Tom Rice has vivid memories of that night 70 years ago when he flew across the English Channel in the pre-dawn hours of D-Day.
“We sat in our steel bucket seats and the take-off time was 10:41,” Rice recalled.
Only 22 years old, Rice was among the oldest of the 18 paratroopers on board the C-47 military transport plane. All were part of the
The once-avid runner and lifelong Coronado resident said he had no time during the flight to worry. He was too busy assisting his jumpmaster with equipment.
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