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FALL 2024 DC PHOTO. BOOK NEWS
August 10, 2024 - I've been keeping the books in circulation and updating them every year or so. They are contemporary and priced appropri...
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SEARCH THE FILES
July 16, 2024 - You can find the image by typing in hub name and state and/or date. There is a SEARCH box in which to input your photo q...
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REPRINTING UNDERWAY FOR 2024
February 06, 2024 - Another printing of the fourth edition is due March 25th. Books have arrived and/or are ready to go for those who ordere...
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HONOR FLIGHT
February 06, 2024 - Here's a new collection of images made over the past fifteen years. It's a rough draft taken from the 256 folders of ima...
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VIETNAM ETCHINGS: WORKS OF THE HEART
July 11, 2023 - Groups are concentrating on Vietnam this year and the Vietnam Memorial is crowded. I find this memorial very moving and...
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"GOODBYE DEAR... I'LL BE BACK IN A YEAR"
June 18, 2023 - My nephew Dan resurrected this recording he made some twenty years ago of my father's experiences during WWII. Like most...
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I LIKE IKE!
June 07, 2023 - Given the date, Eisenhower is current and so I am reposting.
The new Eisenhower Memorial like every public artwork sa...
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THE SHIPPING NEWS
April 20, 2023 - The books arrived in Baltimore a month early. I just checked the Marine Traffic app to see our ship (the SEAQUEST) saile...
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VIETNAM MEMORIAL
March 25, 2023 - Blue Ridge Honor Flight visits the Vietnam Memorial.
Perhaps the most controversial General to manage the Vietnam War...
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AN INSIDER'S VIEW: CHERRY BLOSSOMS MINI BOOK
March 19, 2023 - Like every DC based photographer, the Cherry Blossoms are Washington's great festival and a sign that Winter is done....
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DC PHOTO BOOKS: 4th EDITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 05, 2023 - "DC PHOTO BOOK" HIGHLIGHTS
I've had more than a few special moments traveling around the Mall with Honor Flight hubs. I...
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THE CAPITOL: DC PHOTO BOOK
February 01, 2023 - This photo is of the Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan--the first held on the West Side of the Capitol appeared in...
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MLK
January 14, 2023 - The Martin Luther King Memorial was just finishing when I made this image. It was a rush as the book was at the printer...
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DCPHOTOBOOKS.COM
November 10, 2022 - It's been a busy year. I have sent out 8000 books, reopened accounts with retailers around the Mall (ie: White House Gif...
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FLIGHT OF CHAMPIONS REVISITED: STARS AND STRIPES 10/19/2019 Part One
November 10, 2022 - A couple of years ago, Stars and Stripes was a approached by the Green Bay Packers to do a special flight with retired P...
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KOREA MEMORIAL: REFINED AND EXPANDED
October 28, 2022 - The enlarged and roomier layout of the newly reopened Korea Memorial allows you to spread out and appreciate the Korean...
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PHOTOGRAPHING GROUPS ON THE MALL
October 28, 2022 - Tips for Photographing on the Mall
Every group photo on the Mall requires planning. When you are trying to line up 10...
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MILITARY WOMEN'S MEMORIAL
October 20, 2022 - The Military Women's Memorial, f ormerly “Women in Military Service” is open for business. The new foundation head is CW...
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GEORGETOWN BOOKS AND ROCK CREEK LOCATION!
October 03, 2022 - Eastern National, the bookselling arm of the National Park Service just put my CHERRY BLOSSOM and the DC PHOTO BOOK into...
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VIETNAM MEMORIAL UPDATES
September 01, 2022 - There is an app for the 55,000 names on the Vietnam Memorial which allows you to look up the location of names on the Wa...
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TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS
August 03, 2022 - Most Honor Flights visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and are one of the few groups allowed to bring a bus into the c...
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CAPITOL EXHIBIT FEATURES DOLE
July 29, 2022 - The Architect of the Capitol licensed an image I made of Senator Dole in 2004. I had to fire up a few drives to find thi...
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DC WATERWAYS
June 26, 2022 - For the fourth edition of DC PHOTO BOOK, I made images of the new Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge and adjacent waterwa...
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AN INSIDER'S VIEW: NATIONAL MALL POSTCARD BOOK
June 25, 2022 - Looking to develop a lower priced product than the books, I edited the images in DC PHOTO BOOK down to thirty eight and...
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POLICE ESCORTS
May 02, 2022 - Looks like Honor Flight hubs will be getting support from the US Park Police once again. They save Honor Flights two hou...
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WWII MEMORIAL: JEWEL OF THE MALL REVIEWS
April 29, 2022 - REVIEWS
I thought it was an excellent book on the WW11 Memorial.I received a copy when I went on my Honor Flight in Sep...
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CAMERA TESTS
March 22, 2022 - I rented a couple of Sony mirrorless cameras to photograph Senator Dole's funeral at Arlington Cemetery. These are the t...
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FOR THE RECORD
March 05, 2022 - I've been keeping a diary of sorts through an old website which in its heyday (the 90's) was the largest photographic da...
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SENATOR DOLE'S FUNERAL: ARLINGTON CEMETERY
February 02, 2022 - The funeral of Senator Robert Dole. I was originally invited as a guest but I asked to go as a photographer. He and I sp...
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CALL ME BOB
January 23, 2022 - He was a Senator and Presidential candidate who saw the world clearly. Long after he left the Senate and ran for the Pre...
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PROOFING!
December 15, 2021 - We are close to finished and the new images and pages all match up. The nice thing about the ability to revise these boo...
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NATIONAL CATHEDRAL: A GRAND EXIT FOR BOB DOLE
December 10, 2021 - Senator Robert Dole's life was celebrated at the National Cathedral today. President Biden spoke about his thirty year w...
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THE REACH: KENNEDY CENTER
November 24, 2021 - The "Kleenex Box on the Hudson" is extending itself outdoors with a new section called "The Reach". Here a sculptural pi...
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HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
September 18, 2021 - Honor Flight Chicago roared into the Iwo Jima Memorial with 250 people and Arlington County once again provided the esco...
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MILITARY WOMEN'S MEMORIAL 9.11 MARATHON
September 14, 2021 - The Military Womens Memorial for 9.11 ceremonies concluded a 177 mile run to preserve the memory of the 177 servicewomen...
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INSIDERS VIEW
September 14, 2021 - While the Korea Memorial is under construction there is a limited view of the Memorial but there are ten pages in DC PHO...
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HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO: BACK IN BUSINESS
September 01, 2021 - Honor Flight Chicago rolled into town today signaling the return of Honor Flights and Good Karma! Jenny Brawley and Doug...
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WELCOME HOME!
August 11, 2021 - This Wednesday August 18th, Honor Flight Chicago will be the first Honor Flight to visit DC in some sixteen months. Sid...
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DOCUMENTING THE MALL
August 06, 2021 - Keeping track of the construction and other obstructions to photography and tourism in Washington and the Mall requires...
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DEAR DR. FAUCI!
July 01, 2021 - I am fully vaccinated and my paperwork is done for Honor Flight. Getting through TSA is ALWAYS a hassle and so I have CL...
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VIRTUAL SUMMIT 2021 EXHIBIT
June 11, 2021 - DC PHOTO BOOKS
exhibitor
Welcome Back! I have missed getting out to document the hubs and anticipating seeing you at t...
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HONOR FLIGHT: BACK IN BUSINESS!!
June 05, 2021 - After what may have been the longest fifteen months in history, Honor Flight has announced that after August 15th, hubs...
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ARLINGTON CEMETERY REOPENS
May 24, 2021 - PRESS RELEASE THANKS TO DANIEL ARANT: National Park Volunteer, Vietnam Veteran and Historian.
Ahead of Memorial Day wee...
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AN INSIDER'S VIEW: LEAVING A COIN
May 18, 2021 - Leaving a penny means you visited and want to thank the veteran of the armed forces for their service. A nickel left at...
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AN INSIDER'S VIEW: THE NAVY YARD
May 15, 2021 - The Washington Navy Yard requires Military ID and a phone call. It is one of Washington's best kept secrets. In addition...
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AN INSIDER'S VIEW: WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE MEMORIAL
April 23, 2021 - Plan time to visit the WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE TO AMERICA Memorial(WIMSA). DC PHOTO BOOK is the only publication that...
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PERSONNEL CHANGE FOR HONOR FLIGHT
March 21, 2021 - After three plus years of extraordinary leadership, Dave Nichols is handing the reins of Honor Flight over to Dave Smith...
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A WARRIOR'S PASSING
March 14, 2021 - Flags of Our Heroes was started by Dave Bauer, a Vietnam Veteran and long time Honor Flight supporter. He passed away a...
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CENTRAL MISSOURI NOVEMBER 12, 2019
September 20, 2020 - LAST FLIGHT OF THE SEASON
I met Central Missouri Honor Flight at the airport where once again the DCA Honor Flight Volu...
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FLIGHT OF CHAMPIONS: STARS AND STRIPES 10/19/2019 Part Four Homecoming
September 18, 2020 - Homecoming
It's hard to describe the intensity of easily 5000 plus people lined up in a gauntlet which it's a pleasure...
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FLIGHT OF CHAMPIONS: STARS AND STRIPES 10/19/2019 Part Three
September 18, 2020 - MAIL CALL
We arrived back at BWI after another exciting United States Park Police escort. It's amazing how traffic di...
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FLIGHT OF CHAMPIONS: STARS AND STRIPES 10/19/2019 Part Two
September 17, 2020 - Once aloft, the Green Bay Packers showed why they are so loved by their Wisconsin fans. As soon as the seat belt sign wa...
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SAN DIEGO MAY 5, 2019
June 12, 2019 - There were ten plus Honor Flights coming into BWI this morning and so I found myself going through security multiple tim...
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HERDING CATS: COLUMBUS AND NEVADA
June 02, 2019 - I was at the WWII Memorial to photograph Senator Dole yesterday. And while I intended to make a few frames and leave. Ne...
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BLUE RIDGE HONOR FLIGHT 05-04-2019
May 13, 2019 - This was Blue Ridge's first flight into BWI and they used Allegiant Airlines to save money. Not much of an inconvenience...
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SUPER SATURDAY MAY 12, 2019
May 13, 2019 - Too many hubs to plan anything so I decided to motorcycle around the Mall to see how many hubs I could catch. A bit rand...
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BWI WELCOME 05-04-2019
May 12, 2019 - Living in DC, it's much easier to get to Reagan Airport than BWI but I wanted to cover the ground crew there as well for...
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HONOR FLIGHT SATURDAY 04/27/2019
May 02, 2019 - Breezy winds kept the banners blowing and the spirits high on this beautiful day in April. There were ten hubs on the ro...
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GREATER ST. LOUIS HONOR FLIGHT...April 20,2019
April 24, 2019 - "War Heroes on Board"
Arriving at the WWII Memorial, I found Greater St. Louis Honor Flight just getting off the buses.
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TALONS OUT...April 20,2019
April 23, 2019 - The 9/11 MEMORIAL
The 9/11 Memorial was our first stop. It's an understated Memorial to the lives lost that day. La...
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DCA HONOR FLIGHT ARRIVAL...April 20,2019
April 23, 2019 - I had the opportunity to visit with three Honor Flights this Saturday and work the crowds at the Reagan gates and take t...
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ON THE ROLL: RHODE ISLAND WOMEN -4/06/2019
April 16, 2019 - Rhode Island Firechiefs HF All Women Veterans Flight
George Farrell and his team from Rhode Island were inspired to d...
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ON THE ROLL--HF 2019 AUSTIN
April 08, 2019 - Austin
It was a beautiful day in Paradise as @Honor Flight Austin lined up for pictures. Lead by Tina Lee and Alan Be...
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HONOR FLIGHT DCA AND GUILD TRAINING
March 09, 2019 - Lauren Burycka and W.Bart Smith of Honor Flight DCA with Christina Bauer of The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Was...
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HONOR FLIGHT SUMMIT 2019
February 19, 2019 - Honor Flight continues to grow and prosper. Dave Nichols (aka: Sparky) has streamlined operations and the board's choice...
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BADGER HONOR FLIGHT
December 06, 2018 - Honor Flight DCA put together a special welcome for Jody McClain and Brian Ziegler on their last flight as leaders of Ba...
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SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY KANSAS HONOR FLIGHT 11/2018
November 15, 2018 - Jeff True a high school a 29 year social studies teacher and leader of Southern Coffey Honor Flight let me know they wer...
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RAIN OR SHINE: CENTRAL MISSOURI HONOR FLIGHT 11/5/2018
November 12, 2018 - What a treat! Arlington National Cemetery in the rain on a Fall Day with the foliage turning. Riding along with Central...
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Quarters One, Twilight Tattoo and Army Salute Awards
October 16, 2018 - If you love parades, this was not to be missed. This day long event was a salute to civilians who have made significant...
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On the Mall with Blue Ridge Honor Flight: Saturday 10/6/2018
October 11, 2018 - So I was asked and honored to make this picture of Blue Ridge Honor Flight this year. Blue Ridge was on the cover of the...
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DCA HONOR FLIGHT VOLUNTEERS: Weather Or Not! 10/06/2018
October 11, 2018 - A foggy morning on the East Coast delayed Blue Ridge Honor Flight for more than three hours but during that time, we had...
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Honor Flight Super Saturday Sept 29, 2018
October 04, 2018 - HERDING CATS
San Diego
This Saturday started off with Honor Flight San Diego. Dave Smith and volunteers and guardi...
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FLAG CITY HONOR FLIGHT: October 2, 2018
October 03, 2018 - WWII MEMORIAL
Deb Wickerham with Flag City Honor Flight rolled in with four buses and lots of Ohioans waiting at the...
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Central Missouri Honor Flight: A Day in the Life
October 03, 2018 - I've had the opportunity to ride along with Central Missouri a few times. Rain or shine, it's been a picture perfect exp...
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DCA HONOR FLIGHT VOLUNTEERS
September 27, 2018 - The Washington Metro area has stepped up to the plate for Honor Flight. DCA HONOR FLIGHT VOLUNTEERS are the heart of the...
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9/11/2018 HONOR FLIGHTS GREATER LAYFAYETTE AND WEST COAST FLORIDA
September 11, 2018 - Greater Layfayette Honor Flight
So a couple of weeks ago, I ran a blog post entitled "Piper Available" and Dana Vann...
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BUGLER AVAILABLE
September 02, 2018 - Ben Corner is an experienced Bugler looking for work at Honor Flight events and the like. He's got a gift as I've heard...
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PIPER AVAILABLE!
August 30, 2018 - I stopped by the WWII Memorial to photograph Honor Flight of the Ozarks and while waiting, met the bagpiper J.R. Arthur,...
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Marine Corps Silent Drill Team August 8, 2018
August 10, 2018 - As Honor Flight inevitably shifts its focus to Korea and Vietnam, the plaza of the Lincoln Memorial has become a great p...
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HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO WITH GENERAL POWELL
August 09, 2018 - Honor Flight Chicago was out in force yesterday with one hundred Korean veterans and easily twice as many Guardians, Med...
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Senator Bob Dole June 9, 2018
June 10, 2018 - I went down to the Memorial yesterday to visit with Senator Dole. The last time I saw him was with Jeff Miller in Decemb...
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Honor Flight Chicago 6/6/2018
June 10, 2018 - Fooled 'em again. Rob Williamson and I with the help of all one hundred plus volunteers to keep the area clear were able...
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Honor Flight West Central Florida 6-5-2018
June 06, 2018 - A beautiful day and in need of a walk I headed down to the Lincoln Memorial where I finally had the opportunity to photo...
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SUPER WEDNESDAY HONOR FLIGHT 5_23_2018
May 23, 2018 - I was delighted to be invited by Scott Knauf to visit with Upper Peninsula Honor Flight. I headed down to the WWII Memor...
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NEVER FORGOTTEN AND ND/MN 5/21/2018
May 22, 2018 - HONOR FLIGHT ND/MN
As I stepped out of my cab, Honor Flight of ND/MN was just getting into formation for a photograph....
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BADGER HONOR FLIGHT May 12, 2018
May 13, 2018 - I took up Brian Ziegler and Jody Babler McClain of Badger Honor Flight on their invitation to do a "ride along". Once at...
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Honor Flight Chicago May 9, 2018
May 10, 2018 - Today, I met Honor Flight Chicago at the Air Force Memorial. We were quickly enroute to the WWII Memorial. On hand were...
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Honor Flight May 5, 2018 AM
May 06, 2018 - LIVING IN PARADISE: AM
Saturday AM. Court Van Sickler of Honor Flight San Antonio had started to arrange his group for...
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Stars and Stripes Honor Flight May 5, 2018 PM
May 05, 2018 - Honor Flight May 5, 2018 PM
It was nice to get out to the 9-11 Memorial to meet Stars and Stripes out of Wisconsin. I u...
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Central Missouri Honor Flight April 26, 2018
April 27, 2018 - With the new copies of the new HONOR FLIGHT photo book in hand, I headed down to visit with Central Missouri Honor Fligh...
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HONOR FLIGHT APRIL 17, 2018
April 17, 2018 - WEEKDAY WARRIORS
Today there were three hubs in town. All were escorted by the National Park Police. As my cab near...
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HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO APRIL 11, 2018
April 10, 2018 - HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO April 11, 2018
Life is sweet! When I need a break from DC's endless chatter, I jump on my scooter...
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DC PHOTO BOOK: THIRD EDITION
June 15, 2016 - It was a great treat to heft the weight of the new DC PHOTO BOOK. At 160 pages and forty new pages of new memorials and...
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Rain or Shine: Honor Flight Chicago's 70th Flight
May 14, 2016 - A gallery of selects from Honor Flight Chicago's May 11, 2016 flight It was an amazing time at the WWII Memorial with 10...
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SUPER SATURDAY APRIL 2, 2016
April 08, 2016 - A rainy morning didn't deter DC Guardians and National Park Service volunteers from getting down to the Memorial. The fl...
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2015 FLYING SEASON
March 13, 2016 - My favorite image this Spring has to be his picture of Senator Dole double smooched by the ladies of Southland Honor Fli...
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SPRING 2015
March 14, 2015 - FREE SHIPPING through the end of May to Honor Flights. These books call forth a lifetime of memories and are both inexpe...
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2014 FALL HONOR FLIGHT WRAP UP
November 12, 2014 - WWII MEMORIAL:
2014 FALL SEASON WRAP UP
As we coast to the end of the Honor Flight Flying Season, I’ve already made...
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Honor Flight cofounders win "Caring Award"
October 14, 2014 - Jeff Miller and Earl Morse, co- founders of @ Honor Flight Networ k at the WWII Memorial with @Rolland Kidder of Frtiend...
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Honor Flight Chicago: Oct 1, 2014
October 06, 2014 - Mary Pettinato takes her photography seriously and I am convinced that it is invaluable to her fund raising and awarenes...
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FALL FLYING SEASON
September 29, 2014 - "BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME!"
The Fall Flying Season is on and Honor Flight Hubs are arriving almost daily. There are...
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Honoring Our Veterans: 70th Anniversary of D-DAY
June 16, 2014 - Susan Eisenhower, the featured speaker for the D-Day anniversary is pictured above left with retired General Pat Foote w...
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Rocky Mountain Honor Flight
May 23, 2014 - Rocky Mountain Honor Flightwas at the WWII Memorial Friday, May 23 with a variety of veterans from WWII. It was a perfec...
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