At 98, D-Day vet jumps again, with eyes on the big 100

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Last Updated : Sep 19 2019 | 11:45 PM IST

Jump by jump, 98-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice is nudging closer to his goal of leaping out of planes at age 100.

The American who caused a sensation in June by parachuting into Normandy for the 75th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings was at it again on Thursday.

This time, his landing zone was in the Netherlands.

"Woooo! That was a nice fall!" he yelped as his 'chute opened.

Strapped to a younger parachutist who steered their canopy, Rice jumped as part of commemorations for the massive landings of airborne Allied troops in September 1944.

He described the jump as "perfect" and said: "I'm going to do it until I'm 100."

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First Published: Sep 19 2019 | 11:45 PM IST

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