IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS
Oct 01, 2019
3 minutes
LEX KERSHAW’S ARTICLE “First In” (August 2019), about the pathfinders who led the way on D-Day, helps explain why I was motivated to follow in the footsteps of my father. As the copilot of the lead pathfinder C-47, my dad, Captain Vito Pedone, calmly faced the many dangers and did his duty that night on June 5, 1944, to spearhead the Airborne assault into Normandy. My mother, a flight nurse, would soon follow to evacuate the wounded in C-47s. Their service and courage inspired my air force career. “First In” captures the
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