San Antonio area veterans head to Washington, D.C. for Honor Flight Program

SAN ANTONIO – Retired veterans who served in separate wars throughout generations are on what they name a “journey of a lifetime”.

A number of veterans who fought within the Korean, Vietnam and World Battle II are spending the weekend in Washington D.C. because of the Honor Flight Program.

Among the many locations they’ll go to, the group will tour the Arlington Nationwide Cemetery and navy museums, to call just a few.

Regardless of the joy, Vietnam veteran Mario Ramirez mentioned the journey will even be somber, as six of his mates died within the conflict. He plans to search for their names on the Vietnam Battle Memorial wall.

“It’s unhappy, as a result of we weren’t collectively by means of quite a bit in Vietnam and we did the firefights and all that. And my sergeant, had solely 30 days left and he received killed. And the opposite ones additionally received killed, as we had been within the firefights,” Ramirez mentioned.

A World Battle II veteran mentioned the final time he visited the Nationwide Mall was when he got here again to the states after preventing abroad, again in 1946.

“My shipmate and I ran up and down the mall in our naked toes within the grass. And I’m simply wanting ahead to seeing that grass and working by means of it once more. I don’t know if I’ll do it barefoot,” veteran Charles Berry mentioned.

The organizers of the Honor Flight program mentioned these veterans reside historical past, and so they should see how they’re honored on the Capitol.

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