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Thomas “Tom” Rice at the Utah Beach Museum in Normandy, 2018. Photo: Normandy WW2 International Film Festival. After the battle the lock, Tom Rice participated in the fighting to widen the bridgehead towards Saint-Côme-du-Mont and Carentan from June 7 to 8, 1944.
Nov 18, 2022 · Updated:6:24 AM PST November 18, 2022. SAN DIEGO — Tom Rice, a World War II Screaming Eagle legend of the 101st Airborne, died Thursday at age 101, according to Honor Flight San Diego.
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Nov 19, 2022 · A 101-year-old World War II veteran from San Diego died Thursday afternoon, according to his family. Tom Rice was a United States Army 101st Airborne paratrooper who lived a decorated life...
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Thomas M. Rice (15 August 1921 – 17 November 2022) was a private who served in the United States Army during World War II . Early life. Tom was born on August 15, 1921, on a small wooden shack that his father, Marcus Rice built, in Coronado, California. [1] [2] He spent his childhood in Coronado with his parents and siblings.
Jun 6, 2019 · WW2 veteran Tom Rice, who saw action in Normandy in 1944 with the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division’s 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, recreated his parachute jump in France to mark D-Day...
On National Airborne Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Tom Rice, a World War II paratrooper who landed in Normandy on D-Day.
Dec 5, 2022 · by Chris Stone December 4, 2022. Share this: World War II paratrooper Tom Rice embodied what an American should be, according to Art Shaffer, who tandem-jumped twice with Rice, whose funeral...
