Photos: D-Day veteran Carl Beck

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Carl Beck lied about his age so he could enlist in the Army when he was 17. About a year later, he was jumping out of an airplane over France on D-Day.

Beck went to spend 20 years in the Army, retiring in 1963 as a master sergeant. Here he is seen at his home in Atlanta on June 25, 2002 replacing his worn 49-star flag with a newer 50-star flag.

Beck often talks about his experience as a soldier. Here he and fellow WW II veteran Bob Jones, from Atlanta, share their war stories at the Atlanta History Center on May 27, 2007.

Beck talks with visitors during the Veterans Remembrance Day at the Atlanta History Center on May 27, 2012.

Carl Beck -- seen in this .May 15, 2014 photo -- was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. On D-Day his plane was diverted from the planned drop zone by anti-aircraft fire. After jumping from the plane Beck was 12 miles from his original drop zone in Normandy.

Beck, wearing a replica WWII jumpsuit, was part of the Army's 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, which parachuted into Normandy on D-Day on June 6, 1944.

Carl Beck, left, and Cal Stephenson, who both served in World War II, pass the judges stand during the Georgia Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday in Midtown Atlanta on March 11, 2011.

D-Day veteran Carl Beck gives talks to kids in metro Atlanta about his experiences in World War II. Here he chats with students at Webb Bridge Middle School in Alpharetta on Oct. 15, 2012.

Beck talks with visitors during the Veterans Remembrance Day at the Atlanta History Center on May 27, 2012. Beck holds a souvenir of an original canopy from Normandy.

Beck (left), 88, who parachuted into Normandy and fought in the Siege of Bastogne as part of the Battle of the Bulge, gets a hug from Korean War Veteran Jim Conway during a "Meet Our Veterans" event including more than a dozen WWII veterans on hand to tell their stories at the Concourse Athletic Club on Sunday, May 25, 2014, in Sandy Springs.

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Carl Beck lied about his age so he could enlist in the Army when he was 17. About a year later, he was jumping out of an airplane over France on D-Day.

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