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Honor Flight

  • Defense.gov
  • Jan. 1, 2019 | 3:32

Due to age, illness or financial difficulty, many veterans are unable to travel on their own to the nation’s capital to visit the monuments that honor their wartime service. Honor flights allow them a chance to experience those monuments in person and with a group of their peers.