Hudson Valley Honor Flight Mission 23 Scheduled for Saturday, May 11
WHAT:
Hudson Valley Honor Flight – Mission 23
WHEN:
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Pre-flight Send-off – 6:30 a.m. SHARP (Arrive early)
Welcome Home Rally – 8:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Send Off: 73 Tower Road Hangar, West Harrison, NY 10604
Welcome Home: Main Terminal, 240 Airport Rd, White Plains, NY 10604
Veterans from World War II, post-World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and the Cold War era will depart on Hudson Valley Honor Flight’s Mission 23 to Washington D.C. from Westchester County Airport. All are welcome to honor our heroes and give them the send-off and welcome home that many of them never received but they so rightfully deserve. There will be a total of 72 veterans on this flight. Of them, 18 are World War II or post-World War II; 36 are Korean War veterans; 15 are post-Korean War and Cold War veterans; 3 are Vietnam veterans.
Here is a breakdown of the veterans by county:
New York: Westchester – 52; Putnam – 3; Rockland – 2; Queens – 2; Bronx – 2; Orange – 1; Dutchess – 1; Nassau – 1
New Jersey: Bergen – 1; Sussex – 1
Connecticut: Fairfield – 5; Hartford – 1