Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The Army still wants no part of it," said Richard Mandich, Return To Normandy Association president. "But the French government gave us the OK to jump on June 7, so that’s what we are going to do. I have to admit it makes us feel like second-class citizens. It’s our last chance to make this statement. I don’t think we’ll be doing this jump on the 70th anniversary of D-Day."

Source: Richard Mandich, Return To Normandy Association president, who, along with some ten other WWII vets, had hoped to parachute into Ste. Mere Eglise to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion later this week. The Army, however, worried that the oldsters are too fragile for such a feat, has refused to grant them permission for the drop. So, they went around the Army, instead working out an agreement with French officials to make the jump anyway -- June 7th.

FMI: www.normandy-dday.com