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JAKE McNIECE
Jake McNiece, 93, was a paratrooper with 101st Airborne who parachuted behind enemy lines in northern France and led a team of men dubbed the "Filthy 13" on a demolition mission in advance of the Allied Forces D-Day invasion of beaches at Normandy on June 6, 1944. McNiece is photographed at his home in Ponca City on Monday, June 4, 2012, Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman

