{"id":34192,"date":"2019-09-19T19:04:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/19\/at-98-d-day-vet-jumps-again-with-eyes-on-the-big-100\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:54:44","slug":"at-98-d-day-vet-jumps-again-with-eyes-on-the-big-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/military-honor\/2019\/09\/19\/at-98-d-day-vet-jumps-again-with-eyes-on-the-big-100\/","title":{"rendered":"At 98, D-Day vet jumps again, with eyes on the big 100"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GROESBEEK, Netherlands \u2014 Jump by jump, 98-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2019\/06\/07\/the-backstory-behind-97-year-old-tom-rices-d-day-75th-anniversary-jump-over-normandy\/\" target=_blank>D-Day veteran Tom Rice<\/a> is nudging closer to his goal of leaping out of planes at age 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American who caused a sensation in June by parachuting into Normandy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/military-honor\/salute-veterans\/2019\/06\/06\/d-day-at-75-nations-honor-veterans-memory-of-fallen\/\" target=_blank>the 75th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings <\/a>was at it again on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, his landing zone was in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Woooo! That was a nice fall!&#8221; he yelped as his &#8216;chute opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/09\/19\/the-hero-of-cologne-receives-his-bronze-star-75-years-late\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19261665752545.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The \u2018Hero of Cologne\u2019 receives his Bronze Star 75 years late<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">When 96-year-old Clarence Smoyer came to Washington Wednesday, he thought he was heading to the Pentagon to sign copies of \u201cSpearhead,\u201d a recent book detailing his exploits as a World War II tank gunner.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described the jump as &#8220;perfect&#8221; and said: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to do it until I&#8217;m 100.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rice jumped with the U.S. Army&#8217;s 101st Airborne Division in World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19262462863215.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden\" class=\"wp-image-66864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19262462863215.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19262462863215.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19262462863215.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19262462863215.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Parachutist jump from a plane near Groesbeek, Netherlands, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, as part of commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an ultimately unsuccessful airborne and land offensive that Allied leaders hoped would bring a swift end to World War II by capturing key Dutch bridges and opening a path to Berlin. 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