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Recursion

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Sat Jun 7, 2014, 05:48 AM Jun 2014

70 years later, D-Day vet Jim 'Pee Wee' Martin jumps again

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/05/world/europe/d-day-paratrooper-jumps-again/

He wins.

Jim "Pee Wee" Martin acted like he'd been here before, like jumping from a plane is as easy as falling off a log.

Maybe that's because he had -- 70 years ago.

"I'm feeling fine," Martin told reporters moments after landing in a French field. "... It was wonderful, absolutely wonderful."

Martin was part of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division that parachuted down over Utah Beach in their bid to retake France and, eventually, the rest of Europe from Nazi Germany. They actually touched down in enemy-controlled territory a night before what's referred to as D-Day.


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70 years later, D-Day vet Jim 'Pee Wee' Martin jumps again (Original Post) Recursion Jun 2014 OP
Thanks for this, Recursion.. Here Pee Wee is on the ground.. Cha Jun 2014 #1
And he said he's going to jump again next year pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #2
I love and admire his spunk.. Cha Jun 2014 #3

Cha

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1. Thanks for this, Recursion.. Here Pee Wee is on the ground..
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 06:00 AM
Jun 2014

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