WWII vet Rock Merritt recalls first combat jump
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth “Rock” Merritt spent 35 years, two months and one day in the Army.Sworn in at the age of 19 in 1942, he was among the first of a newly formed group known as paratroopers who made their first combat jump during World War II.His unit, the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, jumped during major WWII campaigns to include D-Day, Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge.More than 75 years later, Merritt, now […]
