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WWII veteran parachutes from plane for 100th birthday

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CORONADO, Calif. - A World War II veteran took a giant leap to make his 100th birthday memorable — literally.

WWII Airborne Veteran Thomas "Tom" Rice participated in a tandem parachute jump in his home town of Coronado, California on Aug.

15. Rice, along with a member of Skydive Palatka, jumped from the Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) D-Day Squadron C-53 D-Day Doll, Rice's favorite aircraft, according to CAF.

Tom Rice after landing on Coronado Beach. "The airplane that he loves is our C-53D DO ‘D-DAY DOLL’ and refers to her as his favorite aircraft which he nicknamed DOLLY," a CAF spokesperson told FOX TV Stations.

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