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‘Honor flight’ departs Monday from San Luis Obispo 

Honor flight

A photo from a prior year’s trip.

Public invited to join in welcome celebration when veterans return home Wednesday night

–  Honor Flight Central Coast California takes San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County veterans on all-expenses-paid trips to Washington, DC to visit the memorials that honor their military service. The upcoming trip that departs on Monday, Oct. 24 at 6:20 a.m., and returns on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 8:36 p.m., will include 24 veterans: one who served in WWII, 13 Korea (including a female US Army veteran), and 10 Vietnam-era veterans. The group also includes brothers who served in Korea (and their sons).

Veterans and their guardians will arrive at San Luis Obispo Airport at 4:30 a.m. Monday to process through security and board the flight.

They return Wednesday night to a reentry celebration organized by Welcome Home Military Heroes. The public is invited to join in the welcome celebration when the veterans return home Wednesday night.

 

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