--- description: Jim "Pee Wee" Martin recreated the jump he took 70 years ago title: A 93-Year-Old Recreated His D-Day Parachute Jump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A 93-Year-Old Recreated His D-Day Parachute Jump by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2014 2:49 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2014 2:49 PM CUT On June 5, 1944, one day before D-Day, Jim “Pee Wee” Martin parachuted into Europe with the U.S. 101st Airborne Division to take France back from the Nazis. Exactly 70 years later, a spry Martin took a trans-Atlantic journey to recreate his jump. “It didn’t \[compare to before\],” Martin, 93, told [CNN Thursday](http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/world/europe/d-day-paratrooper-jumps-again/index.html "undefined"), “because there wasn’t anybody shooting at me today.” \[[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/world/europe/d-day-paratrooper-jumps-again/index.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2838239/a-93-year-old-recreated-his-d-day-parachute-jump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2838239/a-93-year-old-recreated-his-d-day-parachute-jump/"},"headline":"A 93-Year-Old Recreated His D-Day Parachute Jump","datePublished":"2014-06-06T14:49:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:28.324Z","description":"Jim \"Pee Wee\" Martin recreated the jump he took 70 years ago","url":"https://time.com/2838239/a-93-year-old-recreated-his-d-day-parachute-jump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Appreciation","video","D Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2838239/a-93-year-old-recreated-his-d-day-parachute-jump/","name":"A 93-Year-Old Recreated His D-Day Parachute Jump"}}]}] ```