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Honor Flight Central Florida flies veterans to D.C. memorials free; seeks volunteers and donations
Summary
Honor Flight Central Florida, a volunteer-led nonprofit, flies roughly 60 veterans per mission to Washington, D.C., memorials at no cost to veterans. Each mission costs about $60,000; the group prioritizes World War II and Korean War veterans and accepts applications at honorflightcentralflorida.org.
Landy Dunham, chairman of Honor Flight Central Florida, told Operation Outreach that the volunteer-run nonprofit flies about 60 veterans per mission to Washington, D.C., giving them a full day of visits to national memorials at no cost to the veteran.
"The entire mission is to honor those veterans that have gone before us," Dunham said, describing Honor Flight's focus on World War II, Korean War and Vietnam-era veterans. He said the Central Florida hub opened in 2012 and that Honor Flight began as an effort out of Ohio after the World War II Memorial was completed.
Dunham outlined a three-part process leading up to a flight: an orientation session for veterans and assigned guardians, a flight day that…
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