Ashley Abbott is a veteran and advocate

ENGLEWOOD — For Ashley Abbott and her father, retired Army Col. Danny Abbott, it was a peak experience.

On April 28, the two Army veterans took an Honor Flight together from Punta Gorda Airport to Washington, D.C.

At their emotional welcome home later that night, Ashley said, “I wanted this for my father more than anything. He served over 30 years. Two tours in Vietnam, and there was no welcome home…

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