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'At least this time there was no one shooting at me': Hero paratrooper, 93, jumps over Normandy
Sunday, June 8, 2014 10:25
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Jim 'Pee Wee' Martin, 93, jumped behind enemy lines as the D-Day armada prepared to launch across the English Channel on June 6, 1944
He completed a tandem jump on Thursday as part of the 70th anniversary celebrations marking the beginning of the liberation of Europe from Hitler
A member of the US 101st Airborne Division – Martin said he did the jump for his comrades who could not be there
General George S. Patton's granddaughter, Helen Patton, also jumped on Thursday as part of celebrations
World leaders and veterans gather by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings
More with video and pictures @ Daily Mail
Source: http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2014/06/at-least-this-time-there-was-no-one.html
