WASHINGTON, D.C. - Honor Flights from around the country descended onto the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
In the morning, an Honor Flight from Ohio visited the memorial. In the afternoon, Honor Flights were from Texas, Long Island, NY., and New England (Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts). There were 193 World War II veterans taking part in the New York and New England Honor Flights.
Special guest former Secretary of State Colin Powell stopped by the World War II Memorial to over a quick speech before he went into the crowd of veterans and personally thanked about a dozen veterans for their service.
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