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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. Once the battle of Normandy ended for the 101st Airborne Division his company was disengaged and then transported to Britain to prepare the Market-Garden operation.
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. During the Great Depression his family passed through tough times. On May 29, 1934, Tom lost his father (Aerial Mechanic) due to a plane crash in Panama.
- Doris Rice, Barbara Rice, Brenda Rice
- 27 November 2022 (aged 101), Coronado, California, United States
- 25 March 1921, Coronado, California, United States
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. "It is ...
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Watch on. Tom Rice, a paratrooper with the famed 101st Airborne Division, jumping into Normandy on June 6, 1944. On June 5, 2019 – at the age of 97 – he once again jumped into Normandy, landing near the exact same location he landed 75 years prior. WATCH and SHARE his remarkable story. Check out more of AVC’s oral histories.
Nov 19, 2022 · In 2018, during a visit to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, he stopped at a D-Day exhibit that included the jump list for the 101st Airborne’s Company C. His name was on it.
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Nov 17, 2022 · Tom Rice, a World War II Screaming Eagle legend of the 101st Airborne who fought at Carentan and the Battle of the Bulge, has died. His wife, Brenda, told Coffee or Die Magazine that he passed away at 12:33 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, in the California home his father built in Coronado. He was 101.
Dec 3, 2022 · Staff Sergeant Tom Rice passed away on Nov. 17, 2022, at 101 years old. He was a paratrooper for the Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
