Pete
12-22-2014, 19:04
Sunnyvale: WWII vet re-enacts parachute jump that almost killed him 70 years ago
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27184396/sunnyvale-wwii-vet-re-enacts-parachute-jump-that
"BYRON -- Seventy years after he was shot down by the Germans and bailed out of a B-24 bomber on his 19th birthday, World War II veteran Thomas Boyd of Sunnyvale jumped out of another plane -- this time on his own terms.
On his 89th birthday Saturday, Boyd went sky diving over eastern Contra Costa County to commemorate the terrifying ordeal when the handle of his ripcord broke off and he limped under cover of night for days to safety. It was important, he said, to bring closure to the nightmares that haunted him for years......"
Way to go Mr Boyd - pay no attention to the leg's comment.
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27184396/sunnyvale-wwii-vet-re-enacts-parachute-jump-that
"BYRON -- Seventy years after he was shot down by the Germans and bailed out of a B-24 bomber on his 19th birthday, World War II veteran Thomas Boyd of Sunnyvale jumped out of another plane -- this time on his own terms.
On his 89th birthday Saturday, Boyd went sky diving over eastern Contra Costa County to commemorate the terrifying ordeal when the handle of his ripcord broke off and he limped under cover of night for days to safety. It was important, he said, to bring closure to the nightmares that haunted him for years......"
Way to go Mr Boyd - pay no attention to the leg's comment.