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Thomas M. Rice was born in a small wooden shack in Coronado, California in 1921. A graduate of Coronado High School in 1940, Tom joined the U.S. Army at Fort Rosecrans near San Diego. In 1943, he attended Camp Toccoa, Georgia before being sent to the Air Force Troop School at Fort Benning.

After 18 months of training, he joined the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the legendary 101st Airborne Division and was shipped overseas to participate in the DDay invasion. Normandy would offer Rice his first taste of combat, but it certainly wouldn't be his last.

Tom Rice would spend a total of 336 days in combat participating in Operation Overlord, Operation Market Garden, The Battle of the Bulge, and helping to capture Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden. During this time Rice would be wounded on four separate occasions.

Thomas M. Rice passed away on November 17, 2022.

Interview recorded on November 6, 2021



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