[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23405]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONOR FLIGHT NETWORK

  The resolution (S. Res. 695) commending the Honor Flight Network, was 
agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 695

       Whereas, in 2004, nearly 60 years after World War II ended, 
     veterans of that war and all those who supported the war 
     effort at home received recognition for their service, 
     sacrifice, and victory by the dedication of the national 
     World War II Memorial located on the National Mall in 
     Washington, District of Columbia;
       Whereas many veterans of World War II who fought with 
     courage and valor for the United States are now in their 80s 
     and 90s, and have not had the opportunity, or the ability 
     because of physical or financial limitations, to visit the 
     Nation's capital to see the World War II Memorial for 
     themselves;
       Whereas Jeff Miller of North Carolina and Earl Morse of 
     Ohio created the Honor Flight Network to enable World War II 
     veterans to travel to the Memorial;
       Whereas the Honor Flight Network, now operating in 
     communities in more than 30 States, is a grassroots, 
     nonprofit organization that uses commercial and chartered 
     flights to send veterans on all-expenses paid trips to 
     Washington, District of Columbia;
       Whereas the Honor Flights, as those trips are called, are 
     staffed by volunteers and funded by donations;
       Whereas former Senator Bob Dole, himself a wounded veteran 
     of World War II, led the fundraising campaign to build the 
     Memorial and often greets veterans arriving at the Memorial 
     through the Honor Flight Network;
       Whereas, of the 16,000,000 veterans who served in World War 
     II, an estimated 2,500,000 are alive today, and those 
     veterans are dying at a rate of more than 900 a day; and
       Whereas the Honor Flight Network is working against time to 
     thank the Nation's World War II veterans for their service: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate expresses deepest appreciation to 
     the Honor Flight Network and the Network's volunteers and 
     donors for honoring the Nation's World War II veterans with 
     an opportunity to visit the World War II Memorial in 
     Washington, District of Columbia.

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