Share the Honor Flight experience with Iowa veterans in new book
“The story of Cedar Valley Honor Flight is a photographic journey that illustrates how a grateful community honors the men and women who put their country before themselves. It’s a story about the importance of what it means to serve others.”
Travel with the thousands of veterans who have made a once-in-a-lifetime trip from Waterloo, Iowa to Washington, D.C. to visit monuments and memorials erected in their honor. Filled with hundreds of photographs, this book shares the awesome experience of spending a day in the nation’s capital with the men and women whose service to the country is proudly honored by a group of dedicated volunteers.
“A lot of people coming back, they don’t [expect it]. They’re just totally in awe when they come in and that airport is packed. It’s the welcome home they never got, especially for the Vietnam veterans.” ~Lee Bedore, Honor Flight Organizer One might think that all of the activities […]
Cedar Valley Honor Flights have reached their final destination of Washington, D.C. by way of the three major airports serving the nation’s capital. Early flights arrived at Dulles International Airport located in Dulles, Virginia. The organization has also made arrivals at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington […]
Cedar Valley Honor Flight’s 13th trip took 98 World War II and Korean War era veterans to Washington, D.C. on June 16, 2015. It wasn’t until the following year that Vietnam War veterans were eligible for Honor Flights departing from Waterloo, Iowa, so there were a large number of wheelchairs […]
