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April Honor Flight Takes Vets To DC Memorials Saturday
All are invited to give them the send-off and welcome home that many of them never received, organizers say.
HUDSON VALLEY, NY — It's spring, and Mission 32 of the Hudson Valley Honor Flight will take off Saturday.
Hudson Valley Honor Flight flies veterans free of charge on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Washington, D.C., where they are transported around the district by bus to visit war memorials, attend a dinner in their honor and then return home. Each veteran is escorted by a personal guardian and the HVHF flight team for the day-long trip. The organizers have been doing it since 2014.
There will be a total of 82 veterans on this flight. Of them, five are Korean War veterans; 11 are Cold War veterans; and 66 are Vietnam veterans.
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Here is a breakdown of the veterans on this trip by county/state:
- Broome - 1
- Dutchess - 20
- Orange - 37
- Queens - 1
- Rockland - 1
- Sullivan - 2
- Ulster - 13
- Westchester - 1
- New Jersey: Bergen - 2; Sussex - 1
- Pennsylvania: Pike - 1; Lackawanna - 1
- Jacksonville, FL - 1
New York Stewart International Airport is at 1180 1st St. in New Windsor. If you want to join the 6:30 a.m. pre-flight send-off, arrive early.
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The welcome home rally is at 8:30 p.m.
"All are invited to honor our heroes and give them the send-off and welcome home that many of them never received but so rightfully deserve," the organizers said.
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