Two University of Tennessee nursing students, both cadets in the Army ROTC program, had the opportunity to learn from and spend time with U.S. veterans whom they escorted on a special flight from Knoxville to Washington, D.C.
HonorAir Knoxville flies East Tennessee veterans free of charge to Washington, where they are escorted to national memorials that honor their service and sacrifice. The program was founded in 2007, and since then, it’s taken over 4,300 veterans on the trip. This flight marked the 35th journey from Knoxville to Washington and carried a group of veterans who were all women.
The two University of Tennessee students, seniors Seth Maynor and Katie McGowan, were the first to represent the school as HonorAir escorts.
Maynor and McGowan each led a group of five to six veterans to sites such as the United States Air Force Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Military Women’s Memorial.