World War Two Veterans Visit Tributes To Their Sacrifices |
(Posted: 10/16/08)
Rebekah Allen
rallen@pnj.com
They are called the "Greatest Generation."
For their bravery and their valor. For winning a war and saving nations. And for the stories they have left as their legacy.
On Wednesday, the second Emerald Coast Honor Flight brought 101 Panhandle World War II veterans to the nation's capital to see the memorials built in their honor.
"Every generation has its heroes," said Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Chumuckla, who met the plane. "But in World War II, if these men and women had not done what they did ... the world would be a different place. It was millions of men and women who crossed seas to places many had never heard of and made the world what it is today."
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