Former Green Beret who jumped on D-Day celebrates 100th birthday with skydive
By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: August 30, 2018
DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD, Hawaii — Blowing out 100 candles wasn’t good enough for Polito “Paul†Olivas, a 30-year Army veteran whose career took him through World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
On Wednesday, the former Green Beret jumped tandem from a plane 14,000 feet in the air over Oahu’s North Shore and landed in Dillingham Airfield – a week after he turned 100.
“I’d do it again,†he told a gaggle or reporters minutes after landing.
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