Tonight eighty years ago...

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

... after midnight tonight, my uncle, with a glider full of paratroopers, flew into the pre-lit dawn of Normandy. He is one of the reasons I went to Jump School. So today, this evening, and tomorrow and forever I hold his memory close to me.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

... after midnight tonight, my uncle, with a glider full of paratroopers, flew into the pre-lit dawn of Normandy. He is one of the reasons I went to Jump School. So today, this evening, and tomorrow and forever I hold his memory close to me.

God Bless and Keep all of the Greatest Generation!

 

[mudwhistle]

... after midnight tonight, my uncle, with a glider full of paratroopers, flew into the pre-lit dawn of Normandy. He is one of the reasons I went to Jump School. So today, this evening, and tomorrow and forever I hold his memory close to me.

Did you get your 5 jumps or were you a jump refusal on the second jump?

 

[lennypartiv]

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