Kanesville Honor Guard provides funeral honors, free PTSD counseling and honor flights for Nebraska and Iowa veterans. The group has served at more than 1,000 veteran funerals over the last decade. This year, the organization had to cancel its honor flight for veterans to Washington D.C. because it didn’t have the funding.
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Veterans from Iowa and Nebraska receive PTSD counseling, burial honors and, when there’s funding, honor flights to Washington D.C. from the Kanesville Honor Guard. I’m Southwest Iowa neighborhood reporter, Katrina Markel in Council Bluffs.
I’m here because the mayor is recognizing the veterans’ group with a proclamation. Kanesville leaders hope it will bring attention to their cause.
Mayor Matt Walsh: “Therefore I, honor and commend the Kanesville honor guard of Council Bluffs…”
We recently told you how the Kanesville Honor Guard had to cancel its honor flight to Washington DC for area veterans because there wasn’t enough funding and plane ticket prices have gone up. The honor guard, which is made up of veterans and non-veterans from every generation, also provides other services to veterans including PTSD counseling.