CommunityTuesday, November 3
117 veterans on the Grand Forks Honor Flight fly home from Washington tonight
The Daily Grand Forks team
If you know a veteran on the Honor Flight out of Grand Forks, here's the update: the group is in Washington, D.C. The Honor Flight of North Dakota and Minnesota took 117 veterans to see memorials, and they landed on Day 1 to a warm welcome.
117 veterans flew out of Grand Forks
- 117
- veterans on the Honor Flight
- 115
- men on the trip
- 2
- women on the trip
Sources: Valley News Live, knoxradio
- Still to see: Marine Corps Memorial, Army museum, Arlington National Cemetery
- Flight home: Tuesday night
Byron Cole, who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, said, “It’s kind of the welcome we never got.” Marine Corps veteran Thomas Rainsberry said the trip is bringing some closure to some veterans.
Staying home? The UND Military History Display at the Memorial Union is open today from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and runs through Nov. 13.
Sources: Valley News Live, knoxradio, UND Events Calendar