Local Veteran Trains to Jump from a C-47 for D-Day Anniversary in Normandy

“STAND IN THE DOOR!” Those were the final commands given by the Jumpmasters as they gave signal for paratroopers to jump one by one from the vintage Tico Belle last week in Palatka, FL.The Tico Belle is a Douglas C-47 that at 0407 hours, June 6, 1944, lined up on Landing Zone “O” near St. Mere-Eglise and dropped US Paratroopers into Normandy. Last week, March 5-9, Dustin Blackwell, local owner of…