Flight #38 – October 21, 2019

109 Veterans (4 Korea & 105 Vietnam Eras)

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3,576 TOTAL VETERANS FLOWN ON FLIGHTS I-XXXVIII 2010-2019; (1,045 WWII; 1,205 KOREA; & 1,326 VIETNAM)

TOTAL GUARDIANS FLOWN ON FLIGHTS I-XXXVIII (2010-2019) 2,140

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Welcoming Home our veterans in their PJs

A special surprise at the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Marine Silent Drill Team performance

 

Two Happy NFHF Medics     Drs. Gossett & Weber

 

One of the newer memorials

Nora has told people she wants to be like James and run the honor flight when she grows up, her 8th welcome home!

A new view of the Air Force Memorial

Closure

 

 

Thank You Cards, Letters & Emails

Keith McDowell

David Mattingly

In Fatih Community Foundation

In Honor of Korea Veteran Louis Kraus Jr Mission 25, September 12, 2016

In Honor of Mrs Dorothy Woller

In honor of NFHF volunteer Mike DeSciscio

In Honor of Vietnam veteran Don Gamble Mission 3, September 2, 2019

In Honor of Vietnam veteran Terry Wanish Mission 38, October 21, 2019

In Honor of WWII Veteran Russell Stahnke Mission 4, May 2, 2011

In honor of Larry Lomax

American Legion Aux Post 274 Wisconsin Rapids

Honoring WWII Veteran John C Kelly Mission 30 October 9, 2017

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Donald A Gamble Mission 37 September 2, 2019

Honoring Veteran Dick Woelfle

Honoring Veteran Charles Romanowski

Honoring Vietnam Veterans James Brown Mission 38 October 21, 2019

The Gary Plath Family

Raymond Asbjornson

Family of Mike DeSciscio

Charles Garski

Koutre Family Fund Community Foundation of Central WI

Ron Gebert

Rich Anderson

American Legion Post 272 Butternut

Dale Van Mieghem

Adams Columbia Electric Cooperative

Dennis Meverden

Associated Bank of Stevens Point

Bob and Marlene Holtz

St John Lutheran School 7th grade Merrill

Paul Lehman Rosholt Fair

Community United Church of Christ

Rhonda Haas

Judy Gamble

Camp Jorn YMCA, Manitowish Waters

BSA Troop 458

Kieth & Kathleen Gorichs

Phillips Elementary School

Carolyn Viergutz & Family

Honoring Vietnam veteran James Brown Mission #38 October 21, 2019 

Horst Uttech Family

Honoring Michael Haller Honoring WWII veteran Elden E Engelman 5

51 Homemakers of Nekoosa

Margaret Hlava

Church Mutual Employees

North Elementary School Antigo

Associated Banks of the Northwoods

USW 2-460 of Tomahawk

Dar and Mike Borchardt

Auburndale Community Leadership Class

Gordon Brothers

Honoring Buzz Rosenau

Honoring Air Force Vietnam Veteran Larry Vonderheid Mission 35 April 8, 2019

Honoring Marine Vietnam Veteran Allen Syring Mission 34 October 15, 2018

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Donald A Gamble Mission 37 September 2, 2019-2

Honoring Air Force Vietnam Veteran Marvin Konrardy Mission 36 – May 13, 2019

Honoring Korea Veteran Earl Dittmar Mission 18 – October 6, 2014

Honoring Air Force WWII Veteran Robert Plowman Mission 4 May 2, 2011

Honoring Air Force Vietnam Veteran Larry Vonderheid Mission 35 April 8, 2019-2

Deerbrook Rumble Applied Laser Technologies

Merrill & Tomahawk Community Banks

Lady Knights of Columbus, Marshfield

Dale Schoepke

AMVETS Post 3929 Wausau

Honoring WWII Veteran John C Kelly Mission 30 October 9, 2017-2

Honoring veteran Kenneth Rayeske

Honor WWII Pearl Harbor surviver Will Lehner Mission 2, October 4, 2010

In honor of NFHF volunteer Mike DeSciscio2

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Buzz Rosenau Mission 30 – October 9, 2017

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Charlie Sapp Mission 28 – May 22, 2017

Pam and Whitey Steinagel

Oak Park Dental of Merrill

Vietnam Veterans of Wisconsin

Tom Lee

Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School Football Program

Tomorrow River Business Association

Rothschild Weston Lions Club

Delta Dental

MOPH Aux Unit 550

Honoring Vietnam Era veteran Larry Vonderheid Mission #35 April 8, 2019

Honoring WWII veteran Daniel R Peters, Sr Mission #28 September 11, 2017

Honoring Pastor Bob Linaberry

Honoring Korea veteran John “Jack” Vander Sanden

Honoring WWII veteran Ervin R Schmoll Mission #11 April 22, 2013

Greenheck Fan Employees

Darlene K Mattson

Richard and Karen Olsen

Knights of Columbus St Paul Church Council 12793

Trinity Lutheran Church Birnamwood

Butternut Trail Midgets ATV Club

Honoring Leon Mondloch Korean Veteran Mission #21 September 28, 2015

Honoring Ken Rayeske Laverne A Neve WWII Veteran Mission #4, May 2, 2011

Conrad Favor

School District of Auburndale – Kaitlin

Patricia Adamski honoring WWII Veteran Will Lehner Mission #2 Ocotber 4, 2010

Aqua Finance Inc

Lake Arrowhead SnoBlast

Helen Puro

Honoring Miles Richmond

Honoring Don Gable

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Thomas Wendt Mission #37 September 2, 2019

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Justin Childs Mission #38 October 20, 2019

Honoring WWII & Korea veteran Donald Jagler Mission #6 May 17, 2011

Antigo Middle School

Honoring John Hodgson

Honoring Raymond Groshek Korea veteran Mission #27 April 24, 2017

The Wildes

Honoring Korea Veteran Leon Mondloch Mission #21 September 20, 2015

American Legion Post 471 Hatley

KOC 4th Degree Assembly 1449 Wausau

Lake Camelot Association

VFW Post 2490 Ladysmith

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Honoring Donald J Smith Korea Veteran

Honoring Donald Jagler WWII veteran Mission #6 October 17, 2011

Honoring Eugene R Diercks Korea Veteran Mission #22 October 12, 2015

Honoring Will Russell Stahnke WWII veteran Mission #4 May 2, 2011

Honoring Will Lehner WWII veteran Mission #2 October 4, 2010

Honoring Donald Fryman Korea veteran Mission #28 September 11, 2017

Honoring Thomas Wendt Vietnam veteran Mission #37 September 2, 2019

Honoring Korea Veteran Donald Jackson Mission #9 September 24, 2012

John Clark, Mission #36

Honoring Korea Veteran John C Hodgson

Honoring Richard DeHart

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Richard Rhyner Mission #30 Ocotber 9, 2017

Honoring Will Lehner- WWII veteran Mission #2 October 4, 2010

Honoring Melvin Heintz Korea Veteran Mission #28 September 11, 2017 Honoring Howard Zell Korea Veteran Mission #12 May 13, 2013

Honoring Chester Radtke

Honoring Mark E Metz Vietnam Veteran Mission #22 October 12, 2015

Blue Knights WI Chapter XIII Manitowish Waters

Honoring Fred Pester Korea Veteran Mission #10 October 22, 2012

Marathon County Dept of Social Services 2

Honoring Norman O Skare WWII Veteran Mission #6 October 17, 2011

Bauman Nursery of Edgar

National Information Solutions Cooperative

Rita Blenker

Wausau Coated Products Fund

Kevin Ashby-DeerBrook Rumble

Honoring Norman Skare WWII Veteran Mission #6 October 17, 2011

Stressless Charity of Choice

Honoring Robert Pliska Vietnam Veteran Mission #34 October 15, 2018

Honoring Jack J Schlotthauer Vietnam veteran Mission #26 October 10, 2016

Honoring Betty Stepanik

Honoring Vietnam VeteransRobert Pliska Mission #34 October 15, 2018

Medford Cooperative

Honoring George HW Bush, John McCain, Vietnam Veteran Larry Boring and Korea Veteran Richard Lau Mission #19 April 27, 2015

Honoring Korea Era Veteran Gregory Wipfli Mission #12 May 13, 2013

Honoring Korea veteran Keith Gorichs

Honoring Vietnam veteran Jack Schlotthauer

Jeff Gulan

Honoring veteran Robert Mercier

Honoring Vietnam veteran Donald James Curtis

Honoring Korea Veteran Eugene Plitt

Honoring Vietnam veteran Thomas Wendt Mission #37 September 2, 2019 2

Honoring Robert Koskey

Honoring Will Lehner WWII veteran Mission #2 October 4, 2010 book sales

Honoring John C Hodgson

Rocky Erickson

VFW Aux Post 5729 Medford

Honoring Korean Veteran Alden Andersen Mission #23 April 18, 2016

American Legion Riders District 8 WPS

Lynn J Thompson

Honoring veteran Robert Koskey

Honoring Vietnam Era veteran Darryl Clauson Mission #30 October 9, 2017

Honoring Vietnam Era veteran Don Buntrock Mission #28 May 22, 2017

Honoring Jeff Matzke

Honoring Korea Veteran Alden Anderson Mission #23 April 18, 2016

Honoring Korea Veteran Keith M Gorichs Mission #25 September 12, 2016

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Nicholas Ferk

Honoring WWII Veteran Lawerence C Mansavage Mission #2 October 4, 2010 & Paul M Wiegert

Honoring WWII Veteran Robert A Plowman Mission #4 May 2, 2011

Honoring Scott J Kowalski

Honoring Steve Olson

Honoring Korea Veteran Tom Forbish Mission #20 May 11, 2015

Honoring Nicholas J Ferk

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Terrance F Nowinski Mission #26 October 10, 2016

Honoring Korea Veteran Karl Williams

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Douglas Matthiae

Honoring Korea Veteran Ken Weis Mission #11 April 22, 2013

Honoring Korea Veteran Thomas H Forbish Mission #20 May 11, 2011

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Dale Millard Mission #28 May 22, 2017

Honoring WWII Veteran Gerrit Van Der Geese Mission #29 September 11, 2017

Wayne and Mary Viergutz

Marathon County Dept of Social Services (2)

Back Country Brewing

Sage Sisters of WI

Kevin and Gail Baumgartner

Marshfield Bridge Club

John & Melanie Wiltse

Honoring Vietnam veteran Nicholas J Ferk

Honoring Korea veteran Thomas Forbish Mission #20 May 11, 2015

Honoring LeRoy Tasche Honoring

Robert Plowman WWII veteran Mission #4 May 2, 2011

Honoring Mark Zulliger, NFHF Guardian Mission #5 September 19, 2011

VFW Post 2490 Ladysmith (2)

Honoring WWII veteran Robert Potter Mission #10 October 22, 2012

Church Mutual Employee Association

USW 2-460 Tomahawk

Tomorrow River Business Association (2)

PJ Jacobs Junior High School

Honoring WWII Veteran Robert W Miller Mission #8 May 7, 2012

Honoring WWII Veteran Carl Penno Mission #6 October 17, 2011

Honoring Richard A Anderson

Honoring Korea Veteran Frank Koeller Mission #15 April 14, 2014

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Dale Millard Mission #28 May 22, 2017

Honoring Korean Veteran Ken Weis Mission #11 April 22, 2013

Honoring Korea Veteran Bill Johnson Mission #36 May 13, 2019

Honoring WWII Veteran Martin Burgess Mission #11 April 22, 2013

Honoring WWII Veteran James Schlatterer Mission #8 May 7, 2012

Honoring WWII Veteran Carl E Penno Mission #6 October 17, 2011

Honoring Korea Veteran Carl D Willett Mission #38 October 21, 2019

Honoring WWII Veteran Richard Evansen

Honoring Korea Era Veteran Robert Drews Mission #17 8 September 2014

Honoring WWII Veteran Otto Erdrich Mission #6 October 17, 2011

Nativity Catholic School Rhinelander

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Bernard J Seaman Mission #38 2 September 2019

Honoring Korea Veteran Clarence Ostrowski Mission #15 April 14, 2014

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Bernard J Seaman Mission #37 September 2, 2019

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Brent Schaefer Mission #28 May 22, 2017

Honoring WWII Veteran Leonard Englert Mission #3 April 18, 2011

Honoring Korea Veteran David A Traska Mission #8 May 7, 2012

Honoring WWII Veteran Allen Krueger Mission #17 September 8, 2014

Honoring Korea Veteran Robert A Drews Mission #17 September 8, 2014

Catholic Financial Life Chapter 309

Honoring Korea Veteran David A Traska Mission #8 May 7, 2012 (2)

Honoring Don Skare

Honoring Korea Veteran Robert A Drews Mission #17 September 8, 2014 (2)

Loyal Car Show

Honoring WWII veteran Jack Barr Mission #10 October 22, 2012

Honoring WWII veteran William Matre Mission #3 April 18, 2011

Marlis Mathison

Honoring Korea Era veteran Herbert Simon Mission #16 May 19, 2014

Honoring Vietnam Era veteran David Tanck Mission #32 May 21, 2018

Honoring Korea Era veteran Clarence Ostrowski Mission #15 April 4, 2014

Honoring Korea Era veteran DuWayne Poppy

Honoring Korea Era veteran Russel O Welch Mission #14 October 21, 2013

Honoring Korea Era veteran Laverne Schultz Mission #18 October 6, 2014

Honoring WWII veteran John McMurray Mission #6 October 17, 2011

Honoring veteran Jim Reigel

Wesley United Methodist Church of Marshfield

Lambda Mastor Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi

Intercity Bank of Schofield

LaVerne A Neve

National Information Solutions Cooperative (2)

Jessica Dahl

Honoring WWII Veteran Jack Barr Mission #10 October 22, 2012 (2)

Kate Smith

Ed and Kathy Steger

Rita Blenker Century 21 Gold Key Realty, Inc.

Medford Cooperative (2)

Working Dogs of NC WI

Honoring Korea Veteran LaVern G Schultz Mission #18 October 6, 2014

Honoring St Germain Vietnam veterans on the NFHF waitlist Kline, Valentine, Peterson and Hilbert

Honoring Korea veteran Raymond Yach Mission #16 May 19, 2014

Honoring Korea veteran Richard Olsen Mission #14 October 6, 2014 and Vietnam veterans Lyle and Lee Ellenbecker

Honoring members of the Simon Family

Honoring WWII veteran Harry Krumie, Sr Mission #1 April 27, 2010

Honoring WWII veteran William Matre Mission #3 April 18, 2011 (2)

Honoring Vietnam veteran Darryl Clauson Mission #30 October 9, 2017

Honoring Anne Handschke

Honoring Army veteran Roger Elliott

Kristy Brown Friends & Famil of the McCay Family & Plum Lake July 4th Parade

Rita Blenker (2)

Bull Falls Brewery

Grand Lodge of Wisconsin

Kallie Penk

Honoring Vietnam veteran Gregory L Falkowski

Honoring Gene and Joyce Klinger

Honoring Korea Veteran Harold R Else Mission #14 October 21,2013

Honoring Korea Veteran Donald Sedall Mission #28 September 11, 2017

Honoring Lloyd Peterson

Honoring Ted Hines

Honoring Vietnam Veteran Dale Millard Mission #28 May 22, 2017

Honoring Korean Veteran LaVern Schultz Jr Mission #18 October 6, 2014

Honoring Veteran Glenn Arthur Andersen

Honoring Korea Veteran Leo B Thelen Mission #10 October 22, 2012

Honoring Korea Veteran George A Konieczny Mission #12 May 13, 2013

Honoring Korea Veteran Dale Schoepke Mission #8 May 7, 2012

Honoring Korea Veteran Joseph J Swan Mission #19 April 27, 2015

Honoring Korea Veteran Edward Ledvina

Honoring Korea Veteran Robert Jablonski

Honoring Korea Veteran John Jones Jr Mission #35 April 8, 2019

Honoring WWII Veteran Herbert Dobbe Mission #11 April 22, 2013

Honoring WWII Veteran John Barr Mission #10 October 22, 2012

Honoring WWII Veteran Dick Richardson Stars and Stripes HF Alumn

Honoring WWII Veteran Wilbur Voelz and his wife Mavis

Honoring WWII Veteran William Rossman Stars and Stripes HF alumn

Honoring WWII Veteran Warren Eschenbach Mission #1 April 27, 2010

Jean Merrill High School Trap Team

Loyal Car Show (2)

Marathon County Dept of Social Services (3)

John and Melanie

Kallie Penk

Donation in honor of Dale and Crystal Weis

American Legion Post 471 Hatley (2)

Wausau Coated Products Fund (2)

Roger Utnehmer

VFW Aux Post 5729 Medford (2)

Honoring Korea Veteran Michael Hasenohrl Mission #20 May 11, 2015

PJ Jacobs Jr High Student Council

Wausau Paranormal Research Society

Club 51 of Nekoosa

Honoring Dieter Meyer

Honoring Korea Veteran Gordon Schubring Mission #25 September 12, 2016

Honoring Korea veteran Peter J Arendt Jr Mission #11 April 22, 2013

Honoring Vietnam veteran Darryl Clauson Mission #30 October 9, 2017

Honoring Korea veteran Lloyd Peterson

Honoring Korea veteran Gordon C Schubring Mission #25 September 12, 2016

Honoring Korea Veteran LeRoy D Suske Mission #19 April 27, 2015

Honoring Veteran Glenn Anderson

Honoring Veteran Glenn A Anderson

Connexus Cares

Honoring Korea Veteran Gordon Schubring Mission #25 September 12, 2016 (2)

Honoring Veteran Otis A Mehlberg

Honoring Korea Veteran Robert E Nelson Mission #31 April 23, 2018

Honoring Korea Veteran Dale Schoepke Mission #8 May 7, 2012 (2)

Tommorrw River Business Association

Richard A Skroski

Konkol Christmas Dinner

Honoring WWII veteran Robert M Koth Mission #1 April 27, 2010

Mary Dettmering Alpha Eta Chapter

Honoring Korea Veteran Harold Else Mission #14 October 21, 2013

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Thomas Zmuda (on the waitlist)

Honoring Korea Era Veteran Douglas Warner Mission #31 April 23, 2018

Honoring WWII Veteran Lawerence Rosenthal Mission #5 September 19, 2011

Honoring Vietnam Era Veteran Thomas James Babl Sr Mission #35 April 8, 2019

Honoring Korea Era Veteran Robert Nelson Mission #31 April 23, 2018

Dale Vanmieghem

Honoring WWII Veteran Robert M Koth Mission #1 April 27, 2010 (2)

Wesley United Methodist Church Marshfield

American Legion Post 44 Wabeno

Gilbert A and Charlene K Dering Fund

Westboro Fish & Wildlife Club Inc

WI Public Service

Sara Vesel

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society Alpha Eta Chapter

Expressions Ballroom Dance Club

Honoring WWII veteran Lawerence Rosenthal Mission #5 September 11, 2011

Mary Ann Kamps

Honoring John Viergutz

Honoring Vietnam Era veteran Tom Babl Sr Mission #28 April 8, 2019

Honoring Bill Kucil Honoring WWII veteran Henry Steliga Mission #9 September 24, 2012

Honoring Korea Era veteran Daryl K Lighthall

Honoring WWII veteran Leonard C King Mission #21 September 28, 2015

WPS Foundation

American Legion Riders District 11 Eagle River

American Legion Post 153 Pittsville

Catholic Financial Life Marshfield Chapter #309

VFW Post 9536 Mercer

Framke Family

Medford Middle School

Honoring veteran John Viergutz

Donna’s Showboat

Honoring Vietnam veteran Peter H Marsh

Honoring Korea veteran John R Ryan

LaVerne A Neve Mission #4 May 2, 2011

Honoring Dale Schoepke Korea veteran Mission #8 May 7, 2012

Honoring WWII veteran Val Mann Mission #2 October 4, 2010

Honoring Vietnam veteran Allan Selvig Mission #31 April 23, 2018

Judy Berg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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