WWII Memorial
Kilroy Returns
Located in the entrance to the service entrance of the WWII Memorial is a cartoon face with the caption “Kilroy Was Here.” For the past month, he’s been inaccessible because of the sidewalk expansion which is now finished. One of the Park Rangers told me that people who don’t know who Kilroy was have reported […]
An Early Summer
It’s rumored that the British are paid extra “tropical” pay for working in DC and today, you might very well believe that. It was 96 degrees at 10AM and the haze was on the water in front of the Jefferson. The Plaza of the WWII Memorial was also “cooking” but as usual Senator Dole and […]
Photographer?
Photographers played their part in WWII and made a treasure trove of beautiful and moving historic images. The first person to find the location of the cameraman on the bas reliefs (he’s using a Speed Graphic) gets a free book. There are I believe 255 figures in the bas reliefs along the North and South […]
Southern New Jersey’s First Flight A Rousing Success
Lt. Landers of the US Navy has become a regular “greeter” and is seen here working with the Southern New Jersey women veterans to present a wreath at the WWII Memorial. It was New Jersey’s first trip and the seventy five veterans and 40 guardians were lead by Pam Pompano and accompanid by Al Bailey of Honor […]
Parking for WWII Memorial
Jewel of the Mall: World War II Memorial is a 120 page full color photographic book on the WWII Memorial.
Bagpipers at World War II Memorial
As I sail out of my Chesapeake Bay Marina, there’s often a bagpiper sitting along the jetty. It’s a very romantic instrument so I am delighted that a variety of bagpipers show up at the World War II Memorial which is also a romantic and magical ground. A couple of weeks back, there were […]
Summer Squall
May 31, 2008. This was the first day that Honor Flight got a heavy rain….so heavy in fact that the tent was about to take off for Kansas. It was only some vigorous work by volunteers that kept it on the ground. Fortunately, it held off until late afternoon and all of the flights had […]
Tennessee Valley Visits World War II Memorial
Joe Fitzgerald of Honor Flight Tennessee Valley brought in 125 Vets and 50 guardians to the World War II Memorial. He also arranged for a flight squadron out of Florida to be present at the flag ceremony. All of the flags had been flown in their fighter jets yesterday morning. It was quite a crowd […]
Florida Vets lead by Dan Finch at World War II Memorial
Dan Finch lead his troops out of Florida and they were the first to arrive at the World War II Memorial this morning. They were led to the Florida Pillar by a bagpiper and these four amigos were the first off the bus. Dan, pictured left, has led three flights this year and is becoming […]
WWII Memorial Aircrew
Jim Alexander of Texas brought along his own air crew, his daughter, the pilot, who flew the plane up from Texas while this UFV (Unindentified Flying Vet) is to date the guy who’s uniform fits the best. These images and all of the others I took are available at a photo site where you can […]
Copyright
The Images on this site and the accompanying images of WWII Veterans and Honor Flight activities on the Photo Site are available for free download for “personal use”. You can order prints through the site but there is a charge for printing. I recommend that you simply download the images to your desktop and print them yourself. […]
Memorial Day 2008
The WWII Memorial opened four years ago on Memorial Day and has quickly become the most popular Memorial in Washington. It is airy, open, refreshing and easy on the eyes. I photographed all over the Mall yesterday but this was the first photo of the day and my major interest and obsession. I’ve had the opportunity to […]
Cheering Crowds of Children at World War II Memorial
Hastings Middle School (more than 200 of them) schoolchildren lined up on either side of the South entrance to the World War II Memorial to cheer Indiana’s vets as they left and welcome Nebraska’s veterans as they arrived at the Memorial. They were in DC to help Bill Richards celebrate his “4 Chaplains” award ceremony at […]
Morning Stroll at WWII Memorial
As I made my way around the WWII Memorial this AM, schoolchildren from East Islip, Michigan were setting up for a band and choral performance and kids from Brandon, Mississippi were just laying out a wreath under the supervision of parents and teachers. Workers were cleaning the pool for Memorial Day. It was the last day […]
Whole lot of shaking going on….
Walking across the WWII Memorial Plaza with Bob Dole takes a long time… as much as four hours and he’s impervious to the sun. In today’s pictures, you’ll find we encountered everything and everybody: a group of motorcycle police, an “inventor”, then a “submariner” and a red-haired family and then a group of Navy guys […]
Sirens Wailing
As the Honor Flight planes leave the airports, they are often escorted by contingents of motorcycle police…today by the Arlington County Police Department who brought their bikes up on the walk for a picture with Senator Dole at the World War II Memorial. The Arlington County police just finished a week of escort duty as […]
One Citizen Walking….
Everyday, George H. Kerestes who works for the U.S. Department of Energy takes his “constitutional” and strolls from his office near the Capitol to the WWII Memorial to greet vets and express his gratitude for their service. Some days, he wears his “flag” tie, other days his volunteer Honor Flight shirt but he’s always a […]
Georgia arrives in force…Roswell and Fayetteville
Accompanied by a dozen (see photo site) or so Harley Davidson Police Motorcycles, sirens wailing, the Roswell and Fayetteville Georgia Honor Flight/Air Groups arrived at the World War II Memorial and of course Senator Dole was there to greet them.I am now by his reckoning the “best photographer in the country” and I think he’s the “best Senator in the […]
White House News Photographers Recognize Honor Flight
1000 members and guests of the White House News Photographers arose to applaud Honor Flight and WWII Veterans Ed George and Al Dunn who were part of Earl Morse’s first flights in the small planes. They are shown here with two young women who won first place as camerawomen in the Military Photographer of the […]
Sixteen Pipers Piping at World War II Memorial
In a novel twist, this Saturday’s flights from Poplar Bluff, Mo, Louisana, Asheville and Columbus were met by not just one bagpiper but sixteen pipers who played around the World War II Memorial for several hours. Imagine the sound of sixteen pipers piping. Great stuff!! Joe Polhemus of the Columbus flight was surrounded with pipers. On […]
Tracy Briggs on Service
I asked Tracy Briggs about her service as coordinator of WDAY Honor Flight. She said: “Another WDAY WWII Honor Flight is history and is it a cliche to say this was our best one yet? I’ve felt that way about each of our 4 trips! We have had the pleasure of taking about 675 WWII […]
Texas…
J. Burton, a bagpiper from the Coast Guard lead the Texas contingent under the eagles and down onto the World War II Memorial proper. The bagpipe is a beautiful instrument must be hard to practice at home!!! Al Bailey was along to give them some help. If anyone knows where I can buy one of […]
Escorting the new flights were…
Jeff Miller and his wife Tam rolled into the Memorial with the South Carolina flight. Jeff, who introduced the “lets charter a jet” concept to Honor Flight has run out of vets to transport in the Hendersonville, North Carolina and is working with other groups to help them through the intricacies of getting the vets […]
Greenville, South Carolina Inaugural Flight….
Mayor Dennis Waldrop and his wife Betty organized and helped raise money for the group from Greenville, South Carolina to visit the World War II Memorial. Nice to see a Mayor who cares so deeply about his community. A group of young boys were talking to the bugler Roland Sluder and their astonishment of his tales […]