Posted on 05/22/2019 11:22:33 PM PDT by knighthawk
He thinks it’s a “stupid thing to do,” but it strikes us as pretty bold, and cool: Harry Read, 95, will parachute into Normandy next month — just as he did 75 years ago.
On June 6, 1944, Read, then a 20-year-old wireless operator in the British 6th Airborne Division, first landed on the battlefields of northern France.
This time, he’ll do a tandem jump with the Red Devils Parachute Display Team. He says that when he boards the Dakota aircraft again, he will go straight to seat 12, where he sat on that day so many years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I’m not that old and a D day vet I wish I were with him.
Here’s the original story with video of a practice jump. He looks healthy for his age.
We will not see their like again...
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