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T a k i n g t h e
HONOR FLIGHT
M a y 1 1 , 2 0 1 3
A publication of
May 10, 2013
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HONOR FLIGHT Itinerary
Saturday, May 11, 2013 5:30-6:00 a.m. Arrive at Fort Dodge Airport for processing and boarding 6:45 a.m. Depart Fort Dodge Regional Airport (hot breakfast served) 10:00 a.m. Arrive at Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C. (1 hour time zone change) 11:00 a.m. Board buses and depart to Lincoln, Korean and Vietnam Monuments 11:45 a.m. Arrive at Lincoln, Korean, and Vietnam Monuments 1:30 p.m. Begin loading buses 1:45 p.m. Depart for Tour of Washington, D.C. and eat lunch 3:00 p.m. Arrive at WWII Monument - Group Picture Immediately 4:20 p.m. Begin loading buses 4:30 p.m. Depart for Arlington National Cemetery 4:45 p.m. Arrive at Gate for Arlington National Cemetery 5:30 p.m. Observe Changing of the Guard 6:05 p.m. Depart for Iwo Jima Monument (light box supper served) 6:20 p.m. Arrive at Iwo Jima Monument, Group Picture and short program 7:10 p.m. Begin loading buses 7:25 p.m. Depart for Dulles Airport 8:00 p.m. Arrive at Dulles Airport 9:00 p.m. Depart Dulles to “Home Sweet Home” (light meal served) 10:30 p.m. Arrive at Fort Dodge Regional Airport (1 hour time zone change)
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O u r V e t e r a n s ...WE HONOR THEM
Another Honor Flight prepares for takeoff
World War II, Korea vets will travel to Washington
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The next trip of theBrushy Creek AreaHonor Flight will
take Korean War veteransand some of their World WarII counterparts toWashington, D.C., Saturday.
Ron Newsum, the FortDodge man who leads thelocal Honor Flight board,said about 110 veterans willbe on the flight to see theKorean War VeteransMemorial, the World War IIMemorial and other attrac-tions in Washington.
The Brushy Creek AreaHonor Flight program tookmore than 500 World War IIveterans to Washington onfive previous flights in 2010and 2011.
‘’Being able to offer thetrip to a new group, theKorean War veterans, so thatthey can see the memorialsthat are there in their honor isone really, really good rea-
Members of theSeptember 2011 BrushyCreek Area ChapterHonor Flight toWashington D.C. watchthe changing of the guardceremony at the Tomb ofthe Unknown Soldier inArlington NationalCemetery.
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son to get this goingagain,’’ said CrystalMcGaughy, a member ofthe Honor Flight board, inFebruary.
Veterans who are select-ed to make the trip do nothave to pay for anything.
The flight will leave FortDodge Regional Airport atabout 7 a.m. Saturday andtravel to DullesInternational Airport in theVirginia suburbs ofWashington. There, the vet-erans and guardians willboard buses that will takethem to the monuments.They will also visitArlington NationalCemetery in Virginia to seethe changing of the guard atthe Tomb of the Unknowns.The final stop for the daywill be the Iwo JimaMemorial in Virginia.
The veterans will returnto Fort Dodge Saturdaynight.
Funding for the trip wassecured in March.
One of the large dona-tions to the effort camefrom CJ Bio America,which is building a plant inthe industrial park west ofFort Dodge called Iowa’sCrossroads of GlobalInnovation. The companycontributed $10,000.
Another $10,000 dona-tion came from theAMVETS, according toNewsum.
A second 2013 HonorFlight is scheduled for Sept.7.
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LEFT: Doris Peterson, of Callender, shares a quiet moment withher Honor Flight guardian Barb Bickett during their visit to the WorldWar II Memorial. Peterson and her husband Chalmer both served,she in the Navy, him in the Army in Europe.
RIGHT: Veteran Glen Ludgren gets a hug from his great-nieceKoreen DeBerg, of Washington D.C. after his visit to the World WarII Memorial during the September 2011 Brushy Creek Area HonorFlight. Ludgren came ashore in France on the fourth day of the D-Day invasion.
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The Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Board of Directors would like to thank the volunteers and sponsors
who have helped make our
Honor Flights an overwhelming success! Without the support from
these businesses and citizens, none of this would have been possible.
SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE BRUSHY CREEK AREA HONOR FLIGHT BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Lee Bailey Craig Malloy
Crystal McGaughy
Help Fund Future Brushy Creek Area Honor Flights Donations and contributions from citizens and businesses are what makes the
Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight a reality. Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight is a 501c3 Corporation. All donations are tax deductible.
All donations are specifically used to send a veteran to Washington DC. Please consider a donation to go toward future Honor Flights.
Clip & Mail Enclosed is my donation to the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Fund.
Make checks payable to Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Fund.
Name:
Address:
Mail to: Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Fund 320 South 12th St.
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Russ Naden Ron Newsum
Mel Schroeder
Charles Walker Marlene Welander
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