World War II Veterans are dying at the rate of 1000 per day.  That is not a typo -- 1000 PER DAY.  The WWII Memorial in Washington, DC, opened to the public in 2004.  But most WWII veterans have not seen this memorial honoring their service to all of mankind, and not many have the means or ability to do so ... until now. 

The Honor Flight Network is a  national network of non-profit organizations dedicated to transporting as many United States military veterans as possible to see the Washington, D.C. area memorials of the respective war(s) in which they fought at no cost to the veterans.  The current focus is taking veterans of World War II to the National World War II Memorial, and any veteran with a terminal illness to see the memorial of the war in which they fought.

An Honor Flight chapter for The Villages, Lake Country, Sumter County and parts of Marion County has been formed.

First Flight:  the inaugural flight for the Villages Honor Flight is scheduled for 26-May-2012

You can help by volunteering (lots of opportunities) or by donating (every dollar helps)