Published by admin on Tue, 12/07/2021 - 5:19pm
Traveling 1,500 miles in 19 hours would tire even the spryest of souls, but for 81-year-old Earl “Red” Folkestad, of Braidwood, he said he’d do it again in a heartbeat.
He was among seven area war veterans aboard an Honor Flight Chicago where they were whisked away to Washington, D.C. to visit the nation’s war memorials.
Honor Flight Chicago’s mission is “to honor, thank and inspire by building awareness and appreciation of the debt of gratitude America owes its veterans for their service and sacrifice for the nation.”