Never Forgotten Honor Flight Flying More Central and Northern Wisconsin Veterans to D.C. on May 20th

Friday, May 10th, 2024 -- 1:00 PM

The Never Forgotten Honor Flight organization based in Wausau will fly 103 Vietnam, 2 Korea and 1 WWII Era veterans from central and northern Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials that honor their service on Monday, May 20th.

It’s the organization’s 48th flight since the first Never Forgotten Honor Flight took place April 27, 2010. 66 guardians will accompany the vets after they have completed a mandatory training session on May 19th.

They will then accompany their assigned veterans on a one-day round trip to Washington DC, that departs Central Wisconsin Airport at 6:30 a.m. and is scheduled to return at approximately 10 p.m.

The public is invited to the Central Wisconsin Airport to welcome the veterans home Monday night, and Honor Flight officials recommend arriving no later than 8:30 p.m.

Free parking for those welcoming these veterans home will be provided. Never Forgotten Honor Flight (NFHF) veteran alumni are encouraged to wear their NFHF-issued clothing (hat, shirt or windbreaker) for the welcome home ceremony.

Two Clark County veterans will be on the flight, one from Neillsville and another from Colby. Five veterans from Chippewa County will be on the flight including one from Stanley, two from Boyd, and one from Cadott. One veteran from Eau Claire County, from Augusta, will be on the flight.

22 veterans from Marathon County will be on the flight including one from Spencer. 10 veterans from Taylor County including six from Medford. Finally, 14 from Wood County will be on the flight including two from Marshfield, one from Hewitt, one from Pittsville, and eight from Wisconsin Rapids.

Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.