The Legacy of Tom Rice, a Para Trooper With a Big Heart

How one para trooper jumped to honor his comrades.

Photo by HLipin/SD Union-Tribune

Tom Rice, 101, a D-day paratrooper who jumped to honor his fallen comrades because he survived and they did not. He was with the 101st Airborne Division and all those that died in the war, overtime he made solo and tandem jumps to honor them.

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