East Texas veterans set to fly to Washington on 22nd Heroes Flight
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A group of East Texas veterans will board a plane for Washington, D.C., on the Brookshire Grocery Company Heroes Flight, a three‑day, two‑night trip with a send‑off ceremony at 6:45 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, and a return on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
The program, which began in 2010 as a one‑night trip for World War II veterans, has expanded to include veterans of the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and more than 600 veterans have traveled to Washington, D.C., since it started. This will be the 22nd Heroes Flight, with participants also joining from Tulsa, Oklahoma, including Marine veteran Buck Files, and a scheduled stop at the Vietnam Wall bearing the names of the missing and killed.