May 22, 2013 

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Korean War Vets of Brookland-Cayce

The State     Korean War vets of Brookland-Cayce High ‘honored’   Published: April 27, 2013   By JEFF WILKINSON — This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   On...

Honor Flight to be recognized by National Aviation Hall of Fame

Posted: 11:47 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 Honor Flight to be recognized by National Aviation Hall of Fame By Barrie Barber DAYTON — Honor Flight Network will join the ranks of Earth orbiting and moon walking astronauts, the Tuskegee Airmen and the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders at the National Aviation Hall of Fame. The organization that flies veterans to Washington, D.C., from throughout the nation to tour monuments and memorials in the nation’s capital...

World War II veterans unite


Lou Fowler (left) with Jim Allen World War II veterans unite September 06, 2012

It was a reunion that was 67 years in the making for Columbia’s Lou Fowler and Aiken’s Jim Allen.  That reunion happened Wednesday during an orientation for the Sept. 26th co-op sponsored Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
Fowler, a former World War II prisoner-of-war, was speaking to the gathering of veterans and their guardians about his experiences as...

Veterans take Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.


S.C. veterans gather at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C Veterans take Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
September 28, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nineteen electric cooperatives joined Honor Flight of South Carolina yesterday to fly 85 veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorial built in their honor and other historic sites. It was the second co-op-sponsored flight this year in honor of South Carolinians who fought in World War II. This...

Honor Flight of South Carolina Mission and History

Honor Flight of South Carolina is a “hub” of the Honor Flight Network and was founded by Bill Dukes in July 2008. Earl Morse in Ohio founded the Honor Flight Network in 2004. The first flight for WWll veterans from South Carolina was in 2007 and organized by the mayor of Simpsonville.

There are now four groups in South Carolina that are participating in the Honor Flight program – Columbia, Charleston, Greenville-Spartanburg and Myrtle Beach.
A charter flight takes the WWll Veterans to Washington, DC so that they can see and experience their WWll Memorial. They also enjoy a tour of DC and visits to the Korean, Vietnam and Iwo Jima memorials and monuments. The WWll Veterans are also special guest at Arlington Cemetery and they observe the Changing of The Guard at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier. WWll Veterans do not pay for the one-day trip.

Guardians accompany the WWll Veterans on the flights and those wishing to be a guardian pay $500 for the honor of being a caretaker for the WWll Veterans. Medical personnel are also part of the travel group.

The goal of Honor Flight of SC is to provide an opportunity for every WWll Veteran in South Carolina who has never had a chance to visit their Memorial an opportunity to do so.