D-Day Paratrooper Tom Rice
Tom Rice, a paratrooper with the famed 101st Airborne Division, jumping into Normandy on June 6, 1944. On June 5, 2019 – at the age of 97 – he once again jumped into Normandy, landing near the exact same location he landed 75 years prior. WATCH and SHARE his remarkable story. Check out more of AVC’s oral histories.
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