Chicago’s Mary Pettinato….first visit
I’ve been talking to Mary Pettinato of Chicago and watching her success in promoting Honor Flight. It was delightful to finally meet her with her group. She is seen here with Robert ____who she claimed was her “favorite veteran”….but I think she says that to all the guys!! Chicago for some reason always has a […]
Unsung Heroes
Too frequently, I overlook Jim McLaughlin, the president of Honor Flight, who specializes in Lone Eagle and TLC flights–flights for those vets who for health reasons need to travel to the World War II Memorial right away or are geographically out of reach or for some reason or another, unable to join regularly scheduled flights. […]
Touring the Bas Reliefs at the World War II Memorial
As I mentioned earlier, Senator Dole joined the veterans as Earl Morse was giving them the tour of the bas reliefs which greet the visitor from the front entrance to the World War II Memorial. The twenty four bas reliefs contain 255 figures and their construction is what lead me to initially begin this project. […]