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Last Letter Home Reveals A Paratrooper's Fate
A veteran recounts Lt. Jim Stevens's doomed parachute jump in occupied France. He recalls sending a final letter home, the fear of not returning, and the moment Stevens's canopy failed to behave, forcing a perilous crash toward a wooded edge.
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Jim Stevens
Office of Strategic Services
France
Stevens
Pemberley
Sussex
Ringway
Donwell
Air Force Command