Posts Tagged ‘Mall’
WWII Veterans stream into Memorial
I got a schedule of Honor Flights yesterday from Glenn Anderson who is running the welcoming committee at BWI airport. His devotion and the devotion of his volunteers is absolutely amazing. This week, there were ten flights coming in and out of BWI almost everyday of the week as Honor Flight organizers deal with charter […]
Chicago Honor Flight April 27, 2011
Mary Pettinato rolled into the WWII Memorial this afternoon with her volunteers both from Chicago and the local group headed by Renda traveled to the WWII Memorial, the Lincoln and finally to the Iwo Jima Memorial. Due to other committments, I haven’t been down to the Memorial other than in passing. I finally had some spare […]
Fine Photo Print Special: March
These images are discounted significantly and will be available for a month. They are printed on an extraordinarily beautiful 12″ x 18″ inch metallic paper and are archival in quality.
Chicago Honor Flight Outdoes HBO!
The green clad Chicago troops arrived in force and with great dispatch began to map out an elaborate ceremony with the Honor Guard. It was a beautiful sight and I urge you to visit the Photo Gallery to see multiple views. Honor Flight is featured in the Jewel of the Mall: WWII Memorial book
“I shop at Hyvee!….Iowa Visits World War II Memorial
For the last two years, I’ve gotten book orders from the Iowa Hyvee for Honor Flights who I haven’t had a chance to meet but today Iowa was here at the World War II Memorial. And “I’m going shop at Hyvee!” even if they don’t have any stores in the DC area. I think it’s […]
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 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 Training for Washington, DC guardians
In preparation for Honor Flight season and several flights that are requesting multiple guardians from the local area – we are scheduling Guardian Training for any who would be interested in attending. The training will be held at: American Legion Dyer Gunnell Post 180 330 North Center Street Vienna, VA 22180 1-3 PM or 1300-1500 “The […]
MacArthur’s Acceptance of Japanese Surrender
Historical Footage: Japanese Surrender Signing Aboard Battleship Missouri Sunday Sept. 2, 1945. From Rick Sage in Michigan, I got the following information: “This is an actual film made of the surrender ceremony of the Japanese to McArthur in Tokyo Bay in September 1945. You can hear the actual voice of the General. Never been shown to the […]
Honor Flight Chicago’s Blog
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George Kerestes on Greeting Veterans at the WWII Memorial
George Kerestes was interviewed by South Dakota’s Keloland Television and got a nice write up regarding his four years of greeting Veterans at the WWII Memorial. He says: “Now that I look back and realize these were my neighbors growing up and I never extended my hand,” Kerestes said. “So in my own way, this […]
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 […]
Eight State Honor Flights at World War II Memorial
There were Honor Flights from eight states repsresented at the World War II Memorial today and rumored to be between 700 and 1200 veterans. Senators Robert and Elizabeth Dole were there as was Mike Marshall bearing news of a new boy in the family. Everyone was photographing and the weather held out nicely as everyone […]
Northern Valley Honor Flight Visits World War II Memorial
North Dakota thundered into the World War II Memorial today lead by Tim Koski and supported by a group of guardians and supporters from past flights. North Dakota has been so successful in Fargo (due in large part to Lance Akers and Jennine Albrecht’s fund raising efforts) that they have been able to cover the rest of the state. Senators […]
Honor Flights: September 19, 2009
Six flights (Fayette, Georgia; Rotary District 7680 (North Carolina); Honor Flight Dayton, Southeast Florida, Leatherstocking Honor Flight (New York) and Roughriders from North Dakota) came in today with a total of 380 veterans and some 150 guardians. Senators Robert and Elizabeth Dole were there to greet the veterans. The day was absolutely beautiful and Washington […]
World War II Posters
Beth Zimmerman, her mother and aunt sent me these World War II posters which I think are very interesting. You can access them on the photo site. The quality of the illustrations is quite amazing and it looks to me like Norman Rockwell did a few of the illustrations. Pretty cool. Betty Hart who originally sent […]
Four flights in four frames…World War II Memorial
Today I managed to get four group shots with and without Senator Dole and with and without the guardians and may take up photography for a living! Central Illinois went straight over to the front of the World War II Memorial with the Lincoln and Atlantic in the background. As I photographed them, Cleveland with […]
Honor Flight Chicago’s award winning documentary
From Mary Pettinato “We just received a call from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the Emmy’s) regarding our website’s reference to an “Emmy-nominated documentary.” Although a fleeting moment, it was quite exciting to get a call from this highly recognized organization. Unfortunately, the call was not made to congratulate, but rather to […]
Franklin County Honor Flight
I’d like to take a trip around the country and visit with everyone I’ve met on Honor Flight. As I turned around from photographing the Bluegrass Flight, there was Jim Tayon with a big smile. What a great pleasure to see him and his group. Jim can make you laugh just by his amused expression. […]
Honor Flight Bluegrass
Kentucky’s Bluegrass group lead by Brian Duffy arrived in a light drizzle at the World War II Memorial. After a short attempt to organize the troops for a group photo, we went with some great spontaneous photographs of the veterans and Senator and Mrs. Dole. I am always inspired by the Honor Flight volunteers, the […]
South Carolina gets some Thunder at the WWII Memorial
Rolling Thunder’s Virginia Chapter lead the South Carolina buses into the WWII Memorial. They rolled into the Memorial just as I was walking up. Bill Dukes had requested a picture of all the vets and I think we got over 150 people into one panoramic picture. We then squeezed in the guardians for the most […]
Land of Lincoln Honor Flight at WWII Memorial
Land of Lincoln Honor Flight arrived at the WWII Memorial today in perfect synch with Senator Dole. Lead by Ray Wiedle, the 17 veteran group was met by an Honor Guard and probably had the most comfortable weather of the year. It was a lovely blue sky day punctuated with a good breeze and remarkably […]