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PHOTO OF THE DAY (Octogenarian paratrooper!)
6/7/04
Posted on 06/07/2004 11:25:45 AM PDT by martin_fierro
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
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: dday; studs; thegr8estgener8tion
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To: LadyX
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:27:42 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
("Meine liebe Pluskat....")
To: martin_fierro
Have the French surrendered yet?
3
posted on
06/07/2004 11:28:58 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: martin_fierro
To: martin_fierro
Long live America's greatest generation.
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:30:14 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
To: martin_fierro
Bump for the Jump! Guess the French wouldn't let them jump yesterday for security reasons?
Watched a lot of MSNBC's covergae over the weekend. while it was generally good the newswomen seemed to have a very hard time with St Mere Eglise, Colleville, Point du Hoc, Ouistreham, etc etc. I don't think any of them ever read THE LONGEST DAY!
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:30:27 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Blood of Tyrants
Are you kidding -- they haven't stopped surrendering.
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:30:36 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
("Meine liebe Pluskat....")
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:32:04 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
("Meine liebe Pluskat....")
To: martin_fierro
Get those feet and knees together airborne!
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:32:36 AM PDT
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: martin_fierro
Bonus points if you can find and post the 180 page release they had him sign before jumping...
10
posted on
06/07/2004 11:49:34 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: ken5050
Eh, it's OK -- the fine print was too small for him to read anyway. <|:)~
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:51:26 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
("Meine liebe Pluskat....")
To: martin_fierro
They should have had him hooked up to a BP monitor during the jump..
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:52:52 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: martin_fierro
Huh. Older, yes, smarter, no. He still jumped from a perfectly good airplane... ;-)
To: 2banana
Is he wearing sneakers?.....
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:53:45 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: martin_fierro
I just heard that GHWB is going to jump again in a few days.
To: Billthedrill
Those of us in other Army MOS's said that:
"The only things that fall from the sky were birds**t and fools."
But, thank God for every one of the airborne elite.
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posted on
06/07/2004 12:36:48 PM PDT
by
wizr
To: martin_fierro
AWESOME!
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posted on
06/07/2004 12:47:44 PM PDT
by
Arizona
To: Blood of Tyrants
From a European not of French decent I heard this said:
In every other continent they have monkies.
Here in Europe we have the French
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
06/07/2004 4:53:39 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: Squantos
Sweet!!
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posted on
06/07/2004 6:02:49 PM PDT
by
spectr17
(Veni, Vedi, Velcro. I came, I saw, I stuck around)
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