelson Rummel Recalls D-Day at Omaha Beach Andriola Arrives in Normandy on D+3 Brothers Tell of Cherbourg Battle Francisco POW at Cherbourg Infantryman Describes Fighting In Normandy Normandy Invasion - Belleville, N.J. Normandy Invasion - Nutley, N.J. Veterans are different from you and me Pacific Theater - Remembering our sons who perished D-Day Ohio by Anthony Buccino The Longest Day for a Birthday by Anthony Buccino *Buccino's War Biography Books* Belleville Sons Honor Roll Nutley Sons Honor Roll Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War The Nutley Sons and Belleville Sons honor roll projects are serious writing about a serious subject. With his daughter Andrea, two paperbacks were published based on the research about the men from Nutley, N.J., and Belleville, N.J., who died in service to their country. In 2011, he published Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War, a Brief History. In May 2005, a new memorial to nine men who died in peacetime was dedicated in Nutley - based on the research in Nutley Sons Honor Roll. In November 2005, more than 150 names were added to the Belleville memorial on Union Avenue, after having the blank slate for 50 years awaiting the list of names which was based on the research in Belleville Sons Honor Roll. In 2006, six street names in a new residential development City Homes at Essex Park in Belleville, N.J., were renamed to honor veterans and four of the Belleville heroes who died while in service. Buccino was named the recipient of the UNICO National 2005 Grand Order Filippo Mazzei William Paca Americanism Award. D-Day Ohio - 2013 D-Day Conneaut Event Photos D-Day Ohio Gallery National WW2 Museum, New Orleans, La. National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. National Warplane Museum Normandy Research Foundation Additional Reading Americans At War by Stephen E. Ambrose Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose D-DAY June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E. Ambrose The Wild Blue by Stephen E. Ambrose The D-Day Experience: From The Invasion to the Liberation of Paris - by Richard Holmes The Bedford Boys - One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice - Alex Kershaw The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach by John C. McManus The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day by Cornelius Ryan The Longest Day – by Cornelius Ryan – 70^th Anniversary Edition D-Day Illustrated Edition: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches by Stephen E. Ambrose A Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Cornelius Ryan The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion by Martin K. A. Morgan The D-Day Assault: A 70th Anniversary Guide to the Normandy Landings by Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy Last Stop Before Destiny: The 101st Airborne Division in England 1943/44 by Mattew Pellett D-Day Remembered: From the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris LIFE D-Day: Remembering the Battle that Won the War - 70 Years Later The Normandy Battlefields: D-Day and the Bridgehead by Leo Marriott and Simon Forty A Long Way from Home: The Memoir of John Cipolla, 101st Airborne Division, 1942-1945 by Matt Fox Fighting Fox Company: The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers by Bill Brown and Terry Poyser The Big Red One: America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm Ernie Pyle's War - America's Eyewitness to World War II - by James Tobin Brave Men by Ernie Pyle Here is Your War by Ernie Pyle Bill Mauldin's Army - Bill Mauldin's Greatest World War II Cartoons Saving Private Ryan - by Max Allan Collins Windtalkers - Max Allan Collins The Thin Red Line by James Jones Nightmare on IWO - Patrick F. Caruso Marine Combat Correspondent World War II in the Pacific by Samuel E. Stavinsky Before Their Time by Robert Kotlowitz Another River, Another Town by John P. Irwin The Souvenir by Louise Steinman There'll Come A Day - Jane Hagedorn Letters Home 1944-1945, Women Airforce Service Pilots - Bernice 'Bee' Falk Haydu What They Didn't Teach You About World War II by Mike Wright Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides Snoopers by Stephen M. Perrone Duty - by Bob Greene Reporting World War II - American Journalism 1938 - 1946 World War II on the Air - Mark Bernstein & Alex Lubertozzi Forgotten Heroes of World War II - Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers - by Thomas E. Simmons Lost in the Victory - Reflections of American War Orphans of World War II - Calvin L. Christman Women in Aviation The Boys From New Jersey - Tom Kindre *'The Good War' An Oral History of WWII* - Studs Terkel Shep's Army: Bummers, Blisters and Boondoggles By Jean Shepherd, Eugene B. Bergmann (Editor) Military History** Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War *Belleville Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom* Nutley Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom WW2 Letters Home From The South Pacific Cherry Blossom Press Photography Photo Books Photo Galleries Nutley, NJ, Books Belleville, NJ, Books
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