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For our jumping friends: World War II paratrooper, turning 100 this week, plans to jump again

Hooah MSGT!

(Stars and Stripes) HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) — Retired Army Master Sgt. Polito “Paul” Olivas will become a centenarian Wednesday, and he plans to celebrate the way he’s lived his life: with a lot of gusto.

The former paratrooper, who jumped into Normandy on D-Day in 1944 with the 101st Airborne Division, has plans for another parachute drop, this time at Dillingham Airfield on Sunday — but with no one shooting at him as he lands.

https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/world-war-ii-paratrooper-turning-100-this-week-plans-to-jump-again-1.543500