Tom Rice

Tom Rice swayed in the wind, his body hanging below a parachute. Between his feet was France. The first time he did this he was 22. The second time he was 97....

WASHINGTON, D. C. (WPDE) -- Congressman Tom Rice made one soldier's holiday travel a little brighter on his way back to the Palmetto State. Congress adjourned Friday for its Christmas break following a week of long days for members of the House Judici...

An American D-Day veteran is getting closer to his goal of leaping out of planes when he's 100 years old. 98-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice caused a sensation in June when he parachuted into Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. On Thursday, he...

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) — 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 th...

A 98-year-old D-Day veteran has parachuted out of a plane in the Netherlands, and has no plans to stop.Tom Rice, who served in the US Army's 101st Airborne Division on D-Day, said:...

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. (Sept. 19) ......

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) — 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....

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) — Jump by jump, 98-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice is nudging closer to his goal of leaping......

GROESBEEK, Netherlands — 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 194...

GROESBEEK, Netherlands — 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 194...

Jump by jump, D-Day veteran Tom Rice is getting ever closer to his ambition of still leaping out of planes at age 100......

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 agai...

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....

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....

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) — Jump by jump, 98-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice is nudging closer to his goal of leaping out of....

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) — 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 th...

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 agai...

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....

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) " 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 1...

Jump by jump, D-Day veteran Tom Rice is getting ever closer to his ambition of still leaping out of planes at age 100....

Jump by jump, D-Day veteran Tom Rice is getting ever closer to his ambition of still leaping out of planes at age 100....

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) — 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 th...

Jump by jump, D-Day veteran Tom Rice is getting ever closer to his ambition of still leaping out of planes at age 100...

Jump by jump, D-Day veteran Tom Rice is getting ever closer to his ambition of still leaping out of planes at age 100...

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 ... Click to Continue...

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) — 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 th...

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. This time, his landing zone was in the Netherlands. Rice, strapped to a younger parachutist who steered the canopy, jumped as part of comme...

Jump by jump, D-Day veteran Tom Rice is getting ever closer to his ambition of still leaping out of planes at age 100....

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) - 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...

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) - 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...

GROESBEEK, Netherlands (AP) — 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......

Earlier this month, I joined Vice President Pence and a group of Senate Republicans to see firsthand the humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border....

No murderous hails of gunfire this time. No D-Day objective that had to be taken, whatever the cost. This time, 75 years almost to the hour after he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, Tom Rice again found himself floating down through Normandy's sk...

U.S. World War II paratrooper veteran Tom Rice, 97 years-old who served with the 101st Airbone, jumps during a commemorative parachute jump over Carentan on the Normandy coast ahead of the 75th D-Day anniversary, France, June 5, 2019....

1. His jump in 2019 was nothing like the one he experienced in 1944. During World War II, Tom Rice served as a paratrooper with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division. He was one of thousands to parachute into Normandy on D-Day, which launched the li...

On June 6, 1944, Tom Rice a staff sergeant with the 101st Airborne jumped from his Douglas C-47 Skytrain over the small town of Carentan, France. He was one of 13,000 paratroopers who launched themselves into the chaos of the D-day invasion. Unlike many o...

The last time 80-year-old Robert Thompson saw his high school track and field coach, Tom Rice, was at a....

Carentan , France (CNN) -- Observers in France got to see several parachutists fall from the sky Wednesday to honor the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Tom Rice is a 97-year-old who made a similar jump back in 1944 on actual D-Day. That is when 18,000 British ...

75 years after he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France on D-Day, Tom Rice again found himself floating down through Normandy's skies, now a grizzled 97-year-old as thrilled as a little kid. "Woo-hoo!" the ex-paratrooper yelped after hitting th...

For most people, a summer trip to France is a chance to relax in beautiful surroundings and to savor the country's fine food. For Tom Rice of San Diego, it's an opportunity to relive the time he nearly died jumping from a C-47 Douglas airplane, th...

A 97 year old former US paratrooper who last landed in France 75 years ago today on the US invasion on D-Day, did it again. He parachuted saying about his most recent jump "They weren't shooting at me". From CBS News Tom Rice, 97, has been to ...

For most people, a summer trip to France is a chance to relax in beautiful surroundings and to savor the country's fine food. For Tom Rice of San Diego, it's an opportunity to relive the time he nearly died jumping from a C-47 Douglas airplane, th...

No murderous hails of gunfire this time. No D-Day objective that had to be taken, whatever the cost. This time, 75 years almost to the hour after he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, Tom Rice......

CARENTAN, France (AP) — No murderous hails of gunfire this time. No D-Day objective that had to be taken, whatever the cost. This time, 75 years almost to the hour after he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, Tom Rice again found himself floating ...

Tom Rice is the 97 year old veteran who recently parachuted onto the beaches of Normandy to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day....

Tom Rice, 97, parachuted into Normandy in 1944 during the original D-Day operation. In 2019, 75 years later, he recreated the jump alongside others....

Tom Rice, 97, parachuted into Normandy in 1944 during the original D-Day operation. In 2019, 75 years later, he recreated the jump alongside others....

Tom Rice, of San Diego, jumped into roughly the same area he landed in on D-Day....

Tom Rice, of San Diego, jumped into roughly the same area he landed in on D-Day....

CARENTAN, France -- No murderous hails of gunfire this time. No D-Day objective that had to be taken, whatever the cost. This time, 75 years almost to the hour after he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, Tom Rice again found himself......