For the City Times

WAUSAU – The Never Forgotten Honor Flight organization, Wausau, will fly 15 Korea and 84 Vietnam War era veterans from central and northern Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials that honor their service on May 2.

It’s the organization’s 39th flight since the first Never Forgotten Honor Flight took place April 27.

Seventy-one guardians will accompany the vets on the one-day round trip that departs Central Wisconsin Airport at 6:30 a.m. and is scheduled to return at approximately 10 p.m. The public is invited to the Central Wisconsin Airport to welcome the veterans home Monday night, and Honor Flight officials recommend arriving no later than 8:30 p.m. Free parking for those welcoming the veterans home will be provided. Never Forgotten Honor Flight (NFHF) veteran alumni are encouraged to wear their NFHF-issued clothing – hat, shirt or windbreaker – for the welcome home ceremony.

After the May 2 trip, the Never Forgotten Honor Flight will have flown 3,674 veterans to Washington, D.C. All veterans from the World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War eras are encouraged to submit an at https://neverforgottenhonorflight.com.