Posted on 12/03/2021 2:37:46 PM PST by DFG
DALLAS - More than 60 World War II veterans from across the country are headed to Hawaii to mark 80 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor. A few are survivors of the attack.
Some veterans said they couldn’t sleep Thursday night. For many, it’s their first time back to Pearl Harbor in 80 years.
They arrived at DFW International Airport Friday morning with a police escort. The airport also held a parade in Terminal D.
About 60 WWII veterans made the trip. Ten of them are from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Three are women and 12 of them are over 100 years old.
"We didn’t get much sleep, that’s for sure. I think for the last two days I haven’t had eight hours of sleep," said Charlie Levesque, a U.S. Navy veteran. "I’m anxious to see what it looks like after 80 years. It will be a little different. Like everything else, it changes."
Levesque traveled from his home in Albany, New York to make the special trip to Hawaii.
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God bless em.
I’ll never forget my first visit to Hickam AFB, back in 1980 or so. The guys who were stationed there told me to take a careful look around at the buildings. I believe it was 9th AF HQ at the time I was there, but I remember one of those buildings still bore the scars of strafing attacks. Trails of pock-marks all up and down the building. Pretty sobering, actually.
Sadly, some probably won’t return alive.
Was at Regan National about 7ish years ago when Honor Flights were coming in.
Great Day!!!
God Bless ‘Em. I hope they have a nice easy trip and a good stay and remembrance in Hawaii.
I remember my late Father telling me about seeing some still smoking ruins when he arrived at Pearl Harbor in early 1942 with the Army Air Corps.
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