Veterans in their mid-90s parachute over Normandy, 75 years after D-Day

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

When hundreds of parachutists jumped out of planes over the fields of French Normandy on Wednesday, some were already used to the scenery.

They had done the same jump 75 years earlier, on D-Day.

The parachute jump was organized in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the storied military operation on June 6, 1944.

Among them was U.S. veteran Tom Rice, 97, one of the first Allied soldiers to land behind German lines in 1944, near the town of Carentan. It was, as Rice recalled to the Associated Press, “the worst jump I ever had.” A bullet struck his parachute.

This time, however, his tandem jump near the same town went more smoothly.

“Perfect jump,” he told the AP. “I’d go up and do it all again.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/id-go-up-and-do-it-all-again-veterans-in-their-mid-90s-parachute-over-normandy-75-years-after-d-day/ar-AACucdi?li=BBnb4R7

[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. So freaking cool! nt

[lapfog_1]

2. in the dark, usually far from the target zone, with Germans firing at you

hats off to all who made the jump 75 years ago... and to all who served and to those that supported them.

[Bayard]

3. Received photos earlier from my brother

My niece's husband is an Army Ranger, stationed in Germany. He is at the commemoration today in Normandy, and sent pics of himself with one 97 year old veteran who parachuted in today (don't know, maybe Mr. Rice?), as well as, some others who were there.