World War II veteran jumps out of plane to celebrate 100th birthday

Skydive Palatka made D-Day Veteran Tom Rice's 100th birthday wish come true with a skydive from a vintage World War II airplane over the weekend in San Diego Art Shaffer of Skydive Palatka and his team flew to California to perform a tandem skydive landing at the famous Coronado Hotel in San Diego. San Diego was Rice's hometown where he signed up to serve after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Rice and Shaffer also teamed up for a tandem skydive into Normandy France for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019. Shaffer and Skydive Palatka are world famous for providing tandem skydives to many World War II veterans.