The Brief
- The Honor Flight of West Central Florida brought 75 Tampa Bay area veterans to our nation’s war memorials.
- For the Vietnam veterans, it proved to be a day of thanks and a journey of healing the war within many of them.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The path to healing is never straight, nor short. But, a pre-dawn direct flight to our nation’s war memorials in Washington, D.C. may be the exception.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, so for 75 Tampa Bay area veterans invited along by the Honor Flight of West Central Florida, it proved to be emotional for each of them.
The backstory:…