Posted on 06/07/2004 10:50:15 AM PDT by kattracks
Hehe those guys were high.
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
Bill Coleman, an 80 year-old WWII paratrooper veteran from Orlando, Florida gathers his parachute after landing in a field after a jump over Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy, June 7, 2004. Six U.S. paratrooper veterans jumped on Monday: Tom Morrison (80 years-old from Ambler, Pennsylvania), Bill Coleman, 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). REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
U.S. WWII Paratrooper veterans Bill Coleman (R) (80 years old from Orlando, Florida) and Howard Greenberg (79-years-old from Cleveland, Ohio), give the thumbs-up after a jump over Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy, June 7, 2004. Six U.S. paratrooper veterans jumped on Monday: Tom Morrison (80-years-old from Ambler, Pennsylvania), Coleman, 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 Greenberg. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Why so pessimistic?? If they're around in 10 years, let 'em jump.
U.S. WWII Paratrooper veterans Bill Coleman (R - 80 years old from Orlando, Florida) and Howard Greenberg (79 years-old from Cleveland, Ohio), wave after landing in a field after a jump over Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy, June 7, 2004. Six U.S. paratrooper veterans jumped on Monday: Tom Morrison (80 years-old from Ambler, Pennsylvania), Coleman, 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 Greenberg. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Tom Morrison, an 80 year-old U.S. WWII Paratrooper veteran from Ambler, Pennsylvania, jumps over Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy, June 7, 2004. Six paratrooper veterans jumped on Monday: Tom Morrison, 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). REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Awesome.......God Bless em for what they did yesterday and today......
WOW! These guys are great! What an experience for them to jump again after all these years. I'm so glad that they were able to do it.
How could we NOT win with men that have the balls to jump at 80 years of age? Could you imagine them 60 years ago full of piss and vinegar. As Patton said," I actually pity those poor German bastards..."
Man, what did their mommas use to feed these boys when they were babies... "Jack Daniels and oats"? I am a just in awe!!!! Do we have a great country or what? Thank you for protecting us and liberating the world. (shaking his head in amazement)
Way back in the 1950's I was fortunate enough to serve with some of the WWII Combat Veterans at Fort Campbell Kentucky I viewed them with Awe. They were my Hero's then.
They are still my Hero's today.
Geronimo.
The French immediately surrendered.
Visions of his PLT SGT telling him to drop and do 50 must have danced around in his head.
Surprised he didn't tell the reporters to drop and give him 50.
Now that would have been a scream to have on TV News!
GREAT story! What a fantastic group of heroes.
Although he's a Viet Nam Vet, he parachuted with these guys yesterday. I'm sure he's going to have wonderful stories to tell us. Hopefully he'll have some great pictures for us too.
Give these Old Sk00l Ass Kickers some weapons and drop them in Iraq.
I highly recommend that all who have not done so, read "Band of Brothers" to gain a full appreciation of these men.
Jump, Pong
We have men like this today, they are doing what needs to be done, just as these great americans did.
God bless them.
Currahee
and Semper Fi!
Tet68
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