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To: kattracks

U.S. WWII Paratrooper veterans pose after their briefing just before making a parachute jump over Sainte Mere L'Eglise in Normandy, June 7, 2004. Six U.S. Paratrooper veterans jumped on Monday: Tom Morrison (80 years-old from Ambler, Pennsylvania), Bill Coleman (80 years old from Orlando, Florida), Carl Beck (78 years-old from Atlanta, Georgia), Richard Case (83 years-old from Las Vegas, Nevada), Bill Priest (80 years-old, from St Petersburg, Florida) and Howard Greenberg (79 years-old from Cleveland, Ohio). Pictured clockwise from top right: Coleman, Case, Beck, Richard Falvey (who did not jump), Morrison, Richard Mandich (who did not jump) and Priest. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

3 posted on 06/07/2004 11:07:31 AM PDT by martin_fierro ("Meine liebe Pluskat....")
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It's a pleasure to jump for you and represent all the airborne forces and all the forces who did not get back," added the robust veteran, before yelling at journalists to stop treading on his parachute.

Awesome.......God Bless em for what they did yesterday and today......

8 posted on 06/07/2004 11:14:26 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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