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NEWS
Freedom Honor Flight's first mission is successful on all counts
La Crosse, Wis., October 21, 2008
Freedom Honor Flight, the first Wisconsin hub of the national Honor Flight Network, conducted its first flight on October 8, 2008. With 113 veterans on board the chartered 757 aircraft, it was the largest Honor Flight in the national program’s history.
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ABOUT US
Freedom Honor Flight is a La Crosse- based organization formed in April of 2008. Our goal is simple: to fly every World War II veteran who is able and willing out to Washington to visit "their" memorial before all our veterans of that war pass away. We are an affiliate of the national group Honor Flight Network, which began this activity in 2005, and began flying with commercial charter aircraft in 2006 from Dayton, Ohio. There are now about 40 "hubs", or cities from which flights originate, around the country. National Honor Flight Network provides us with technical and travel support, and helps arrange activities in Washington D.C.
Veterans must fill out an application form, which can be found and printed or downloaded here. All veterans on a flight are accompanied by trained volunteer Guardians, who assist veterans for the day. Volunteers can apply to be a Guardian by downloading or printing the form available here.
We are supported by various private and commercial donors. We are supported by many veterans organizations in the region. We have no paid staff. Our volunteers organize the veterans for travel, arrange the travel both to and from Washington, and arrange all transportation, activities and meals in Washington. The trip is typically all in one day, spending several hours at the World War Two Memorial, and visiting other Washington landmarks such as the Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Wall, Lincoln Memorial or the Marine Corps War Memorial.
At the current time, for obvious reasons, priority is given to World War Two veterans. If a veteran is certified terminally ill by a doctor but able to travel, he or she moves up the priority list no matter what their era of service. We hope to launch at least one flight per year and perhaps more, providing we get enough support. We do not accept donations from our veteran passengers, but anyone else interested in donating can do so here.
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