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An Honor Flight is conducted by non-profit organizations dedicated to transporting as many United States military veterans as possible to see the memorials of the respective war (s) they fought in Washington, DC, at no cost to the veterans. These organizations are focused on bringing veterans of World War II to the National World War II ...
Fred Faulkner Lester. Fred Faulkner Lester (April 29, 1926 – June 8, 1945) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action during World War II while assigned to a Marine Corps rifle company. He was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroic actions "above and ...
Nov. 11—FARGO — No doubt many of you know about Honor Flight. Some of you have flown on trips to Washington, D.C., as an honored veteran or with a loved one who is. Maybe you volunteered or ...
Webster Anderson. Webster Anderson (July 15, 1933 – August 30, 2003) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in the Vietnam War . Anderson joined the Army from his birth city of Winnsboro, South Carolina in 1953 and served during the Korean War, and by ...
Apr. 16—Honor Flight of Northern New Mexico is looking for World War II and Korean War veterans to sign up to take a free trip to Washington, D.C. in June. The flight has a waiting list of ...
Established in 2013, the Northern New Mexico Honor Flight is a nonprofit whose mission is to celebrate America's veterans by inviting them to Washington to visit war memorials and monuments and ...
Glenn Harry English Jr. (April 23, 1940 – September 7, 1970) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. While serving in a 4-vehicle column in Binh Dinh Province, a North Vietnamese platoon ambushed the force. One of the trucks ...
This is the point-of-view of a guardian on the April 27 Blue Ridge Honor Flight. It takes veterans to Washington, D.C. to see the war memorials. 'Guarding' a veteran on Blue Ridge Honor Flight ...