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Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight veterans look out over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier inside Arlington National Cemetery Saturday afternoon as they await the Changing of the Guard ceremony.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Veteran James Gormaly, of Fort Dodge, snaps a photograph at the Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. The sculpture is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning photograph by AP Photographer Joe Rosenthal of the second flag-raising on Iwo Jima.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight veterans look out toward the Pentagon during a stop at the Air Force Memorial.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Members of the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight watch the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight medical volunteer ARNP Andrea Larson, salutes as she gets her photo taken with Sid "George S. Patton" Wade, at the World War II Memorial Saturday afternoon. Yes, she warned Patton about the health hazards associated with smoking cigars. Wade's uniform components actually date from the WW II era.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
A National Park Service volunteer bows her head so people behind her can read the name after she helped one of the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight veterans make an etching from the wall.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Navy veteran David Bonin, of Belmond, at left, discusses important issues of the day with fellow Navy veteran Benny Klein, of Earling, at right, as the pair prepare to board the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Saturday morning.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight volunteer Max Stoaks, of Fort Dodge, looks over the Vietnam War Memorial with veteran Myron Cram, of Corwith, during their trip to Washington, D.C. Saturday.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Army veteran Harry Mundt, of Ames, reads his "Mail Call" as Air Force veteran Richard Martin, of Slater, looks over his by the window. The letters, from family and friends, were handed out while the plane was being refueled early Sunday morning after weather forced a diversion to Minneapolis.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Some of the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight veterans and volunteers watch the activity at Dulles International Airport before boarding the plane back to Fort Dodge Saturday evening.

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