Honor Flight San Diego honored World War II veterans, as well as vets from the Korean and Vietnam wars, at a ceremony at Liberty Station Sunday.
Hundreds of people attended the celebration commemorating the end of World War II. Veterans told ABC 10 News they enjoyed being around each other while remembering their service together.
"We all have something in common," Albert Breland, a Vietnam War veteran, said."There's nothing like being with veterans." Honor Flight San Diego takes veterans on trips to Washington, D.C., to see memorials commemorating their service. But on Sunday, the organization has numerous veterans in the same room, celebrating the end of World War II."I'm here for the ones who didn't come back," he says. Gurney took an honor flight to Washington, D.C. too. He's happy to be at Liberty Station to share and listen to stories.From a different generation and a different war, Rick Mcilmoil drove down to San Diego from Los Angeles with a newspaper. The Vietnam vet showed off his 1945 newspaper from the night the U.S.
Honor Flight is also collecting letters and cards for the 90 war veterans who are going on that trip.
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