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Columbus: Like Clock Work at the WWII Memorial
Senator Elizabeth Dole poses with Bill and Bobbi Richards, Honor Fliight’s most frequent flyers, at the WWII Memorial. They come to DC every two weeks and today I believe we not only got a photograph of the Columbus group but also single frames of every WWII Veteran with Mrs. Dole. Honor Flight is featured in […]
Lone Eagles/TLC’s: Jim McLaughlin
Jim McLaughlin quietly goes about his avocation as Chairman of the Board, flying hither and yon to pick up the WWII Veterans known as TLC’s (“their last chance”) and the “Lone Eagles”, veterans who don’t have a hub within 120 miles. Their applications and visits to the Memorials are all arranged and expedited by […]
Chicago Honor Flight: Prime Time
Chicago Honor Flight and WGNTV have gotten together to produce what is to date the single most important and moving piece of TV on Honor Flight. It’s a forty three minute piece and kudos to the girls and company for not only your efforts on behalf of Chicago’s veterans but this monumental piece of film […]
Dayton and Columbus Visit WWII Memorial
Earl Morse, Bobbi and Bill Richards and some 200 Veterans and Guardians were greeted today by Senator Elizabeth Dole at the WWII Memorial. Fortunately, there are two of them!! And even better, she likes the shade. There were soldiers from Ft. Meade and about thirty ladies from the Daughters of the American Revolution who formed […]
Senator Robert Dole Relaxing
Senator Dole has jumped into bed for a few days of rest and relaxation at Walter Reed Hospital. He was stricken with some kind of malady while surprisingly enough at the WWII Memorial greeting veterans. His law firm Alston & Byrd issued a statement saying that they were relieved to know “where he had […]
Central Illinois: Picture Perfect at WWII Memorial
Central Illinois showed up on what must be the most beautiful day of the year: about 82 degees, 10 knots of wind and nice fat dry clouds for intermittent shade. After a Springtime of rain, hopefully we are going to stay dry for our Summer flights. Don Niehart was leading 28 WWII Veterans and almost […]
Sun eventually shines on WWII Memorial!
I arrived at the WWII Memorial to see a clump of plastic raincoats and umbrellas and there was Senator Dole in the midst of the early morning crowd. The rain soon turned torrential and lightning began to strike and he and Mrs. Dole went to the car for a bit. We thought we would convince […]
Chicago Honor Flight: On the March!
The Windy City rolled into DC which should be renamed the “Soggy City” this year. There were ninety-one Veterans and another 90 guardians in blissful tow. They arrived at the WWII Memorial a bit late in the afternoon because they had visited the other Memorials before they got to the WWII to enable the Veterans […]
The WWII Memorial: Honoring Our Heroes
A site dedicated to the WWII Memorial and the veterans who preserved our way of life during WWII. I’m Stephen R. Brown and the author of “WWII Memorial: Jewel of the Mall”. The book is available on the Mall and Amazon. I post new images of Honor Flight Veterans at the Memorial on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. These images CAN BE DOWNLOADED FOR […]
D-Day from Bedford, Virginia
Wandering far afield, George Kerestes chose to spend this D-Day in Bedford, “WE DO REMEMBER. WE WILL REMEMBER” Those were the key words from this past weekend when I had the honor to attend the 65th Anniversary of D-Day at the “National D-Day Memorial” in Bedford Virginia. On that day I was one of over 4,000 […]
Fred Wedhorn: Lone Eagle gets “Rock Star” Treatment
From Judy Lemmons, Honor Flight: A BIG thank you to each one of you for the absolute “service before self” attitude you displayed this past weekend in support of one of our heroes, Mr Fred Wedhorn of Tucson Arizona. This Lone Eagle wasn’t lonely very long. Every detail was thought of and executed with such […]
New WWII Memorial Photos on D-Day Anniversary
Kari Beardsley and Leah Puttkammer made yesterday’s images and did a spectacular job. The really got into gear and captured Brian Duffy, Earl Morse, Bobbi and Bill Richards and some WWII buffs dressed in combat uniforms greeting our veterans at the WWII Memorial. Their photography is becoming more sophisticated every week and Kari always does […]
Normandy Beach: 65 Years After
Senators Robert and Elizabeth Dole flew over yesterday to attend the Normandy D-day Festivities with President Obama today and tomorrow. Mike Marshall and Marion Watkins accompanied them along with some 80 veterans. Now that has to be exciting. And hopefully some good press for Honor Flight. I spend a lot of time with Senator Dole […]
Faces of D-Day by David Burnett
My good friend and long-time colleague David Burnett has been photographing D-Day for thirty plus years now. He did a special piece for Time.com on D-day featuring some of his images and his reflections are as poignant as his pictures.
April 2010 Honor Flight Schedule
March 11, 2010 HBO and Honor Flight My schedule shows no further flights until April and I recommend that you go to http://heroeswelcome.handzonsitemaker.com/# and I will soon have information up on arrival at the Memorial. Honor Flight is featured in the Jewel of the Mall: World War II Memorial book.
Honoring our Heroes
Alabama Honor Flight is featured in Hoffman Media’s new “Celebrate” magazine which goes to press today. Linda Wright and her staff did a beautiful job on the layout and design of the images and it was a pleasure working with them. It’s also a pleasure to be able to use my images to honor Pam, […]
Chicago Honor Flight D-Day at Cantigny
Download DDay65_Invite Chicago is going to town on D-Day with an enormous celebration at Catigny, Wheaton, Illinois. You can download the invitation just above the picture.
Battle of Midway Talk at WWII Memorial
Daniel Arant will be giving a Battle of Midway talk this Saturday (06 June) and selected following Saturdays at WWII Memorial. He will have a display of about sixty annotated 8×10 photos provided by U.S. Naval Institute, graphics, and Pacific Ocean map. The talk lasts about 20 minutes. Weather forecast so far looks good for this Saturday.
WWII Talks by Dan Arant at WWII Memorial
Dan Arant has been a National Park Service volunteer sine 1993 and serves at the Vietnam Memorial and the WWII Memorial. His current topics are: Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Iwo Jima. Future planned topics are: The Battle of the Atlantic, Japan’s Kamikaze Force, and the Surrener Ceremony on the USS Missouri. Each talk is supported […]
May 30 2009: Long Island; North Carolina; Dayton and Canton, Ohio
As there were ceremonies later today at the Lincoln celebrating it’s restoration, most of the Veterans Groups made their trips to the Lincoln, Vietnam and Korean Memorials to avoid the crowds. Jeff Miller and I started off at National Airport where US Airways honored the planes with music and festivities as well as the ceremonial […]
Memorial Day 2009, WWII Memorial
Fifth Anniversary of the WWII Memorial By George Kerestes At today’s program, Friends of the National World War II Memorial (http://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/) joined with the National Park Service in a special program recognizing the 5th anniversary of the dedication of the Memorial. The program included music by the United States Marine Band, and a bugler and color guard from the […]
Brian Duffy on Honor Flight
We flew a trip on May 16, 2009 with the “regular” array of our WWII heroes. I ushered them through the normal choreography of visiting the WWII Memorial, Iwo Jima Marine Memorial and the Korean War Memorial in one day. When we offloaded at the Korean Memorial, one of the veterans asked “Brian, are […]
In the Wind
Their are 650,000 motorcycles in town scheduled to ride the Rolling Thunder Ride and one of the Fairfax American Legion riders on a trike offered Senator Elizabeth Dole a ride. She hopped right on and off they went. She is game for everything and it was a pleasure for everyone to see her on the […]
Oh So Sweet
Mr. and Mrs. Lacey of “Honor Bus” located in Mechanicsburg, Pa drove all the way down to DC today to present Senator Dole with his own five pound chocolate bar. The only other person to get this honor from Hershey Chocolates was Mick Jagger… so “rock on” Senator and make sure you share. The cover […]