Honor Flight Long Island, the iconic volunteer-run veterans organization, is proud to announce that their Fall flight to Washington, D.C. is scheduled for Saturday, October 5, 2024. This flight will take 46 Long Island veterans to visit their military memorials, meet with service branch representatives, commiserate with fellow veterans and exchange stories. Honor Flight’s mission is to honor fellow Long Islanders who served in the United States Armed Forces to preserve our freedoms, by providing free, one-day trips so they can visit their D.C. memorials. According to HFLI President Bill Jones, “Our Fall Flight includes 43 Vietnam War veterans who will receive long overdue recognition and thanks for their service. They’ll be accompanied on this flight by 3 elder comrades, veterans of the Korean War. What this flight really represents is a ‘Big Hug’ to all of our veterans from Honor Flight, their families and supporters, who make such flights possible,” Jones said. Bill Jones is a U.S. Army veteran and West Point 1972 Graduate.