97-year-old D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy again
CARENTAN, France — Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day — but this time without being shot at.Engines throbbing, C-47 transport planes dropped group after group of parachutists, a couple of hundred in all – including a 97-year-old D-Day veteran, Tom Rice.”It went perfect, perfect jump,” Rice said after his jump. “I feel great. I’d go up and do it all again.”The jumpers were honoring the airborne soldiers […]
