ONE LAST REMINDER!!!! On Tuesday, May 27th, we will be escorting 73 WWII veterans, 15 Korean War veterans and one Vietnam War veteran on their Honor Flight to Washington, DC, to visit the memorials dedicated in their honor. We will be gathering in the C baggage claim area of the Spokane International Airport for our 6:00 am send off ceremony. The flight will depart Spokane at 8:00 am. We will be dedicating this flight in memory of Capt Mark Voss, Capt Victoria Pinckney and Tech Sgt Herman Mackey III, the crew of the KC-135 based at Fairchild Air Force Base which crashed on May 3rd, 2013, near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan. Our flight will return on Wednesday, May 28th, with an estimated time of arrival at 8:00 pm in the main terminal of the airport. All are welcome to attend both the departure ceremony and the welcome home celebration on the 28th. This flight has become especially exciting for our program! A reporter from France will be joining us to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day and to document the experience of a few of our veterans who fought in Europe shortly after the landing on June 6th, 1944. Her story will appear in two widely circulated French newspapers because, in her words, “The American soldiers made a tremendous sacrifice for my country. People back home want to hear their stories!” We are so excited and honored to be a part of her wonderful project.
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 01:01:19 +0000
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