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Honor Flight Chicago recognizes the bravery, determination and patriotism of our nation’s senior war veterans with a one-of-a-kind journey to Washington, D.C. The trip is only one day, but the experience is life-changing.

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Rufus Hall: Pondering at the age of 91

Glenn Hall, affectionately known as Rufus, was born in Idlewild, Tennessee. Rufus was the middle child of a family of seven. Idlewild was a small farm town of about 300 people.

Donna Cooley: Paving the way for future generations

Donna Cooley enlisted in the Army at a time when military duties that were traditionally done by men started opening up to women. She said “it was a tough time for women because the Army wasn’t prepared and didn’t know what to do with us.”

PODCAST: HONOR. THANK. INSPIRE.

Honor. Thank. Inspire. is a new Podcast from Honor Flight Chicago where we sit down with our senior war heroes and hear — in their own words — their experiences in service to our nation. Hosted by long-time ABC 7 Chicago reporter and HFC board member Paul Meincke, Honor. Thank. Inspire. captures living history via first-person accounts of war from the actual men and women who served and sacrificed.

Subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

HONORING OUR HEROES

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Honor Flight Chicago 2022 Day of Honor Documentary

Travel along with our heroes in this Flight Day documentary updated for our Vietnam Era

THANKING OUR MEDICAL GUARDIANS

With the COVID-19 pandemic grounding flights in 2020, Honor Flight Chicago put an increased focus on our Medical Guardians, many of whom were on the front lines of treating coronavirus patients. Several took a few minutes out of their busy days to talk about COVID-19, their work with Honor Flight Chicago, and the strangeness of being called heroes.

Love letters from WWII

When Jerry was drafted into the service with the U.S. on the cusp of joining WWII, his mind was focused on one thing: his best girl, Betty. Follow along with some of Jerry’s early love letters home to his future wife.

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