Jim Martin, a 93-year-old World War II veteran, is returning to Normandy. He plans on parachuting back on to the beach!

"They called us the tip of the spear," he says.

Jim was a private in the 101st Airborne, one of the paratroopers dropped behind German lines in the hours before the D-Day landings.

"We wanted to get out of the plane quickly, because it was hitting the plane," he says. "Planes were blowing up, and we wanted to get the hell out of there."

Read more at CBS News.

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