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Merendino, Thomas M.

Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Company B, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One", US Army
Awarded for:
Operation Neptune
For action performed on D-Day, June 6th 1944, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France.

Citation unavailable.
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Sources

  • - Knickerbocker, H.R., Danger Forward – The Story of the First Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2002
    - Balkoski, J., Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, U.S.A., 2006

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