Honor Flight Reagan DCA to Milwaukee

[Mean Daddy]

I was flying out of DCs Reagan airport yesterday and the plane at the gate I was waiting at was flying to Milwaukee. I was waiting for the plane to Omaha to replace it. There were about 20+ veterans from Korea, Vietnam etc. all wearing yellow Honor Flight t-shirts. When they started boarding, everyone by our gate started clapping and the rest of the Southwest terminal after realizing what was going on, gave them a standing ovation and clapped for a good 10-15 minutes until the last one made their way into the tunnel.

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[Mean Daddy]

I wish I would have taken a 10-15 second video & if you've ever been to the SW terminal in DC, it's typically jammed packed and Sunday it was rocking when everyone realized what was going on. Several of the veterans were overcome with emotion and there were a lot of handkerchiefs of those boarding and in the crowd. It was a pretty neat, spontaneous event that I was glad and proud to have participated in. A lot of the veterans were taking videos of the clapping crowd.

[maddog55]

Great post !! Thanks for honoring our veterans!!!

[Freee-dame]

I have been in that terminal. It is big. Glad to hear that there was so much support for these veterans. Vietnam veterans especially did not get any kind of public welcome when they came home.

[posterchild]

The round terminal A is the old TWA terminal. I pass through there about 4 times per year and have seen a few honor flights arriving - the applause is constant and loud for 15 minutes or so.

[22for22]

Yep, it is something to see. When I was traveling all the time I was surprised by such an event in Dallas airport. Vets loved it, and I was really touched by the support of everyone else.