God bless him, the old codger.

The whippersnapper after his jump, slaps on the beret to meet Prince Charles.

Here's a site with some interesting pictures, then/now, of the Liberation of Paris. When the allies got close, the citizens and denizens of Paris grew a pair and rose up against their captors. BEWARE: There is an auto-starting video ad with sound (French), way at the bottom of the page.

Your whippersnapper is now 90, and received 2500 birthday cards. :D

I only see a couple cards repeated there. It's amazing that there is such a wide variety of cards for a 90th birthday. Can't be much call for it.

The Gent pictured surrounded by birthday cards is Bernard Jordan who absented himself from his care home in order to make his own way to the D-Day Commemorations in France.

The 'whippersnapper' who parachuted from the aircraft is Jock Hutton.

I take my hat off to both of them.

OK, sorry, my mistake. :blush: You know how all those white people look alike, especially the old ones. :haha:

It's a phenomenon affecting the middle-aged ones as well!

I speak from bitter experience. :eek:

:yesnod: :lol2:

Yeah, Departure Day again.