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A 97-year-old vet parachutes into Normandy, reenacting D-Day landing on 75th anniversary

By John Gage
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A 97-year-old vet parachutes into Normandy, reenacting D-Day landing on 75th anniversary

A 97-year-old D-Day veteran was part of an air invasion on a Normandy beach again, 75 years after he first hit the beach.

Tom Rice, 97, of San Diego, helped commemorate the invasion Wednesday of Normandy during World War II by Allied troops by parachuting onto the beach while thousands watched.

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