Highlights from our 115th flight

2024-06-27T21:37:03-05:00

On June 19, 112 senior veterans boarded Southwest Flight 8037 bound for Washington’s Dulles International Airport and their long-awaited Day of Honor, Thanks and Inspiration with Honor Flight Chicago. Four Korean War veterans and 108 Vietnam War veterans comprised that total.

Highlights from our 115th flight2024-06-27T21:37:03-05:00

Jerome and Richard Corcoran: A Band of Brothers

2024-06-25T22:26:45-05:00

The Corcoran brothers grew up on the far south side of Chicago in a family of 11 children. Jerome (Jerry) was number 9 and Richard (Rich) was number 10 of 11 children. There were seven boys and four girls in the family.

Jerome and Richard Corcoran: A Band of Brothers2024-06-25T22:26:45-05:00

Daniel ‘Sarge’ Syniar: ‘A Million-Dollar Wound’

2024-06-25T22:23:59-05:00

Sarge was on patrol in Vietnam walking point with his M-60 down a narrow trail. A tracer round whizzed, cracked, past him to his right. He immediately rotated his body to the left when a second round hit him in the chest exiting through his back just missing his lung.

Daniel ‘Sarge’ Syniar: ‘A Million-Dollar Wound’2024-06-25T22:23:59-05:00

Richard Hanson: Learning lessons in a war zone

2024-06-11T22:35:39-05:00

Lessons learned in a war zone can last you a lifetime, assuming you make it home alive.  Sergeant Dick Hanson learned quickly that taking pictures from the turret of a tank on the front lines of Korea can get you killed. 

Richard Hanson: Learning lessons in a war zone2024-06-11T22:35:39-05:00

Jerome Koutny: Heading into the tunnels

2024-06-11T22:29:35-05:00

Jerome Koutny was sent to Vietnam as an infantryman and then volunteered for one of the more dangerous jobs as a tunnel rat, looking for the enemy by going into their tunnels.

Jerome Koutny: Heading into the tunnels2024-06-11T22:29:35-05:00
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