Posts Tagged ‘photography’
Herb Striner: a photographer who can count!
Congratulations to Herb Striner. Former Dean of the Kogod School of Business at American University, Economist Herbert E. Striner, also worked in the corporate and public sectors. His photography has been featured in exhibits and publications. This collection consists of over 9,000 black & white negatives, color slides, and color negatives depicting a wide variety of subjects […]
…they will never forget the way you made them feel.
From Judy Lemmons, Dir, Public Relations/Protocol Honor Flight Network CONGRATULATIONS to all the amazing, talented, selfless and dedicated volunteers who have time and again supported over 278 flights during 2009 with 17,832 vets and 8,704 guardians for a total of 35,996 veterans who have been blessed to visit their memorial over the past four years! […]
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 […]
My Father Remembered on Veterans Day
A salute to my father Edward Brown on this Veterans Day. Like many WWII Veterans, he never made a fuss about his military service either before the war on a Destroyers at Pearl Harbor or during the war in Brazil where he was on the crew of a PBY (submarine hunter). He used to joke […]
800 Veterans and eleven hubs
And so if you were wondering where I’ve been in the past few weeks, I’ve been working on my latest book on DC and saving my energy up for today when 800 veterans plus guardians…a total of probably 1200 plus assorted military personnel, motorcycle police and riding groups, mounted police, guardians, school kids and relatives […]
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 […]
A Photo Recommendation and Northwest Ohio and Central Illinois
Central Illinois and Northwest Ohio came in today and were greeted by Senator and Mrs. Dole. As you will notice, I made the photographs of the Central Illinois group on the 17th Street (Washington Monument) side of the World War II Memorial. Photographing groups on the 17th Street entrance is WONDERFUL and I would like […]
Central Missouri, Siouxland and Central Iowa Honor Flights
There were buses unloading on 178th Street today as Central Iowa Honor Flight alone brought in 350 veterans. The weather was perfect and with the addition of Central Missouri and Siouxland Honor Flights, the World War II Memorial was jam packed with veterans in a variety of blues and yellows. All told, between veterans and […]
Six-Burgh–That is Pittsburgh Arrives
Photos and text by George Kerestes, National Park Service and Pittsburgh Native On another beautiful fall day in Washington 100 World War II Veterans, plus their volunteers, visit their Memorial. Although not part of the Honor Flight Network, the Pittsburgh numbers are very impressive. The Pittsburgh group originated with Jim Hilts, of Coraopolis, a Vietnam War […]
Mike Kilmer’s Letter to the Casper Star Tribune
Dear Editor: Fred Klein, Jack Kelly and Pamela Atkins.wrote 3 letters in CST concerning the Honor Flight of Wyoming vets to WW!! Memorial in Washington, DC. I just wanted to add what little I can in expressing my heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped organize and finance this extraordinarily inspirational trip. There was […]
Communication news from Honor Flight Chicago and Birmingham
Chicago Honor Flight’s Documentary From Mary Pettinato in Chicago: “The Communications Committee is proud to announce that the documentary co-produced by Marty Kohr and Kimberly Grear and done by Don Pogany and Arturo Cubacub has been nominated for an EMMY tonight against stiff competition. Thank you so much guys for your amazing attention to […]
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 […]
Dee Pakulski and Honor Flight Northwest Ohio(NWO)
Two years ago, Dee Pakulski (second from left) was in DC at the Honor Flight convention exploring how to transport the veterans from the Toledo, Ohio to the World War II Memorial. Obviously she has succeeded as she has brought over 250 grateful WWII Veterans to DC with a 100 percent safety record and has […]
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 […]
Columbus, OH, Northern CO, SW Florida Visit World War II Memorial
I attended a banquet for Northern Colorado’s veterans (lead by Col Stan Cass) the night before they visited the World War II Memorial and was as always impressed by the devotion each Honor Flight pays to its veterans. General John H. Tilelli, Jr was the main speaker for the evening. He was proceeded by a full color guard. The dinner was the cats meow and the veterans were […]
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 […]
“Gentlemen, start your engines”
From Judy Lemmons: With a “Gentlemen, start your engines,” our own Chairman, Jim McLaughlin waved the green checkered flag to signal the start of the Hampton VA Honor Flight 250 for the USARacing Pro Cup Series held recently at the Langley Speedway in Hampton VA. Persistent showers forced the race to be rescheduled but that […]
China Burma India at World War II Memorial
Aside from the Honor Flight, at the World War II Memorial there was a group of veterans of the China Burma India theatre who I had the opportunity to photograph. I am hoping their group leader will send me some more information and I will post it. The picture of them is at the website […]
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 […]
600 Veterans from Four States Gather at the WWII Memorial
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Senator Dole strives for new greeting goals
There were 604 veterans from four states at the World War II Memorial today and Senator Dole seems to be restored to health after a rough Summer. He was greeting veterans from all the flights and they all seemed to converge together in a marathon session. One of the veterans from South Dakota, Joel […]