Longtime friends, age 85 and 93, make soft landing at Lodi Airport

Bob Potter has waited since 1942 to jump out of an airplane.

That was the year he entered the Marine Corps during World War II, and paratroopers needed to be at least 18 years old. Potter was 16, although the Army thought he was 17.

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Longtime friends, age 85 and 93, make soft landing at Lodi Airport