Coronado recognizes D-Day with documentary screening featuring local paratrooper

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Coronado Historical Association highlighted a native of the island who contributed to the largest seaborne invasion in military history. The late Tom Rice was a paratrooper in the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, which stormed the beach from above along with the 82nd. Rice lived on Coronado nearly all his life, and although he recently passed away, his memory lives on. The Coronado Historical Association screened "GERONIMO," a documentary that takes an in-depth look at the paratrooper's role in...