Lt. Col. “Bud” Demarias, a pilot with the 729th Airlift Squadron, stands on a rock in the middle of Omaha Beach in France. The 729th crew headed to the historic beach following the flyover of the Normandy American Cemetery and the dedication of a new visitor’s center in France this past June. Omaha Beach was the code name for one of the main landing points of the invasion of German-occupied France on June 6, 1944, during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo)