Onofrio Zicari

Onofrio Zicari

Army

ONOFRIO
ZICARI

BIRTHPLACE: Geneva, NY

SOLDIER DETAILS

DIVISION:
Army
,
5th Amphibious Brigade
THEATER OF OPERATION:
European
BATTLE: D-Day, Battle of the Bulge
MILITARY HONORS: Purple Heart
HONORED BY: The Eisenhower Foundation

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BIOGRAPHY

Onofrio "NoNo" Zicari was born in 1923 in Geneva, NY. He enlisted in 1942 and his training for the service was in California. Zicari was stationed in Scotland then Wales, later seeing fighting in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg but one battle had a big impact on him, D-Day at Omaha Beach. He was in the 5th wave to go onshore. It was brutal and where he saw his first dead soldier. Zicari was in charge of bringing supplies to shore and setting up a supple line. Back in the states, Zicari lived in Los Angeles and was a deliveryman during the 1992 Rodney King riots. He was given a patch or armband to wear and had no troubles from the rioters. Courtesy of reviewjournal.com and Memoirs of WW II.