Invasion Casualties Mount ...Brothers Tell Of Cherbourg BattleFulcolis Write of
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(July 28, 1944) -- Two brothers, Pvt. David
Fulcoli of the Fourth Infantry Division and 1st Petty Officer Alfonse
Fulcoli, U.S.N., who had not seen each other in two years met in England on
May 27 for a few hours. A little more than a week later on D-Day they left for their respective duties in the invasion of France. They are the sons of Mrs. Ermina Fulcoli of Vreeland Avenue, and the late Pellegrino Fulcoli, and brothers of the Misses Marie and Clorinda of the same address, and Mrs. Michael Costello of the Enclosure. A brother, Rev. Joseph Fulcoli, is pastor of St. Anthony's Church in Union City. Petty Officer Alfonse who is attached to an LST, has been ferrying troops across the Channel, wrote as follows: Pvt. Dave, whose unit has been engaged in the fighting around Cherbourg wrote July 14 that he was well and busy. "We of the U.S. Fourth Infantry Division hit the beach on D-Day under a hail of fire from German 88s which were really pouring it in. Some of the other unites which landed with us began digging in when our general who had landed with the assault troops, cried out 'Come on men, we are the Fourth Division, let's show them. "The second day we began to take prisoners and the Germans who resisted are no longer about today. Adapted from NUTLEY SONS HONOR ROLL Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom
From The Nutley Sun, July 28, 1944
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