Wednesday, June 05, 2019

D-Day anniversary_ 97-year-old Army vet marks D-Day anniversary with parachute jump

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97-year-old Army vet marks D-Day anniversary with parachute jump

By Lee Brown

June 5, 2019 | 4:29pm | Updated



US Army vet Tom Rice parachuting over Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
EPA



It was a jump for the ages.

US Army veteran Tom Rice got to recreate his D-Day parachute jump on Wednesday — at the grand old age of 97.

The San Diego veteran carried the Stars and Stripes as he leaped from a C-47 transport plane over Normandy along with hundreds of other veterans to mark the momentous wartime landing 75 years ago.

The original 1944 leap, in which a bullet hit his chute, was “the worst jump I ever had,” Rice said — while Wednesday’s repeat “went perfect.”

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