World War II Veterans Honor Flight

Anchorage Daily News ^ | 02/07/2014

[skeptoid]

Leon Merkes a World War II era paratrooper.....waiting to board an Alaska Airlines flight to Portland and then on to Washington DC to visit the World War II memorial.

Alaska Airlines is providing free air fare for the vets.

[Admin Moderator]

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[mabarker1]

I know rules are rules but if they (adn) weren’t so touchy I would have gone to the adn site and read the whole thing and giving them a “hit”

Now they get nothing from Me.

[mabarker1]

So how about We give Alaska Airlines the Credit

[mabarker1]

And here is a Video (better than crummy birdcage liner pics)

[mabarker1]

Ping

I know You have a ping list. If You don’t mind. Thanks

[skeptoid]

....Anchorage Daily News requires all content to be excerpted......

I DID excerpt the text I posted

Also interesting that I have never had a problem posting

photos from ADN until now (just a couple of weeks

after new owners took over).

[skeptoid]

So how about We give Alaska Airlines the Credit

I did that in the excerpted post and it is noted in some slideshow captions at the link.

...didn't know about the PR page at your link.

[Chode]

good on them...

[Kathy in Alaska]

The ADN is lower than pond scum!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

World War II Veterans Honor Flight

[luvie]

Anyhow...besides the fact that the ADN is indeed pond scum, I am thankful that these wonderful vets get to make this voyage and that the airline gives it to them. Some people are much nicer than others!

God bless our vets...especially since it’s VE day today! :)

[BykrBayb]

Thanks Kathy. The last WWII vet in my family just went to his reward a couple days ago.

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty/Retiree ping.

[yarddog]

America has had many great generations.

Those who fought and won the Revolution. Those soldiers in the War Between the States, who marched into almost certain death without hesitation. Those who charged up San Juan Hill, and those in WWI who suffered so much in the trenches.

I particularly remember those American Navy sailors who faced down and eventually beat the Japanese when all the cards were stacked against them. At Midway where they beat the best trained and most highly selective pilots and aircrew in the world. Japanese pilots flying better aircraft than we had. They sent four Japanese Carriers to the bottom of the sea and never let them dominate the Pacific again.

[luvie]

God rest the soul of a hero....

[SevenofNine]

How sweeett

That reason I always fly on Alaskan airlines anytime I make a trip to see relatives up there in Fairbanks AK

[ConorMacNessa]

God Bless them - God Bless them all, God Bless them good!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

In the American Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Coastie and Marine beats the heart of a hero! They deserve ALL honors!

[yarddog]

Yes the Americans were not just brave, they were good.

I will have to admit that the Japanese and Germans were very tough opponents but the Americans always eventually prevailed.

I recall Saburo Sakai in his book mentioned the American Marines attacking in New Guinea. One of his fellow pilots told him the Americans had landed and were fighting like demons.