Posts Tagged ‘Current Affairs’
Dayton and Purple Heart on a Mid-August Day
This Saturday was the first cool day we’ve had in some time and I decided to get down to visit the WWII Memorial for the first time in a month. Judi Wybenga and her crew of volunteers were on hand to help unload the Dayton buses. Earl Morse and Dave Bauer showed up to distribute […]
May 1, 2010…Eight Honor Flights Get Homeland Drive Greeting!!!
On Saturday, May 1, 2010 there were eight Honor Flights arriving and what an arrival they had. I know Judi Wybenga and crew had a crowd at the airports and the Iowa veterans were met by former students of Iowa University and friends. It was an amazing crowd as the buses were stacked along Homeland […]
Mission Accomplished
From the Home Page of the Honor Flight Tennessee Valley website: On November 16, 2009 the Board approved a plan to closeout Honor Flight Tennessee Valley after an added Honor Flight #11 on May 29, 2010. We will cease accepting veterans applications as of 31 January 2010. Honor Flight #10 will carry 125 veterans, and […]
Notes from North Carolina
While waiting at the World War II Memorial for the North Carolina flight to come in this last Saturday, I had the good fortune to begin chatting with Linda Collins who had come from North Carolina to surprise her Uncle Carl. There is a photograph of them below with an excerpt from her letter to friends: “We revealed […]
Signs of Spring!!! Columbus, North Carolina and Louisiana Honor Flights
After a cold Winter it was a wonderful relief to grab a cab, navigate the Cherry Blossom Parade and crowds on a stunningly beautiful day. As I wandered onto the Memorial Grounds, my first site was George Kerestes fresh from Florida tanned and greeting veterans. Dan Arant and a few others chatted a while as […]
HBO short piece airs on Honor Flight
HBO previewed a three minute airing of the Honor Flight ceremony sponsored by HBO, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, American Airlines and Marriott. It was amazing event and you can see the VIDEO at the HBO site. Honor Flight is featured is the new Jewel of the Mall: World War II Memorial book
Kilroy Was Here Commemorative Stamp
I got this email from Pat Tillery who is pushing to have Kilroy put on a stamp: “Stephen, I received your excellent book yesterday. Thank you. After only a glance, it thoroughly exploded an old theory of mine about photography. Back when I worked as a civilian in Bangkok, I had a Pentax 35mm camera […]
HBO Airs Honor Flight Preview this Sunday
Jim McLaughlin sent out a note today reporting that a sampling of the Honor Flight piece done by HBO for “The Pacific” mini-series will air 8:57 Sunday night just before Part Three begins. A longer piece is in production. Okay people…get out the popcorn! Honor Flight is featured in the revised Jewel of the Mall: […]
DC Ground Crew: A New Hub and Slick Website
Lona Ichikawa (Dulles), Judi Wybenga (BWI) and Alaina Carter (Reagan) have begun a new hub and accompanying website dedicated to Honor Flight hubs arriving at our Airports, train stations and bus terminals and will try to raise money to support their efforts to bring local veterans to the Memorial. Have a look. It’s a beautiful site! Honor Flight is featured in […]
A Custom book on the WWII Memorial and Honor Flight
Here’s a custom book too expensive too distribute except electronically so have a look for FREE!!! Thanks again to HBO, American Airlines, Spielberg, Hanks, Dole, Morse, Miller, McLaughlin and all who took part for a rousing start to the Honor Flight New Year! It was definitely very cool! Honor Flight is now featured in the […]
HBO, Spielberg, Hanks and Dole at WWII Memorial
Four hundred WWII Veterans and their guardians followed by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Senator Elizabeth Dole and a cast of celebrities, dignitaries, and military leaders were lead by bagpiper Jeff Burton into the main Plaza of the WWII Memorial this past Thursday. The only person missing was Senator Robert Dole who I have on some authority is recuperating […]
WASPS BUZZING AT THE AIR FORCE MEMORIAL
The Air Force Thunderbirds flew a “Missing Man Formation” over the thousands of men, women and relatives gathered at the Air Force Memorial today. I was lucky and managed to get this photograph with the complete formation and part of the Memorial. There were at least a thousand people gathered on an absolutely glorious day […]
WASPS Given the Congressional Medal of Honor
Pelosi, Reid, Boehner, McConnell to Hold Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony to Honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII LONG OVERDUE!!!…., there will be ceremonies at the Air Force Memorial this Tuesday and on Wednesday, the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor will be presented to WASPS (Women Aviators) who were never given credit for […]
HBO Honors 250 Veterans on Thursday March 11th, 2010
HBO will be flying 250 veterans plus their guardians into Washington, DC on Wednesday and they will begin to assemble at the WWII Memorial around 11 on Thursday. The tentative schedule for the ceremony will be: 11:00am – 11:30am: Guests arrive at Memorial (seated in the Ceremonial Entrance Plaza) Vets (with their Guardians) will assemble near the Park Ranger Office (outside the […]
HBO coordinates with Honor Flight to kick off the Season
Hello Dedicated Honor Flight Ground Crew and NEW Volunteers! Honor Flight is starting the season off with a tremendous event. 400 WWII veterans from Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, New York, and Orlando are being flown to DC to view a screening of HBO “The Pacific” and to see the memorial built in their honor. We have […]
Honor Flight 2010 Summit held at BWI
Bob Morrison brought up wheelchairs and Glen Anderson and Don Wiedle showed off a new lightweight chair that is relatively inexpensive. Dan Curtis of RC&D (just back from Afghanistan) mentioned a program in Kansas where prisoners renovate bikes and wheelchairs for redistribution. Chairs are damaged in transit but necessary to get the job done. Bill Dukes has brought three Honor […]
Honor Flight Summit 2010
Honor Flight is holding a Summit at the BWI Hilton for all of the regional hubs. It starts on Friday and winds down on Sunday. There will be lectures on starting an Honor Flight, non-profit status, safety procedures, fund raising, etc… and a great opportunity for old friends to get together. I am very much […]
Frank Buckles and the WWI Memorial
From Susan Barr Frank Buckles, 108, the last remaining US veteran of World War I, was going before a US Senate sub-committee today to re-designate the WWI Memorial in DC, as THE WWI Memorial. The WWI Memorial is located between the WWII and Korean War Monuments on Independence Avenue, and is not located on most […]
VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!!!
Jeff Miller, our co-founder (the guy who got the charter operations on the roll) from North Carolina wrote to tell me the Asheville Airport is having a contest and if you vote for the Hendersonville Printing Tree, they get money to send two Honor Flights so….as it’s all in our family, ….VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!!! Please […]
Fundraising for Honor Flight’s DC Ground Crew
Lona Ichikawa (Honor Flight’s DC Ground Crew Chief and Judy Wybenga, Dulles Ground crew Chief held an end of season fund raising for the DC Ground Crew at American Legion Post 180 in Vienna, Virginia this weekend and also took the opportunity to recognize some of their volunteers. I will post the pictures later […]
Honor Flight Southwest
Honor Air may have begun a new chapter with Southwest Airways sponsorship arranged by Judy Lemmons who is the glue that holds Honor Flight together. She and Susan Barr brought twenty-one veterans from California and their guardians to visit the Memorial and …it was obvious it wasn’t California. It was a “NorEaster” with gusty winds […]
Band of Brothers Fundraiser
Band of Brothers WWII Veterans Coming to Nebraska by Bill and Evonne Williams Men featured in HBO miniseries at Strategic Air and Space Museum (Ashland, NE) The Strategic Air and Space Museum (SASM) will welcome World War II veterans featured in Band of Brothers for a book signing and presentation on Saturday, Dec. 5. A book signing will […]
Last Tent Day for Honor Flight Season
Tomorrow may be our last tent day for the Honor Flight season. We have two tents bundles rented and 3 hubs scheduled to use the tents as shown on Diane’s HF schedule and I have volunteers to staff it. I am not sure about the 7th of November. I don’t know what the funding looks […]
DC PHOTO BOOK
My apologies to those I haven’t seen down at the Memorial of late but I’ve been feverishly getting the final photographs together for a new book…DCPHOTOBOOK an insiders look at DC. We just locked down the layout yesterday so I am hoping to catch the last few flights in November. Hope all of you are […]