![]() ![]() ![]() He did a fantastic job of connecting our club with projects around the globe. When I was president of the group I asked Bob to be my World Community Services chair for the year. I first met Bob as a member of the Rotary Club of Tacoma #8. As WWII survivors have diminished (we lose a thousand veterans each day), honor flights now include veterans from the Korean War and in some specific cases, Vietnam veterans as well. To date, over 100,000 WWII veterans have made this cathartic journey with the Honor Flight Network.” As WWII survivors have diminished (we lose a thousand veterans each day), honor flights now include veterans from the Korean War and in some specific cases, Vietnam veterans as well. We need the support of communities, and businesses in those communities, to continue to provide this opportunity. Puget Sound Honor Flight aims to serve all veterans who are willing and able to make this trip. “The Honor Flight Network recognizes American veterans for their sacrifices and achievements by flying them to Washington, D.C., to view all military branch memorials, at no cost to the individual veteran. My friend Bob Hammar recently called and told me about his Puget Sound Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., and spoke highly of the care and concern that was given to each veteran. (Note: his cap and a coconut from the Pitcairn Islands.) My father spent World War II on a tanker in the South Pacific. If he were alive today, I would make it possible for him to be recognized for putting himself in harm’s way. Twice he stood watching torpedoes rushing towards his ship. Like most men and women who served in the military service during the war, he talked sparingly about what he did.
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