Rice parachuted onto the beach in Normandy for the D-Day invasion of France in 1944 and shared those stories from the war with his students later in life.
A 101-year-old World War II veteran from San Diego died Thursday afternoon, according to his family.
Tom Rice was a United States Army 101st Airborne paratrooper who lived a decorated life that left lasting impacts on those who knew him. According to his wife, Brenda, Rice, was also a teacher for more than 40 years who taught civics at local high schools, Chula Vista's including Hilltop High. Hilltop was a campus where he inspired many students.in August 2021, he went skydiving over his hometown of Coronado.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
”As a teacher, I once told him, 'I did some of your things. You taught us how to write a constitution' — I had my students write a constitution," Ybarra said.
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