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  • Jul 14, 2021
  • 1 min read
What It Was Like to Parachute into Enemy Fire in WWII

#4 in a series of videos featured by the Aviation Trail Parachute Museum


Presented by the Smithsonian Channel


#4 in a series of videos featured on the Aviation Trail Parachute Museum Theater:


Julian "Bud" Rice, a WWII veteran, recounts the harrowing experience of parachuting out of a C-47 under German fire on the eve of D-Day. (A Smithsonian Channel video).


See the Parachute Museum page for access to more Parachute Museum Theater videos.




 
 
 

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