Documentary Explores Local Veterans' War Stories
Port Washington-based Stars and Stripes Honor Flight has taken 1,400 local veterans to visit the WWII memorial in D.C., and is now the subject of a major documentary.
"It was one of the biggest days of my life," World War II veteran Joe Demler said, reflecting on the trip he took to Washington, D.C. in 2008. Demler, a Port Washington resident, is one of the nearly 1,400 individuals from southeastern Wisconsin that has participated in the Honor Flight program that takes veterans to visit the WWII Memorial in Washington. His trip was made possible by the program’s Port Washington-based chapter, Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. A former member of the Army’s 35th Division, Demler participated in the Battle of the Bulge, a month-long German offensive that began in December 1944. Few members of his division survived the battle, he said, and Demler himself was taken as a prisoner of war by the Germans. After…
Keith Best
2:17 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Republican Party of Waukesha County on behalf of Stars and Stripes Honor Flight is hosting two special viewings of the movie "Honor Flight", One Last Mission. The documentary film that follows the story of the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight will be showing on March 22 and March 23. Doors open at 6:30pm and showing starts at 7pm. at 1701 Pearl St. in Waukesha. This is the movie that set the … more ›