Image gallery: Military photos

WRAL viewers share their photos of the veterans going on the Flight of Honor to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011.

Photos from the veterans' whirlwind tour of Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14, 2011.

A Flight of Honor took about 200 veterans from Raleigh to Washington, D.C., to visit war monuments in their honor on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

Veterans of World War II and other wars flew from Raleigh to Washington, D.C., Wednesday to visit the memorials built for their service, thanks to the nonprofit group Triangle Flight of Honor.

A group of World War II veterans from the Triangle returned home on Nov. 4, 2010, after a day-long visit to the memorial in their honor on the National Mall.

A nonprofit called Triangle Flight of Honor provided an all expenses paid, daylong trip on Oct. 7, 2010, for about 100 local World War II veterans to see the memorial built in their honor.

Former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole led a group in a visit to the World War II memorial.

About 50,000 people gathered in downtown Raleigh to honor the military during the Salute to Our Troops parade on April 26, 2008.

The Fort Bragg-based 82nd Airborne Division is in Haiti, leading relief efforts by the United States military.

Countries around the world sent military members to offer relief and security in Haiti following a devastating earthquake.

The 2008 N.C. State Fair paid tribute to members of the U.S. Military and law enforcement workers on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008.

Dallas Jones was 18-years-old and in the Navy on Dec. 7, 1941. On that day, the Japanese conducted a military strike on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.