The Eastern Iowa Honor Flight is launching Flight #43 today.
Eighty-eight veterans are scheduled to board the plane in Cedar Rapids this morning and head to Washington D.C. for a one-day trip to visit the monuments built in their honor. There are nine Korean War veterans on today’s trip, along with 75 Vietnam War veterans and four veterans who served during both of those eras.
Everyone is invited to welcome them back home tonight. Many flight veterans never received a “thank you” when they returned from their service – as a community, this is your chance to make up for that. Their flight is scheduled to return to Cedar Rapids’ Eastern Iowa Airport around 8:45 pm and there will be a Welcome Home celebration featuring a military band, flag line, local police and fire departments, along with families, friends and supporters.
If you’d like to support their mission through a donation, visit eihonorflight.com.
photo courtesy of Honor Flight
