Army officer jumps at Normandy reenactment [Image 3 of 3]

FRANCE

05.24.2012

Photo by Margret Menzies 

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Foundas is an active history buff. And active is putting it lightly. Using personal funds, Foundas jumps out vintage air planes as a “living interpreter” of World War II military history. He’s part of the Liberty Jump Team and participated in parachute jumps commemorating the 1944 Allied Invasion of Normandy, June 2-6. Foundas and the Liberty Jump team headquartered in Denison, Texas made jumps near French towns of Carentan, Sainte-Mere-Eglise and Brecourt Manor in Normandy where significant World War II battles took place. He calls himself a living interpreter of World War II battles.
“I physically jump out of a World War II aircraft and participate in re-created battles,” Foundas said. Foundas’ current ‘real’ military assignment is as a senior liaison officer for the Center for Army Lessons Learned at U.S. Army Africa’s G-3 Operations section in Vicenza, Italy. Being stationed in Europe allowed him to take leave and participate in D-Day commemorative parachute jumps which cost him $200 a piece.

• Date Taken: 05.24.2012
• Date Posted: 06.22.2012 08:06
• Photo ID: 609526
• VIRIN: 120524-A-FW911-001
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 5.25 MB
• Location: FR