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Ron Newsum, of Fort Dodge, left, discusses the Honor Flight for World War II veterans that would leave from Fort Dodge on May 1, 2010. Dean Telford, right, a member of the Humboldt County Veterans Affairs Commission, listens during a meeting at which the flight was announced. As of May 2024, the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight has made 25 trips to Washington, D.C., bringing around 3,500 veterans from 228 Iowa communities to the nation’s capital.