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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums70 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.
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)
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Cha
(295,929 posts)1. Thanks for this, Recursion.. Here Pee Wee is on the ground..
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Jim "Pee Wee" Martin, 93, parachuted down over Utah Beach for the 70th anniversary of #DDay http://bit.ly/1mkmKCU
7:11 AM - 6 Jun 2014
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(53,339 posts)2. And he said he's going to jump again next year
Well done, Currahee!
Cha
(295,929 posts)3. I love and admire his spunk..
Inpiring!