Air Force Capt. Matthew Coffey, 37th Airlift Squadron pilot, flies over Normandy, France, with his grandfather’s compass in a C-130J Super Hercules June 3, 2017. Coffey’s grandfather, Donald, served in WWII as a half-track driver and was wounded in Normandy from an artillery shell while performing his duties approximately a month after D-Day.

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