Posted on 10/04/2009 5:42:05 AM PDT by Libloather
WWII Vets Take To The Sky For Flight Of Honor
101 Local Veterans Visit WWII Memorial
UPDATED: 9:31 pm EDT October 3, 2009
GREENSBORO -- With family and friends looking on in anticipation, 101 local veterans took to the sky Saturday morning for a daytrip visit to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
These were the men and women who 65 years ago stormed the beaches in France, battled at sea, liberated Paris, marched to Berlin and served on the home front, all to squash the surge of tyrannical Nazism and preserve freedom in the world.
The veterans, now in their 80s and 90s, boarded a chartered US Airways flight at Piedmont Triad International Airport, bound for Regan National Airport for a day dedicated to their honor and service to the United States during WWII.
Local dignitaries Sen. Richard Burr, Rep. Virginia Foxx and Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joins all bid the veterans farewell.
Even celebrity Betty Lynn, known for her role as Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show," went along on the trip to show her support for the veterans.
"They're all so sweet and have wonderful stories. I'm hoping we'll all be together on the plane because I know most of their names now," Lynn said. "I kept thinking, when will they have a monument to WWII veterans? It took them forever and I hear it's beautiful."
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The Triad Flight of Honor is a service project of Rotary District 7690, which includes the 11-county region of the Piedmont Triad. Other community organizations and businesses also sponsored the event.
The cost to send a veteran on the flight is $500.
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Honor Flight leaders in town
Heartland Honor Flight organizers Bill and Evonne Williams of Omaha were at the North Platte Senior Center Tuesday morning to present a program on HHF. Among the crowd of 50 or so in attendance were 18 area World War II veterans of the HHF. The vets arrived wearing their HHF "uniforms," a red polo shirt and a black cap donated by the Nebraska VFW.
North Platte Telegraph - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
On a mission of honor
GREENSBORO — Applause and tears, salutes and flag-waving welcomed US Airways Flight 9093 back to Greensboro on Saturday night. Several hundred well-wishers packed the lobby at Piedmont Triad International Airport to meet the 101 World War II veterans from the Triad who returned from a daylong trip to the National World War II Memorial in Washington.
Greensboro News & Record - Oct 04 12:12 AM
Amazing and heartwarming’ reception for vets
Getting off the plane from the Honor Flight trip to Washington D.C. and walking into a cheering mob at the airport was “fabulous,” said World War II vet Jack Kelly.
Casper Journal - Oct 03 11:47 PM
Third Freedom Honor Flight leaves Saturday
LA CRESCENT, Minn. - It'll be an exciting week for Francis Walter of rural La Crescent, Minn. Today is the World War II veteran's 86th birthday. And Saturday, he'll be among 101 area veterans who take the third Freedom Honor Flight from La Crosse to Washington, D.C., to see the National World War II Memorial and other monuments.
La Crosse Tribune - Oct 03 10:28 PM
WWII vet turns 86 today, will fly to see national memorial
LA CRESCENT, Minn. - It'll be an exciting week for Francis Walter of rural La Crescent, Minn.
Winona Daily News - Oct 03 9:37 PM
Honor Flight Fundraiser
Local World War II veterans will soon take the trip of a lifetime. The Texas Panhandle Honor Flight held this year's last fundraiser at Westgate Chevrolet to help four local veterans take the trip.
KFDA-TV Amarillo - Oct 03 9:13 PM
Honor Flight memories are endless
Big opportunities generally come along only once in a lifetime.
Williston Herald - Oct 03 7:59 PM
Local WWII Vets Take Free Flight To National Memorial
About 100 World War II veterans got up early Saturday morning to take a free flight to Washington to see the national memorial built in their honor.
Central Florida News 13 - Oct 03 10:34 AM
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The event benefited Honor Flight, an organization founded to honor American Veterans and to take them, all expenses paid, to visit their memorial in Washington D.C.
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Oct 03 7:07 AM
Heroes set to take flight Saturday
Flags will be waving, supporters will be cheering and community pride will once again swell as Montgomery County residents rally in support of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of America’s “greatest generation.”
The Woodlands Villager - Oct 02 11:21 PM
Honor Flight soars once again
Story created Sep 29, 2009 - 09:51:47 CDT. As they filed out of the Sun Country 737 jet, one by one, they were greeted by a couple of hundred smiling faces and a rush of cheers and applause.
Forest City Summit - Oct 02 10:49 PM
Memories of D-Day landings and vodka with the Russians on V-E-Day as QC Vets await Honor Flight
Tonight the countdown is on for members of the "Greatest Generation" of Quad Citians. A week from tonight they'll be on their way home from the Honor Flight so many of you made possible. News 8's Chris Williams introduces you to a couple of the veterans looking forward to the trip.
WQAD Moline - Oct 02 3:27 PM
Honor Flight taking off from GJ again
Western Slope Honor Flight announced Friday they’ll take a second group of WWII veterans to Washington, D.C.
KKCO Grand Junction - Oct 02 1:52 PM
Local veterans to visit D.C. memorials
Bill Henderson, who served in the Navy during World War II, had his 20th birthday about a week before D-Day in France. Now 85, the Galesburg resident will be one of about 100 World War II veterans flying to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9 as part of the Honor Flight of the Quad Cities, a local chapter of the Honor Flight Network. Other veterans from this area going on the flights next week include...
The Galesburg Register-Mail - Oct 02 9:35 AM
Local veterans push Honor Flights
By RYAN HORNS Pictured left - Retired Sen. Bob Dole stands with his fellow W.W.II veterans in Washington D.C. on June 13, as part of the Honor Flight program. Marysville resident Le Herron is pictured standing fourth from the left.
Marysville Journal-Tribune - Oct 02 2:41 AM
Woodstock WWII vet visits D.C. on honor flight
WOODSTOCK – When Woodstock resident Leo Carvis returned to Chicago after a trip to the National World War II museum, he was stunned by the reception that he received.
Northwest Herald - Oct 01 11:38 PM
I was hoping my dad could do this, but due to illness he can't.
Wonderful post. What a tragedy that the Veterans from WWII receive praise and honor now, respect and sacrifice from the public then, but the 8 men that just died in Afganistan have the President’s refusal to help, his lethal ROE, and the medias’ back turned. The public whistles while headed for the football game. Sad.
...but the 8 men that just died in Afg(h)anistan have the President’s refusal to help, his lethal ROE, and the medias’ back turned. The public whistles while headed for the football game. Sad.
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This definitely has to be aired out as OB’s “BLACK HAWK DOWN”.
If nothing else it really awakened the sheeple to how WJC was screwing the troops in the field and public sentiment at least forced him to act...
We all know that ‘they’ can screw with the people but you
just get yourself in a ‘bind’ when they screw with the military.....
I hope this is how it plays out. Somehow, the media, Hollywood, the universities have taken this country away from itself and delivered it to the darkness.
This administration seems to hate America.
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