CHICAGO (WLS) -- The first honor flight of the season took off Wednesday morning at Midway Airport. A group of veterans will embark on a one-day trip to Washington, D.C. This is such a special once in ...

(NEXSTAR) — Missouri Vietnam ... Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The expansive and somber wall lists the names of over 58,000 servicemen and women who died during the Vietnam War.

Those seven friends can be found on panel 11 west, lines 121 to 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. David always ... Vietnam War Veterans Day marks the day the last U.S ...

HonorAir Knoxville, which is a program established by Prestige Cleaners, flew those veterans to Washington on Wednesday in what was the organization’s 36th flight. In total, 131 veterans were on the ...

While the war itself ... at Washington’s National Mall. Jan Scruggs, lawyer and veteran Robert Doubek, and other associates formed the nonprofit Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in 1979 with ...

Explore the best things to do in Washington, D.C. in 1 day based on recommendations from local experts. Day 1 One of the most moving war memorials, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – or "the Wall ...

On Saturday morning, 85 veterans boarded the Collier Lee Honor Flight for a trip to Washington ... hiding his service back in 1969 when the Vietnam War divided the American people.

WASHINGTON — As Jerry Ramsdell got off ... Today, less than 1% of U.S. citizens serve in the military. At the Vietnam War Memorial, there were no lectures; just conversations in hushed tones ...