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97-Year-Old Former Paratrooper Recreates D-Day Jump on 75th Anniversary

RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY

Tom Rice, who landed with the 101st Airborne on the eve of the D-Day landings, reportedly requested to pull a handle to release a giant American flag.

Olivia Messer
Olivia Messer
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