ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Dozens of Alaskan veterans disembarked from their Honor Flight journey Saturday to the sounds of bagpipes and airport halls lined with family, friends, and well-wishers.
The latest installment of the biannual Last Frontier Honor Flight continued the organization’s tradition of giving veterans a chance to travel to Washington, D.C. and see various military monuments and locations at no cost to them, before returning to a hero’s welcome.
“It just kind of blew me away,” Navy veteran Allan Howard said of the group’s reception. “I couldn’t believe it. I had no idea that any of this was going to happen.”…