Jim “Pee Wee” Martin remembers vividly where he was 78 years ago today.
He can’t forget when he was floating to the ground from a plane in Nazi-occupied France facing heavy fire from the Nazis below.
It was D-Day, just after midnight on June 6, 1944, when he made his first combat jump and landed at the drop zone behind Utah Beach.
Now 101, Martin is the last remaining “Toccoa Original,” a group that was highlighted by the HBO mini-series “Band of Brothers.”
He is the subject of a book, a documentary, and now a song that was released on June 3.
On a comfortable, warm afternoon on June 5, Martin recounted his story to The Epoch Times while sitting on the porch of his country home in Sugarcreek Township, Ohio, with two of his granddaughters and a great-grandson….