Veteran celebrates 98th birthday after parachuting out of a plane onto the beaches of Normandy

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI-DT) – As the United States marks Veterans Day, a 98-year-old veteran in Iowa has been reflecting on his parachute jump over the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day.

Don Poole celebrated a very special day inside his West Des Moines home as friends and family gathered to celebrate his 98th birthday.

The veteran relived his adventure of jumping from a plane at 6,000 feet over the site that changed the trajectory of World War II…

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