U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division veteran, 97, jumps out of a plane to recreate his D-Day parachute drop - Aerotech News & Review

U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division veteran, 97, jumps out of a plane to recreate his D-Day parachute drop

by Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Pena • June 6, 2019 5:32 pm - Updated June 12, 2021 10:45 am

Tom Rice, U.S. Army veteran from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, jumps out of a C-47, into Carentan Normandy, June 6, 2019, to recreate his D-Day parachute jump, 75 years ago. Hundreds of parachutists participated in jumps over Normandy June 1-9, recreating airborne operations, U.S. soldiers made on June 6, 1944. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt Elizabeth Pena)

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