Central MO Honor Flight 2

COLUMBIA - Tuesday before dawn, a group of 35 World War II veterans will load up for another Central Missouri Honor Flight.

This will be the second trip for the group trying to help aging and terminally ill World War II veterans vist Washington, D.C. before it's too late.

For the very first Central Missouri Honor Flight, the ladies at the VFW Post 280 made special boutinee flowers for the veterans. Red carnations and blue ribbons drapped the lapels and t-shirts of the veterans almost as if they were headed out on a date, a date with an honor flight that is.

The veterans landed at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Maryland Tuesday morning and were greeted with a warm welcome. As soon as they got off the plane,the Veterans saw people cheering, giving them applause and waving flags in the veterans honor. The surprise at the airport was one of many the veterans would recieve. The veterans loaded the bus on their way to Washington, D.C., and the honor flighters caught a glimpse of President Obama's motorcade....

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