Tag: D-Day
Bud Rice shares his D-Day experiences as C-47 pilot
It was 69 years ago that Julian “Bud” Rice was piloting a plane to drop paratroopers near the French town of St. Mere Eglise as part of the D-Day invasion of France on June 7, 1944. But the Hancock Park resident remembers it as though it were yesterday. He regaled some 250 members and guests […]