'Woo-hoo!' At 97, D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy

'Woo-hoo!' At 97, D-Day veteran parachutes into NormandyThis time, 75 years almost to the hour after he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, Tom Rice again found himself floating down through Normandy's skies, now a grizzled 97-year-old thrilled as a little kid. "Woo-hoo!" the ex-paratrooper yelped after hitting the ground, carrying the memories of comrades lost in battle and on a new mission — of remembrance this time — for the ever-shrinking numbers who sacrificed so much in World War II. "I represent a whole generation," Rice said.




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