To date, 1,004 Vets/Caregivers/Volunteers have taken this trip with us over the past five years (ten trips) to see these Memorials. If you are a WWII or Korean War or Vietnam/Vietnam Era Vet in Shelby County (Ohio), contact us to see how you too can join us on the "Honor Bus."
We just returned from our September 24-26 trip, and really had a great time. There were some tremendous things that took place, and I'll expound on them in subsequent articles. However, the first one I want to present concerns a French lady who was visiting the WWII Memorial. She was looking for a WWII Veteran to meet and talk to. You see, she was about 14 years old or so during the war when American soldiers came thru and liberated their village. The Vet she ran into was Jack Graham, Jr., a WWII Vet who was on our trip. The lady was quite emotional and was just talking and crying all the time. One of her family members translated all of this for the small group gathered around them because she spoke no English. Everyone got the message and it was a very emotional thing for all of the group.
I'm sure this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened there, but it was a first for our group.
As I said, there will be lots of short articles and lots of pictures from this trip coming in the next few weeks. Stay tuned.
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
I'm sure this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened there, but it was a first for our group. 