PHOTOS — ‘It’s Been Wonderful’: Community Gives Vietnam Veteran Big Welcome Home After Honor Flight
A Vietnam veteran got a big surprise Wednesday upon his return home from an Honor Flight trip to Washington, DC.

A Vietnam veteran got a big surprise Wednesday upon his return home from an Honor Flight trip to Washington, DC.

With more than a dozen “honor flights” of war veterans to Washington, DC, scheduled this summer, one 100-year-old World War II veteran says the flight he took put a check mark on his “bucket list.”

Nearly five dozen veterans — including four from World War II — took part in the latest Greater St. Louis Honor Flight on Tuesday, traveling to Washington, DC, to commemorate fallen heroes by visiting war memorials along the National Mall as well as Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Fifteen veterans returned to Bedford, Virginia, after visiting Washington, DC, through the Honor Flight program this past weekend. But for one Vietnam War veteran on the trip, it was extra significant.

A World War II veteran has been busy crafting presents for Vietnam veterans at his woodworking shop in Fallbrook, California.

A veteran from Tampa Bay is marking his 103rd birthday with a trip he will never forget thanks to some generous organizers.

A nonprofit will be flying over 100 veterans from Michigan to Washington, DC, thanks in large part to Kalamazoo girl, per a report

Korean War Veteran Seaman Ernest Guy Hester, 90, received a grand reception upon returning to South Carolina from an Honor Flight to Washington, DC.

A teenager in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is raising money to send Vietnam War veterans on a special trip to Washington, DC.

Frank Manchel, 95, passed suddenly on his flight home from an all expenses paid trip for veterans to the World War II memorial.
