207678 T/Sgt. Dominick Mark DeTommaso Purple HeartUnited States Army Company B, 294th Combat Engineers from:Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. I am the proud daughter of Tech Sgt. Dominick M. DeTommaso, Company B, 294th Combat Engineers, US Army, D-day, June 6th, 1944. My beloved father was my hero and warrior. I was very devoted to him. He was a man of honor, courage and commitment, not only to his country but to his family.
My dad was in the following campaigns during WWII: D-day, the Ardennes, St. Lo and the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal and European Campaign Medal.
He was the love of my life and greatest role model. He never liked to talk "war talk" but growing up I would always ask him questions about the war. I used to tell him all the time that he was a hero and he always told me the same thing. He would say I am not a hero; I just did what needed to be done for my country. The real heroes are those who never made it back and gave their lives for their country.
My father was just an ordinary kid from Jersey asked by his country to do extraordinary things. There was a good chance he wouldn't make it back, but he went anyway. I can't imagine the horrible memories of what he saw on those beaches on June 6, 1944. He never liked to talk much about it but he told me once a long time ago that he would never forget all of his fellow soldiers killed on those beaches that day. He told me that it was a memory that haunted him his entire life. It is my dream to visit Normandy in honor of my beloved father and I am hopefully planning a trip there next year for the 68th anniversary of D-day.
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