Veterans take final Honor Air Flight to Washington
By Jason Wheeler, Reporter
Last Updated: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Veterans on Honor Flight return to welcoming crowd
DAYTONA BEACH
Hundreds of World War II veterans from across Central Florida descended on Washington for their final Honor Air Flight.
Early Saturday morning, veterans from Volusia and Flagler counties met at Daytona Beach International Airport where they hopped aboard a chartered jet.
It was the tenth and final Honor Air Flight put on by a trio of rotary clubs in West Volusia County.
Over the past five years, volunteers raised more than $800,000 to send just over 1,000 veterans to the various war memorials in their honor.
“Well, this'll be the first time that I could, what you call, bear going up and looking at that wall. Because I've got quite a few friends up there,” said Charles Hargrove, Sr., a veteran.
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Hargrove fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
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