On a partly cloudy Monday morning, the roar of an airplane had about 140 golfers looking to the sky.

Two sets of parachutists with red and black colors first appeared as rice-sized figures somersaulting toward the Earth. As their shapes came into focus, they unfurled American and Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flags to Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." playing over a speaker.

Red smoke shot out behind them as they landed on the golf course at Sands Point Village Club, the crowd's applause drowning out the music.

The parachute jumps at the sixth annual Patriot Golf Classic, which benefited Folds of Honor, a nonprofit that provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of fallen and disabled military and first responders, symbolized the courage and sacrifice of th

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