About 200 well-wishers turned out Sunday afternoon at the Portland International Jetport to welcome home 27 war veterans from a trip to Washington, D.C.
The veterans of World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars were escorted through the airport terminal by the Guns N’ Hoses Pipes and Drums of Maine and honor guards from police and fire departments. The group had spent 2½ days visiting the World War II Memorial and other memorials in the nation’s capital on an all-expenses-paid trip sponsored by Honor Flight Maine.
“Beautiful. Fantastic,” Phil Campbell of Hiram, a World War II veteran, said of the trip.
Honor Flight was founded by physician assistant and retired Air Force Capt. Earl Morse of Ohio in 2005. Today there are 135 branches in 42 states. The Maine chapter started in 2014, and this was the third flight it organized.
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