Robert ‘Al’ Persichitti, 102, served in the Pacific theater during the war and was an eyewitness to the raising of the flag at Iwo Jim by US Marines, a moment that became one of the most iconic images of the conflict. Persichitti was traveling to Europe alongside a group of fellow veterans with the National World War II Museum Group. In an interview with WROC in his native Rochester, the day before he left, he spoke of his excitement about traveling.
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