Never Forget

I remember exactly where I was on 9-11-2001. I was in class teaching at Southlake Carroll Senior High school. We turned on the TV and watched in shock as the events unfolded. Some of my students had parents who were flight attendants and pilots for American Airlines but fortunately none were on those fateful flights.

In the years since, let's not forget the men and women who have given their lives serving our country in the military.  God Bless the USA!

Meet Corporal Roland Brucks

Honor Flight Fort Worth will be taking 2 flights to Washington, DC in October to see the WWII Memorial. Marine Corporal Roland Brucks will be on the October 16 flight.

Marine Corporal Roland Brucks fought at in the battle at Iwo Jima.

A vet returns home after the war with a new realization . . .

As I listened to some of the WWII vets who had gone on the May 2012 flight with Honor Flight Fort Worth, I was touched by this observation from one of the vets about mutual sacrifice: "“I remember when I came home from the war, my aunt who had reared me as her own was there to meet me.  The first thing she said was, ‘Oh, both arms and both legs!’ It was only then that I realized the great sacrifice on the part of those who could not go.  I kept that in mind as I began to rebuild a civilian life. God bless all American Patriots!”

Sandra Shelton, HFFW volunteer

Meet LT JG Ed Carr, Jr

Honor Flight Fort Worth will be taking 2 flights to Washington, DC in October. Our first flight will be October 10. Meet one of our veterans on that flight!

LT JG Ed Carr, Jr  USN

He served in the PTO in the Navy aboard the USS Auburn AGC10 as Fighter Direction Officer, CVE66 White Plane. He fought at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Update on SSGT Sayers

SSGT is home from the hospital and resting comfortably on hospice care. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers!

Thoughts and Prayers for Joe Sayers

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of SSGT Joe Sayers, a Vietnam Veteran, who went on our May 9 flight to see the Vietnam Memorial. He is in the hospital with complications from an illness.

From our photographer

From our photographer, Joel Christopherson:

Last night was one of those sunsets when you feel like you're alone in a huge room, and a Master Painter like has a beautiful canvas painting on the walls and ceiling. Then, slowly, He begins painting, first the ceiling, then the walls... What was a beautiful work of art transforms into something even more beautiful, more poignant. Slowly the room is shaped into a living masterpiece. As the colors dance around the room, I felt smaller and smaller. I felt as though the canvas was something much bigger than my imagination. He created something so beautiful I could only stand in awe.