Honor Flight of South Carolina :: Our Mission

In 2004, a World War II memorial for our nations’s most senior heroes was dedicated; however, now in the 80’s and 90’s, a number of these veterans have no means to visit it.

The HONOR FLIGHT NETWORK began as a small token of appreciation to get World War II Veterans out to visit THEIR memorial in Washington DC.  The entire flight and subsequent bus tour are completely free to members of “THE GREATEST GENERATION.”

Donations are what make it possible to send South Carolina’s honorable veterans to Washington DC.  We ask that you please consider making a contribution in whatever amount you are able.

For more information and sponsorship opportunities for Honor Flight of South Carolina call 803.582.8826.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!  We are in need of donated wheelchairs for use by our veterans on their Honor Flight.  Please contact Ron Saxton at 803-409-8935 (cell) or 803-932-9481 (home).  He may also be contacted by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Honor Flight of South Carolina ::  2010 Board of Directors

Bill Dukes Chairman	Charles Murray, Jr. Medal of Honor Recipient Honorary Co-Chair	Andre Bauer South Carolina Lt. Governor Honorary Co-Chair

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An Amazing Thing

"An Amazing Thing" I was sitting at Gate 3 of the Southwest Airlines terminal in Baltimore, Maryland, awaiting my return flight to Oklahoma City when my quietude of reading was disturbed by loud, prolonged clapping. Although I continued to read, I wondered what the noise was about and looked over my shoulder toward the disrupting sounds. Glancing between the celebrants, all I could see was a slowly moving line of red ball caps gliding along at a lower level than the standing crowd....

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Honor Flight - A Trip To Remember

  An Honor Flight - A Trip to Remember Local World War II vets recently took a trip worthy of remembering.  On April 21, locals Houston Jones, Buddy Andrews, Gordon Leslie, Arthur Schlock, Dick Morton and Doggett Whitaker were among a group making the day trip to Washington, D.C. The  Honor flight Network was created to fulfill the dreams of World War II veterans and those who served in the in the Korean and Vietnam wars to visit “their”...

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HBO Special: The Pacific Tribute Campaign

 

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Military music arches over Columbia

Contributed by Palmetto Artifacts Veteran band man Paul Pickens orchestrated musical military history July 12-13, 2008. For seven years Pickens, a WWII tuba player, has organized the WWII 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division Band reunion in Columbia, usually in spring. “When one of my contacts at Fort Jackson told me the 242nd guard band, now headquartered in New York, would be the post‘s summer replacement band,...

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Poem by Althea Stewart

Soldier Strong Some of you gave unselfishly
Some of you gave relentlessly
Some of you even die unnecessarily
From dusk till dawn
You stayed the course
Only to make sure
The Red White and Blue
Stayed true Throughout the years
From WW1 to now the present Iraq
You stood tall and strong
Never once looking back
You wear that uniform
With great pride for many
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Group helps vets see war memorial

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(803) 774-1270 In April 2004, nearly 60 years after the end of World War II, the National WW II Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., to honor the more than 16 million men and women who have served, more than 400,000 who died and everyone who supported the war from home. Veterans are dying every day...

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Flights to DC Honor WWII Vets

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(803) 771-8495 Group raising money to offer free trips to war memorial in Washington Each day, about 1,400 World War II veterans nationally pass away, most without ever visiting the memorial in Washington erected in their honor. Now, a new group -- Honor Flight of South Carolina -- wants to remedy that. They are...

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Columbia Man Helps Veterans Visit WWII Memorial in DC

Story by Jennifer Wilson (since moved on from WIS-TV) A Columbia man has started a campaign to bring Midlands veterans to the World War II Memorial in the nation’s capital. “It’s one of the most beautiful monuments I’ve ever seen,” says Bill Dukes, Jr. Bill Jr. has founded a local chapter of the national group “Honor Flight” that raises money to take World War II veterans for free...

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Bill Dukes' Inspiration for forming Honor Flight SC

No son could have been prouder of his father than I was as I stood at his side with our families surrounding us at the World War II veteran’s Memorial in Washington DC. It was a hot muggy day in June, as we stood there taken in completely by that special moment. I tried to imagine the thoughts that had to be racing through my father’s mind. Now, at age 93, he stood proud and erect reflecting back on the heroic actions of young Sergeant William E. Dukes,more than 60 years ago when...

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