Honor Flight for WW II Veterans

[Popeye]

Last night, I had the privlege to be part of a welcome home for about 80 WW II veterans. Honor Flight sends WW II vets to DC to see the memorial dedicated to them.  They leave early morning and return late the same day.

These brave men and women had no idea that when they arrrived at Midway airport last night, there would be so many people there to say thank you and welcome home.  The smiles on their faces showed how much they appreciated the all the attention shown to them.

People of all ages turned out for this welcome home.  The sad part, I say no TV coverage from any of our stations.  I guess they only cover bad news. The fact they they ignored these heros saddens me.

If you live near a large city, I urge to to attend one of these events. 

[Big Rig]

Popeye,

How does one find out about where and when and who(m)??

Sounds like a nice thing to do, had my grandfathers been around, they would have loved it as well.

I saw the memorial for the first time last year...if any of you have the opportunity...

HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT as a MUST SEE. That goes for all of the war memorials in DC. 

I will be heading back down for Rolling Thunder on Memorial Day weekend.

[Gilligan]

that plays for many WW II reunions. It is a blast to watch them get together ... some still dance. I always go out and talk with them. I have several "old friends" who are WW II vets at the senior center where my mom lived. They share many stories about their experiences with me. It's sad to watch then become frail, because I consider them the strongest generation I know. We certainly owe them for our freedom. We should always say to them, "Thank you for our freedom."

Once again, great job, Popeye. 

[Popeye]

One of my Rolling Thunder brothers told us about it a few months back.  After he mentioned it, I saw advertisemnts on TV. Honor Flight runs solely on donations.

Here is the website:   www.honorflight.org.   Here is a youtube video about. The welcome home crowd
last night was much larger than the one in the video.

Honor Flight Chicago Documentary


I would encourage everyone to do this a lest once.

[rmrc51]

Thanks for posting this!!!!! 

I'll be showing this to my Dad later. He was on a sub chaser in the North Atlantic during the war.