{"id":41769,"date":"2016-05-11T22:35:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T03:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=41769"},"modified":"2016-05-11T22:35:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T03:35:17","slug":"a-flight-to-honor-u-s-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/a-flight-to-honor-u-s-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"A flight to honor U.S. veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> By Iacopo Luzi <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Honor Flight Chicago is a non-profit that organizes trips to Washington D.C. war memorials for WWII and Korean War veterans. Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honorflightchicago.org\">Honor Flight<\/a>&#8216;s efforts, more than six thousand vets have flown from Chicago Midway Airport to the nation&#8217;s capital since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>These flights give many veterans the first opportunity of their lives to visit the memorials and be honored for their service to the country.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"A FLIGHT TO HONOR U.S. VETERANS\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/166281627?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the hard work of volunteers, the group organizes flights once a month from the beginning of spring to the end of October. The flights are free for the veterans. They&#8217;re given the chance to meet old friends and remember those who didn&#8217;t make it back home.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Pettinato, Honor Flight CEO, says, &#8220;It&#8217;s a way to thank them for all they did for us&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">A group of veterans waiting to board a flight to Washington D.C. (Iacopo Luzi\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Iacopo Luzi Honor Flight Chicago is a non-profit that organizes trips to Washington D.C. war memorials for WWII and Korean War veterans. Thanks to Honor Flight&#8216;s efforts, more than six thousand vets have flown from Chicago Midway Airport to the nation&#8217;s capital since 2008. 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