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HONOR from page 1A
According to the Honor
Flight Network, the mis-
sion of Honor Flight is to
transport America’s veter-
ans to Washington, D.C.,
to visit the memorials ded-
icated to honoring those
who have served and sac-
rificed for our country.
The 2021 restart of the
Honor Flight is great news
for six local veterans that
are visiting D.C. this week-
end as part of the South
Willamette Valley Honor
Flight program.
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On Friday morning,
veterans Jim Swant, Jim
Hart, Joe Carbajal, Alan
Knoblock, Greg Ziegle and
Howie Goldstein took a
flight out of Portland for
a weekend in the Ameri-
can capital. The six men
left Florence early Thurs-
day morning, accompa-
nied by a small support
team known as guardians.
Each veteran is assigned
a guardian, who pay their
own
travel
expenses.
Guardians accompany vet-
erans to assist with travel,
hotel and workshop check-
ins.
Steve Baggin, the ad-
jutant at Florence DAV
Chapter 23, said he be-
lieves the community sup-
port of its veteran popula-
tion is strong.
“For a city the size of
Florence, it shows a lot of
unity. We are all veterans,
it doesn’t matter what war
we fought in; anybody that
served still served their
country and they all de-
serve to be recognized,”
Baggin said.
Most of the veterans
going to Washington this
weekend were scheduled
to participate in the Honor
Flight in 2020, but COVID
concerns postponed all
types of events held in
Washington, including the
Honor Flights.
“Some of us were sup-
posed to go last year, but
with COVID, and some of
us have health issues, all
of the Honor Flights were
put on hold until this year,”
Swant said.
He is the commander
of Florence DAV Chapter
23 and has accompanied
other vets as a guardian.
This year, he is going as
one of the veterans to be
recognized and honored
at ceremonies during the
whirlwind tours of war
memorials and the Lincoln
and Jefferson monuments.
“I am looking forward
to going as a vet, not as a
guardian. I think it will be
a different experience and
I am glad we are going this
year,” Swant said.
Veterans interested in
taking an Honor Flight
have to fill out an appli-
cation and provide infor-
mation related to their
service. There is then a
priority sequence which
governs who is selected to
go based on which the war
in which they served. Un-
fortunately, there are few
WWII or Korean veter-
ans applying for inclusion
these days, and most of
those selected are from the
Vietnam and later eras.
One of the older vets
joining the flight is Carba-
jal, who served in both the
Marine Corps and the Air
Force.
“I didn’t have to wait
that long at all,” he said.
“Once I sent in my appli-
cation, I was notified a few
weeks later I was going,
and I am looking forward
to the trip. I’m really look-
ing forward to going to the
Vietnam Memorial and to
the WWII Memorial.”
The six Florence-area
veterans included in this
year’s flight have all been
vaccinated. The group will
travel in vans to airports
and hotels. During the
weekend, all activities will
be conducted under the
latest COVID protocols,
with masking and social
distancing in effect.
The weekend trip began
with a celebratory send-
off, including a presen-
tation of the colors, and
volunteers cheering and
waving flags.
The men and women
who comprise the Honor
Flight group wear their
signature blue jackets,
shirts and hats, often with
their war medals pinned to
them.
The first stop on the
journey is the WWII Me-
morial, which opened in
2004. The memorial hon-
ors the 16 million who
served in the armed forces
of the U.S., the more than
400,000 who died and all
who supported the war ef-
fort from home.
The trip then continues
with visits to the Korean
War Memorial and the
Vietnam Veteran’s Memo-
rial Wall.
The veterans are hon-
ored that evening in Wash-
ington with a Heroes’
Banquet. In addition to
the Honor Flight veterans,
guests to the banquet in-
clude an honor guard that
presents the colors, active
military service personnel
and guest speakers.
The first stop of the
second day for the veter-
ans is Arlington National
Cemetery to witness the
Changing of the Guard at
the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier. Oftentimes, the
Honor Flight participants
are granted the honor
of participating in the
Wreath Laying Ceremony,
with four veterans laying a
wreath at the tomb.
The veterans continue
their tour after lunch, visit-
ing the Marine Corps War
Memorial (best known as
“Iwo Jima”), the Air Force
Memorial and the Frank-
lin Delano Roosevelt Na-
tional Memorial.
If there is inclement
weather, the veterans tour
the National Air and Space
Museum, Steven F. Ud-
var-Hazy Center, where
the Enola Gay Boeing B-29
Superfortress bomber is on
display. On some trips, the
veterans attend a special
performance by the United
States Air Force band.
The Honor Flight Net-
work was formed in 2005.
The first Honor Flights
were conducted with for-
mer service members from
WWII, but has expanded
over time to include those
who served in Korea,
Vietnam, the Middle East
and Afghanistan. There
are also special allowanc-
es made to accommodate
veterans diagnosed with a
terminal illness.
Since its formation, the
Honor Flight Network has
taken more than 245,000
veterans to Washington
D.C.
Today, the Honor Flight
Network is currently com-
prised of over 128 hubs
throughout the country
dedicated to carrying out
the Honor Flight mission
and the Network, as a
whole, serves over 22,000
veterans each year.
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