The Honor Flight organization provides free flights to WWII vets to visit the WWII Memorial in Washington DC. Please visit their site and consider a donation. Thanks!

Honor Flight Network

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“The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.” - General Jimmy Doolittle

I am moved that there are such organizations within the US and the statistic of 1000 vets dying per day is staggering. I know the Retired Servicemens League in this country does what it can. I can only hope that there are organizations like this one here that i dont know of.

BTW i would be interested on your thoughts on a thread i began?
"Due Respects for Aussie Flyers"
Cheers

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"Now they shall reap the whirlwind"

Here's an article about Honor Flight ...

Plans under way to fly WW II veterans to Washington for free | Eufaula Tribune

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“The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.” - General Jimmy Doolittle

a great idea

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My grandfather will be taking part in the Central MO Honor Flight program this October. My father and I will both be traveling to DC to take part in the experience as well. We are looking forward to the time and will certainly post a writeup afterwards. Great, great program!

Since WWII my Pa ha not done much traveling.. he seays he had enough of it there.. We were asking if he wanted to go and I his sponser to go with him. I would love to do it but he just can't get himself to do the travel. I wish he would.. I think this is a wonderful thing they do for these men.

Well, Sandy, I can understand your Dad's feeling about travel. Please try to emphasize the travel is to honor him for his service and have a chance to see the beautiful memorial to all WWII vets on our Nation's Mall.

I hope he'll change his mind. Please tell him for me that I sincerely appreciate and thank him for his sacrifice, devotion to duty , and service to our country when we really needed it.

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“The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.” - General Jimmy Doolittle

I sure will.. He has talked to a few people about it and I am hoping that he will change his mind.. you never know..

My hopes are that I might be able to sit him down and get him to read some stuff out here on this board.. He might be able to answer some questions that I seen on here..

Sounds like a great program.

Sandy, I too was very hesitant to think my grandfather would ever agree to sign up for the honor flight. He seemed to start thinking about it after reading some articles I sent his way regarding previous flights. There were also some evening news showing the highlights from the flights and that really seemed to get him on board. He's actually attending the pre-flight meeting today to go over everything to be expected on the October 13th flight. I'm certainly looking forward to the trip myself!

See this post for my details and pics from my grandfather's Honor Flight:
Reporting back from Honor Flight experience

Great experience!

They make this really special for those vets. My grandfather went on the Virginia Triangle Bus one and he said that at three different places they had crowds of at least a hundred people waving flags as the buses went past.

Here in Delaware, they took them all up on busses one day last year. It's about a two to two-and-a-half hour drive and they had a police escort the entire way. My grandfather was so excited about that! These American heroes deserve that and so much more!