Donations and efforts of many individuals, organizations and
businesses have allowed Land of Lincoln Honor Flight to honor the
veterans. This will be the third flight for 2013. The public is
invited to a "welcome home" ceremony for these WWII and Korean era
veterans when the plane arrives back at Abraham Lincoln Capital
Airport in Springfield at 9:30 p.m. on May 21. Wear red, white and
blue to show your appreciation.
Veterans on this flight come from the Illinois towns of Alton,
Ashland, Bartonville, Beason, Bloomington, Carlinville, Chatham,
Cuba, Delavan, East Alton, East Peoria, Elgin, Elkhart, Glasford,
Godfrey, Hamilton, Havana, Hillsboro, Jacksonville, Lewistown,
Lincoln, Marquette Heights, Minonk, Morrisonville, Morton, Mount
Pulaski, Nokomis, Normal, North Pekin, Pawnee, Pekin, Peoria,
Pleasant Plains, Roanoke, Rochester, Roxana, Ruma, Springfield,
Taylorville, Tremont, Trivoli, Waverly, Winchester and Wood River
and from Fort Madison in Iowa.
Applications are still being accepted
for the following, but WWII veterans will be served first:
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Veterans who
enlisted by Dec. 31, 1946 (WWII -- 71 currently on the list)
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Veterans who
served Jan. 1, 1947, through Dec. 31, 1957 (Korean era -- 299
currently on the list)
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Veterans who served Jan. 1, 1958,
through May 7, 1975 (157 currently on the list)
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The June 18 flight is already full. Additional 2013 flights will
take place Sept. 10 and Oct. 22.
The Land of Lincoln Honor Flight board welcomes the chance to
speak to organizations, businesses, churches, conventions or other
groups about their mission, future flights, guardian duties,
fundraising and donations.
For more information about how individuals and groups can help
the mission, how to become a member, how to obtain applications, and
to learn more about Land of Lincoln Honor Flight, go to
http://landoflincolnhonorflight.org/ or contact Ray Wiedle,
chairman: home phone 314-427-2317, cellphone 217-622-1473 or email
arwiedle@sbcglobal.net.
[Text from file received from
Land of Lincoln Honor
Flight]
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