See WWII Vet Re-Create His Normandy Parachute Jump
I’m probably gonna be in a meeting about using this word here, but I don’t care. Would you like to know, or see, the physical embodiment of the word “badass?”…
CARENTAN, FRANCE – JUNE 05: Tom Rice, a 97-year-old D-Day veteran, gestures at the end of his speech during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 05, 2019 in Carentan, France. Veterans and families gathered in Normandy to commemorate D-Day’s 75th anniversary. Overnight it was announced that 16 countries had signed a historic proclamation of peace to ensure the horrors of the Second World War are never repeated. The text has been agreed by Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
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I'm probably gonna be in a meeting about using this word here, but I don't care. Would you like to know, or see, the physical embodiment of the word "badass?"
Meet Tom Rice.
At 97, he just made his second parachute jump into Normandy, France. The first was a lot more difficult as it was made 75 years ago on D-Day.
This one was was made as a tandem jump, and perhaps did not land as smoothly as hoped, but Tom Rice was "representing a whole generation"-our GREATEST generation-when he took his second launch Wednesday to remember D-Day.
I say it every year as fewer and fewer of these brave souls remain, but we as a nation can't do enough to honor these men.
All these men did was answer their nation's call, put their lives on hold, went around the world to fight and enemy, and saved the world from evil.
So, we're talking about the resume of "Superman" and these guys.
That's it, that's the list.
God bless every one of them.
