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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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Highlights from our 112th flight

“I started the day with a hole in my heart, and now it's halfway filled.” Those words were spoken by a teary-eyed Veteran as he de-planed from #HFC112 last month and entered his Welcome Home parade so many decades in coming.

Donald Talbot: Feigning death to survive

Don Talbot spent his first years with parents, Walter and Helen, in their home on the southside of Chicago.  Upon completing 7th grade at Madison Grade School, Walter and Helen, with Don and his siblings, Barb, Wally and Bobby, moved to their new home in Harvey, Illinois. 

Bruce Hansen: We take care of them, they take care of us

Bruce Hansen's military career began when he told his Dad, a Marine Raider during WWII, that he would follow in his footsteps and enlist in the Marines. It was 1968, and 18-year-old Bruce was working as a carpenter/laborer, trying to get ahead of the Vietnam draft.  

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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