thedrifter
07-11-08, 05:53 AM
Area veterans given Honor Flight
Friday, July 11, 2008
Thirty-two World War II veterans from central Alabama attended an Honor Flight to Washington this week.
The trip, part of a national program begun in 2005, takes veterans, at no cost to them, to see the World War II Memorial, which was dedicated in 2004.
Birmingham's Honor Flight group was organized earlier this year, and the first flight was April 30.
Veterans on this week's trip were: Jesse Aycock, Army Air Corps, north Shelby County; Ernest Beard, Air Force, Trussville; John Boshell, Army, Cook Springs; Thomas Collier, Army, Riverchase; Henry Cooper, Navy, Bessemer; Lowell Dennis, Navy, Vestavia Hills; Robert Dodson, Army, McCalla; Eugene Evans, Army, Alabaster; Thomas Floyd, Army Air Corps, Remlap; Aubrey Franklin, Navy, north Shelby County; Wilmar Freeman, Navy, Homewood; David Hamilton, Navy, Pleasant Grove; David Hogue, Army, Montevallo; Belcher Hopson, Navy, Centreville; James Kendrick, Navy, Gardendale; Frank Lewis, Navy, Irondale; Fred McCrory, Marines, Hoover; Melvin Olshan, Marines, Mountain Brook; Richard Paxton, Navy, Pelham; Frances Phelps, Navy, Wilsonville; Charles Phillips, Air Force, Mountain Brook; James Proctor, Army, Southside; Frazier Real, Army Air Corps, Birmingham; Billy Ridley, Navy, Oxford; Prince Shots, Army, Bessemer; Dennis Smith, Army, Warrior; Hubert Smith, Navy, Altoona; Dewitt Stewart, Army, Shelby; Howard Stovall, Marines, Pinson; Edward Todd, Navy, Center Point; James Vandeford, Army Air Corps, Bessemer; and James Walter, Army and Merchant Marines, Trussville.
Walter Bryant -- More information: www.honorflightbirmingham.com; Amy McDonald, 408-0197; or Pam Nichols, 714-3156.
Ellie
Friday, July 11, 2008
Thirty-two World War II veterans from central Alabama attended an Honor Flight to Washington this week.
The trip, part of a national program begun in 2005, takes veterans, at no cost to them, to see the World War II Memorial, which was dedicated in 2004.
Birmingham's Honor Flight group was organized earlier this year, and the first flight was April 30.
Veterans on this week's trip were: Jesse Aycock, Army Air Corps, north Shelby County; Ernest Beard, Air Force, Trussville; John Boshell, Army, Cook Springs; Thomas Collier, Army, Riverchase; Henry Cooper, Navy, Bessemer; Lowell Dennis, Navy, Vestavia Hills; Robert Dodson, Army, McCalla; Eugene Evans, Army, Alabaster; Thomas Floyd, Army Air Corps, Remlap; Aubrey Franklin, Navy, north Shelby County; Wilmar Freeman, Navy, Homewood; David Hamilton, Navy, Pleasant Grove; David Hogue, Army, Montevallo; Belcher Hopson, Navy, Centreville; James Kendrick, Navy, Gardendale; Frank Lewis, Navy, Irondale; Fred McCrory, Marines, Hoover; Melvin Olshan, Marines, Mountain Brook; Richard Paxton, Navy, Pelham; Frances Phelps, Navy, Wilsonville; Charles Phillips, Air Force, Mountain Brook; James Proctor, Army, Southside; Frazier Real, Army Air Corps, Birmingham; Billy Ridley, Navy, Oxford; Prince Shots, Army, Bessemer; Dennis Smith, Army, Warrior; Hubert Smith, Navy, Altoona; Dewitt Stewart, Army, Shelby; Howard Stovall, Marines, Pinson; Edward Todd, Navy, Center Point; James Vandeford, Army Air Corps, Bessemer; and James Walter, Army and Merchant Marines, Trussville.
Walter Bryant -- More information: www.honorflightbirmingham.com; Amy McDonald, 408-0197; or Pam Nichols, 714-3156.
Ellie