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Flight #31 – April 23, 2018
Mission #31 was totally funded by the Hodag Country Festival 2017!
88 Veterans (5 WWII, 33 Korea & 50 Vietnam era) Roster is below
TOTAL VETERANS FLOWN ON FLIGHTS I-XXXI(2010-2018) 2,835 (1,027 WWII, 1,141 KOREA, & 667 VIETNAM)
TOTAL GUARDIANS FLOWN ON FLIGHTS I-XXXI (2010-2018) 1,733
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Short Hodag Country Festival 2017 Videos: Video #1 Video #2 Video #3
“any image you would like just 1) click on the thumbnail 2) a large image will come up. Download that image. 3) play hard…Play happy… Reminder the section page headers are under the title, click on each section to see another series of photos (1,483 photos) Thanks. Dave”
Dawn Eckert, Dixie Nieuwenhuis & Gerri Van Harpen (Hodag Country Festival owners) each receiving a Boeing 737 with their “name” on it (as we promised!) from NFHF’s Co-Founder & President Mike Thompson
Waiting to give Grandpa a Hug
The night before the flight this Vietnam veteran wrote a letter to his buddy (name is on the Wall) & then read it to him with his guardian/Medic holding him (the medic, Dr. Nelson’s letter is below)
Flags of our Heroes Ceremony for a cousin, Wayne Krueger; a brother, John Lang & a wife’s grandfather, Orville Earl Heide
Thank you letters/notes/emails:
PJ Jacobs Junior High Student Council, Stevens Point
Doug Despins’ Family Honoring Doug Despins Flight #21 September 28, 2015
Paula Raymond Honoring Doug Despins Flight #21 September 28, 2015
Marlin Block Honoring Harry Krumrie, Sr Flight #1 April 27, 2010
Marshfield Clinic Health System Honoring employee, Betty Boulieu
Tom & Sandy Honoring Will Jerue Flight #16 May 19, 2014
Harold Dubinski & Patti Thorn Honoring Will Jerue Flight #16 May 19, 2014
American Legion Post #358, Colby
Florence and Jerry Ziegel Honoring Stanley Mijal Flight #6 Oct 17, 2011
Larry and Karen Erman Honoring Harry Krumrie, Sr Flight #1 April 27, 2010
Michael and Dawn Hull Honoring Roy Syring Flight #16, May 16, 2016
Fred and Lynn Lintereur Honoring John Jesse Flight #7 April 23, 2012
Amy Boudreau and Jane McKellep Honoring Lloyd Burgoyne Fight #17 Sept 18, 2014
The Stan Mijal Family Honoring Stanley Mijal Flight #6 Oct 17, 2011
Rick Stevens Honoring Roy Syring Flight #16, May 16, 2016
Dorothy Sparby Honoring Roy Syring, Flight #16, May 16, 2016
The Kelly Family Honoring Will Jerue Flight #16 May 19, 2014
Alan Lewis, White Bus Tour Guide
Janice Matis Honoring Roy Syring Flight #16, May 16, 2016
Donald Beese Honoring Doug Despins Flight #21 September 28, 2015
Richard Skroski, Flight #23, Honoring Thaddeus Zajac KIA Vietnam
St. Therese of Lisieux’s 7th & 8th Grade Classes
Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, CEO
Robert Larson and Debra Hutchinson
Robert and Frances Davis honoring Roy Cook