World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Bindo Stasi Grasso
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
New Jersey
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
Stationed at the Royal Air Force base in Greenham Common, England. This was one of the staging areas for D-Day. On June 5, 1944, he left this base as a Pathfinder with the 101st Airborne Division as a paratrooper with orders to parachute into enemy territory in France to set up drop zones for subsequent paratroopers. They were to establish radio beacons, and liberate the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise from German occupation. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge.