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VIDEO: WWII Veterans Welcomed Home After Honor Flight
The Stars and Stripes Honor Flight had a late landing Saturday night, but that didn't deter the thousands of people who showed up to thank the veterans during a special homecoming parade.
More than 100 veterans from throughout Wisconsin were greeted at General Mitchell International Airport late Saturday night by thousands of people welcoming them home and thanking them for their service — some with tears in their eyes as they walked and wheeled through the airport.
The trip was especially long as their flight had been delayed for hours in Washington, D.C. The group of World War II veterans — men and women — spent the day in Washington, D.C., while on a Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. The trip is designed to give the veterans a chance to see the World War II monument through a special one-day excursion. It all came to an end with the special late-night homecoming parade in the airport.
Stars and Stripes Honor Flight is a branch of the National Honor Flight Network that was started in Wisconsin by Port Washington resident and Alderman Joe Dean. The organization about the World War II veterans in August at Miller Park.
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Though no Port Washington or Saukville residents were on the list, veterans from several Milwaukee-area Patch.com communities were on the flight.
The next honor flight is scheduled for June 2.
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