Surviving veterans of D-Day invasion return to Normandy for 80th anniversary
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Warren Goss, a 99-year-old World War II veteran, at Pittsburgh International Airport on May 30 before flying to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy.
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Warren Goss, a 99-year-old World War II veteran, talks during an event to announce that he was traveling to Normandy, France for commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, at Pittsburgh International Airport on May 30,2024.
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Warren Goss, a 99-year-old World War II veteran, talks to journalists about his trip to Normandy, France for commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, at Pittsburgh International Airport on May 30,2024.
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Warren Goss of Ohio Township (center) served in the U.S. Army in World War II on D-Day, June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France. Goss was awarded a Bronze Star for helping a wounded soldier. He also was awarded the French Legion of Honor, the highest honor bestowed on both civilian and military personnel for service to France.
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Warren Goss of Ohio Township on Utah Beach when he served in the U.S. Army in World War II on D-Day, June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France.
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Warren Goss of Ohio Township was 19 years old when he served in the U.S. Army in World War II on D-Day, June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France. He returned to Utah Beach in 2019 to commemorate the 75th anniversary and is there for the 80th on June 6,2024.
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Warren Goss of Ohio Township was 19 years old when he served in the U.S. Army in World War II on D-Day, June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France.
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Brothers Hal and John Joseph Pinder Jr. who grew up in McKees Rocks and served in World War II.
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John Joseph Pinder Jr. (left) talks on a field radio. The Medal of Honor recipient’s mission was to get a radio set up on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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Some items from D-Day are displayed inside Soldiers & Sailors Museum & Memorial Trust, Inc. in Oakland.
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Warren Goss, 99, listens at a send-off event for him at the Pittsburgh International Airport on May 30, 2024. Goss, a World War II D-Day U.S. Army veteran was about to travel to Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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Warren Goss, 99, waits in the landside terminal at the Pittsburgh International Airport on May 30, 2024. Goss, a Army veteran was about to travel to Normandy France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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U.S. Army veteran Warren Goss (left) of Ohio Township poses for a photo with his nephew, Glenn Goss, of West Deer outside their host family home near Utah Beach in Normandy, France on June 5,2024.
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World War II veteran Joseph Kallist stands during the Veterans Day assembly on Nov. 10, 2023, at Chartiers Valley High School in Collier. Kallist in in Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
