Honor Flight – News Part 2
The second part of the KDRV news spot I think is still too short to fully show all that we did and felt.
Featured in it are several of the vets, and watching it I had to sit here and smile. Then it got to the interview with Jim Cate. He was the gentleman I wrote about, the Marine who was at Iwo Jim and saw the flag raised, and then lost his sight the next day. I watched him give that short interview at the airport, and then I sat and talked with him for awhile afterwords. It was 65 years ago, and all these men still remember names and faces of friends lost…
Also featured in the clip are my uncle, Richard, and my mother Gail. NOT featured is my cousin James who went on this trip as well – he was not featured because he was running around like a madman keeping track of everything from wheelchairs to helping vets with medications and finding them drinks and food. He slept as little as I did and I know he did more than I did. Words cannot convey just how wonderful he is as a person – and if we lived closer we also established we would be friends and hang out (and he’s volunteered to be my concert buddy when I go up to Portland 🙂
It was only four days, but in that time I fell in love with each of these Vets, completely and totally. It is so easy to love good people, because every one I met was so open and honest and friendly. They arrived with open minds and open hearts and we allowed each other into our lives.
Now tomorrow, I have to get cards for all the Vets – I have pictures to send to me 24 new grandpas 🙂