For the second time in his life, Tom Rice, a 97-year-old from San Diego, has parachuted into Normandy.
Wednesday’s feat, however, was a lot more joyous than his first jump three-quarters of a century earlier.
Rice’s leap was part of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion of the French region of Normandy that began on June 6, 1944, and marked a turning point in World War II. Among the commemorative events was a parachute jump, which included Rice and about 200 other parachutists.
“It went perfect, perfect jump,” he said, according to the Associated Press.
https://time.com/5601223/d-day-veteran-97-parachutes-normandy/
You can't say enough about these guys and the many that perished during the War. They saved our asses.
ReplyDeleteso say we all.
DeleteThank you Jesse, simple great to see this. Thank you for posting. God bless our veterans. So many. So very many.
ReplyDeletecertainly. There's got to be a lot out on the internet right now, I just don't have enough time to find it and filter for the great stuff and share it. It's really time consuming to find the good stuff.
DeleteThis is understandable Jesse. I think what you did post is very good and again, very much appreciated.
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