Posts Tagged ‘photography’
Making a Difference…NBC News
Honor Flight Receives National Media Attention Springfield, OH. The Honor Flight Network (HFN), headquartered in Springfield, OH was featured on a national news broadcast. NBC News National Correspondent Janet Shamlian accompanied the first flight of 2008 from the Dayton International Airport on April 19, 2008. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams aired the story last Friday. […]
Honor Flight: April 19th…the cat’s meow….
To the sounds of a bagpipe, the twenty buses offloaded seven hundred veterans, one hundred volunteers and there were ceremonies for every state represented and always, a rembrance for those who didn’t get the opportunity to make the trip. Joyce Tarantino and her ground crew arranged for groups of soldiers to greet the vets at […]
Opening Day for Honor Flight: April 19th!!!
This coming Saturday is going to be “opening day” for Honor Flight’s seasonal Flights. There are fifteen states sending 700 WWII veterans to the World War II Memorial and the forecast is for “Sunny and 82.” Senator Dole will be there and Earl Morse is going to be accompanied by an NBC National TV crew […]
Honor Flight’s Early Birds
Today, Honor Flight had three flights come in. I was just able to get down to the World War II Memorial to say hello and make some snaps. Jim McLaughlin brought a flight of Lone Eagles who joined a Cinncinati Group at the airport. With them were Thelma and Bob Worden and their son John. […]
Oneida, New York …the First Bus
Erwin Smith of Oneida, New York brought the first load of 52 veterans and guardians to the WWII Memorial today, Tuesday April 8th, 2008. The group is in for three days and this is the second year and the second trip for the Oneida Rotary Club. Like Honor Flight, the Vets were accompanied by guardians […]
Cherry Blossoms
Washington is at its peak. After a wonderfully mild Winter, the Cherry Blossoms are in bloom and the town is a riot of color. It’s time to bring those Veterans in and I am looking forward to Honor Flights coming into town. I will be reporting on every honor flight if you Honor flight leaders […]
Air Force Association
Speaking of Al Bailey and the Air Force, I got a call from Susan Rubel at the Air Force Association and AFA Veteran Benefits Association asking for books for their online store. They are also presenting the “Jewel of the Mall” book at a special discount for their members and it will go out as […]
“Humble Heroes”… Andy Rooney and Jeff Miller on CBS
If you haven’t seen this video on Honor Air narrated by Andy Rooney, I recommend it highly and I can’t stand Andy Rooney. As I mentioned in an earlier post, CBS is the first national network sending a crew along with Earl Morse on April 19th, 2008. Tune IN!!! It’s good to see the networks cover […]
Al Bailey…so you want to go for a ride?
I set my google alerts for the WWII Memorial and am these days frequently rewarded with tidbits like this from the Cinncinati Enquirer “Alan Bailey will give a presentation on the Honor Flight program when the 741 Center hosts a Veterans Club meeting at 11 a.m. April 1 at 570 N. Ohio 741. The program […]
Ray Kaskey’s Sculpture Website
Ray Kaskey is the internationally renowned sculptor who created the eagles, the bas reliefs, the ropes that join the columns, the water grates, the flagpoles and every piece of bronze in the WWII Memorial. Prior to the WWII Memorial, he was most famous for his statue “Portlandia.” He was chosen for this project not only […]
“Why I’ll just charter a big jet!”
Jeff Miller of Hendersonville, North Carolina heard about Earl Morse’s small plane junkets and since he couldn’t fly, decided to charter himself a jet!! Will Rogers said, “Not all of us can be heroes. Some of us have to stand on the curb and cheer as the heroes pass by.” Jeff’s not standing on any […]
Lone Eagle
Jim McLaughlin is an Ohio based architect who retired so he can work full-time with the Honor Flight network. As Vice-President, he travels frequently to pick up the “lone eagles”, those vets whose health is so poor that an immediate trip is the only solution. He also heads up his own flights from Ohio and […]
My Father…Ed Brown
Wow!! What a guy…. He joined the Navy in Brooklyn because they had a basketball team and ended up heading overseas on a destroyer which left Pearl Harbor just two weeks before the December 7th attack. He was then assigned to PBY (submarine hunter) airplane in Brazil for the remainder of the war. He had […]
Bridging the Generations
Mary Cole of Bridgewater, New Jersey is shown here surrounded by veterans at the WWII Memorial. Last year, at the age of 16, she organized a “Tour of Honor”, raised the money and brought 67 vets to the WWII Memorial by bus. Joe Gromelski of Stars and Stripes who took the picture said “… it […]
Remembrance…
Every flight seems to have a ceremony of one sort or another and they are all distinctive and usually focused around their state column. A lot of Senators and Congressman show up at the WWII Memorial when their state arrives and Kansas made a strong showing last Fall. Why there’s that Bob Dole guy again!!!! […]
Location, Location…World War II Memorial
My mom always says about real estate “Location….location…..” and the WWII Veterans definitely got the best spot on the Mall. J. Carter Brown, the head of the site selection committee insisted on the most prominent of all the available locations on the mall. Good for him!!! Of course this put the World War II Memorial […]
Welding the Eagles Together…
Actually one of the great parts of the WWII Memorial Project was watching this massive architectural ornament being put together. Apex Piping was responsible for most of the unique views and access that I achieved while photographing. They arrived with the Eagles and a brand new crane with an American Eagle painted on it. Their […]
The WWII Memorial Community
This is 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 everywhere on the Washington Mall except the WWII Memorial. I post images of Memorial events, WWII Veterans […]
President Clinton
I photographed President Clinton last Fall at a signing for his book “Giving.” We had the chance to trade books. He’s a terrific person to be with and his enthusiasm for life is contagious and his memory for people is astonishing This is the note he sent me and I have it framed. He signed […]
Lance Akers…fundraiser and SWAG guy
“SWAG” as we call it in the photo industry is any cool item that you can get for free. Lance Akers here is modeling his latest Honor Flight SWAG while he gives a lecture on fund raising to the Honor Flight Convention in DC this February. During the convention, various and sundry folks gave talks […]
“My God, My Country And Me”… Lewis Ellenberg
This is Lewis Ellenberg who last year called me up and said “Brother….I want ten of your books….the boys were jealous and I decided to get them a copy.” For orders like this, I have the privilege of discounting and I do. In return, Lewis sends me his self-published book entitled “My God, My Country, […]
WHNPA and Military recognize Honor Flight
The The White House News Photographers Association is going to recognize Earl Morse, Jeff Miller, Susan Barr and a few veterans at the annual May Awards dinner. WWII veterans will present the Military Photographer of the Year award. The WHNPA has had a long relationship with the Military and the Washington Post photo department has […]
Tracy Briggs: WDAY Honor Flights
Tracy Briggs (shown with co-host Scott Hennen) is a morning talk show host out of Fargo, North Dakota who has spearheaded the North Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota Honor Flights. The WDAY site today reads: WDAY WWII HONOR FLIGHT TO TAKE “BONUS” TRIP Because of overwhelming support from the community and sponsors the WDAY WWII Honor Flight […]
Earl Morse, Founder of Honor Flight
Earl Morse is a retired physician’s assistant and pilot who began flying vets from Ohio to the WWII Memorial in Washington in 2005. He was soon joined by Jeff Miller out of Hendersonville, North Carolina who began to charter jets. If you go to the Honor Flight schedule you will see flights of Veterans going […]