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Honoring WWII vets (the greatest generation)

Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by Rancid Crabtree, Aug 10, 2012.

  1. Rancid Crabtree

    Rancid Crabtree Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Tomorrow in Miller park stadium in WI, tens of thousands will be a gathering to honor WWII vets and to preview the Honor Flight movie. 27,022 people in brazil viewing a soccer movie.

    http://www.honorflightfilm.org/

    http://starsandstripeshonorflight.org/events.php

    Should they sell out, this event will break a world record for the number of people attending a movie. That record was set when 27,022 people in brazil viewed a soccer movie.

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  2. Iowa Veteran

    Iowa Veteran Grizzled Veteran

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    I just watched a special on PBS the other day about the 7 Honor Flights Iowa has sent to DC. They interviewed the vets and it was very moving. It was very humbling to listen to their stories and I was very proud to see how these veterans were treated with the Patriot Guard escorts on the way to and from the airport in Des Moines and the police escort they were given in Washington DC. At the end of the show it said that we were losing 1000 of these veterans a day now and soon there would be no one left to tell their story first hand.
     

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