Flight of Honor stories

A huge crowd of people greeted about 125 local World War II veterans when they arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Wednesday evening from the eighth and final Triangle Flight of Honor trip to Washington, D.C.

When the final Triangle Flight of Honor takes off Wednesday, it will carry veterans such as 90-year-old Janice Gravely, who was the only woman to hold her position in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

More than 100 World War II veterans from around the Triangle got the chance to visit the national memorial built in their honor in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

John Mims, of Hoke County, is one of the 100 Triangle veterans taking the Flight of Honor on Wednesday to view the World War II, Air Force and Marine Corps memorials. Veterans will also stop at Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

About 100 veterans of World War II got a free trip to the memorial in their honor Wednesday, thanks to the nonprofit group Triangle Flight of Honor. It is the fourth such trip this year.

Crowds gathered at Raleigh Durham International Airport Wednesday evening to give a heroes' welcome to Triangle veterans who participated in the Flight of Honor to Washington, D.C.

While numerous World War II veterans will head to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday aboard the Triangle Flight of Honor to visit the monument built in their honor, an Apex man is preparing for a trip of his own to honor his father's military service.

Triangle veterans of World War II and other wars took the journey of a lifetime on Tuesday to the visit memorials built in their honor in Washington D.C.

A World War II veteran who took part in a Flight of Honor last fall died this week.

Veterans of World War II and other wars spent Wednesday in Washington, D.C., visiting the memorials built for their service, thanks to the to the nonprofit group Triangle Flight of Honor.

For three years, the Navy was home for Joe, Elton and Wilton Price. Years later, their little brother, Percy Price, would serve in Korea with the Army.

A group of World War II veterans from the Triangle returned home on Thursday evening after a day-long visit to the memorial in their honor on the National Mall.

Dozens of World War II veterans from the Triangle withstood a cold, damp day Thursday to visit the memorial in their honor on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall.

The 100 veterans from the Triangle who traveled to Washington, D.C., on a Flight of Honor Thursday capped the day with a raucous welcome from thousands who gathered to greet them at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

A nonprofit called Triangle Flight of Honor has provided an all expenses paid, daylong trip for about 100 local World War II veterans to see the memorial built in their honor.

About 100 area World War II veterans will travel to Washington, D.C., on Thursday to visit the World War II Memorial.

Veteran Claude May vividly remembers his service in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Asheboro native John McGlohon remembers snapping a photo of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

The World War II memorial in Washington is six years old, but many aging veterans haven't had a chance to see it. That's why a non-profit group is flying veterans from around the country to the nation's capitol. Three local men are planning to make the trek together.

Veterans Arnold Aiken and Rudy Tempesta vividly remember World War II. Aiken, 86, a member of the U.S. Navy, recalls traveling the Pacific Ocean, stopping at such places as Leyte Gulf, Okinawa and Iwo Jima.

Memories, honors, laughter and hugs accompanied a party of World War II veteran on a trip to the nation's capital this week to visit the memorial built in their honor.

More than 100 veterans from North Carolina are traveling to the nation's capital to visit the World War II memorial there.