04-28-2019, 03:04 PM | #1 |
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Honor flight
Not auto related but good info!!!
Just got back from Washington DC (sat) where I went on Honor flight of KY, There were 74 Vets and there guardians,one of my best days in many a year,got to see all the memorials to the veterans,changing of the guard at unknown soidier,etc,really awesome day,if you vets haven’t gone you need to check it out before it’s to late.just google honor flights in your state!!!!
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04-28-2019, 05:29 PM | #2 |
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Re: Honor flight
I'm glad you got to go. Thank you for your service.
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04-29-2019, 09:05 AM | #3 |
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Re: Honor flight
Marvelous organization, there is a very interesting movie made about the Honor Flight we saw at the local theater a couple years ago.
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04-29-2019, 12:33 PM | #4 |
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Re: Honor flight
My late Dad, a WWII Navy Veteran took the flight from Dallas, Texas about 10 years ago. When he got back, he talked and grinned non-stop for a week!
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04-29-2019, 12:45 PM | #5 |
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Re: Honor flight
My father went a few years ago and truly enjoyed it!
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04-29-2019, 04:35 PM | #6 |
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04-29-2019, 05:02 PM | #7 |
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Re: Honor flight
Tom,
Sounds like meeting your Dad would be a very humbling experience. Tell him I said thank you! And thank you too Don, and all veterans. |
04-29-2019, 05:15 PM | #8 |
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Re: Honor flight
I was blessed to meet a gentleman and his wife the other day outside a restaurant here in Tucson, Arizona. They loved my "A" and he told us that he was nearing his 97th birthday. He had been a tail gunner for 35 missions in a B-17, shot down once and had to bail out over Spain.
These folks were heading home to San Diego after a visit with family. He was a sharp as a tack, still driving and shared how he was going to get an "Honor Ride" when he got back home. These folks are a treasure and anytime you meet one you realize that in a few years they will all be gone. Still a few Korean vets around a good number of us Nam vets are still standing. It won't be long before we are the dwindling group. Thank you to all and there families for their service, and God Bless! Chap |
04-29-2019, 05:46 PM | #9 |
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Re: Honor flight
Hi Everyone, Here's the Internet Movie Database entry on the movie about Honor Flight.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2329758/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Amazon Prime for free, Netflix DVD only as of this writing.
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