WWII paratrooper reunites with aircraft

Joe Morettini, center, talks with Air Mobility Command Museum volunteers, Bill Lee and Bob Leicht, inside a C-47A Skytrain July 9, 2015, at the AMC Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Morettini last visited this aircraft in the early 1990s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Cacicia)

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WWII paratrooper reunites with aircraft

Joe Morettini sits inside a C-47A Skytrain July 9, 2015, at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Morettini, now 90 years old, jumped out of this very C-47 on D-Day, June 6, 1944, over Sainte-Mère-Église, France. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Cacicia)

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WWII paratrooper reunites with aircraft

Joe Morettini sits in the navigator seat of a C-47A Skytrain July 9, 2015, at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Morettini was formerly with Easy Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Cacicia)

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WWII paratrooper reunites with aircraft

Joe Morettini signs his name on the roundel of a C-47A Skytrain July 9, 2015, at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Morettini signed his name directly under the autograph of George Shenkle, a fellow paratrooper who he jumped with on D-Day, June 6, 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Cacicia)

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WWII paratrooper reunites with aircraft

Joe Morettini poses with Staff Sgt. Zachary Replogle, 373d Training Squadron military training leader, back, and C-5M Super Galaxy crew chief students July 9, 2015, at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Several dozen people attended the Morettini visit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Cacicia)

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WWII paratrooper reunites with aircraft

Published July 13, 2015