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Honor Flight Network is a non-profit        GA on a Friday morning to Washington D.C.
         organization created solely to honor America’s   returning the following Sunday evening. Each
        veterans for all their sacrifices. They transport   tour includes hotel accommodations, meals,
        our heroes and guardians to Washington, D.C.    snacks, t-shirts and other amenities. The support
        to visit and reflect at their memorials dedicated   team for each trip also includes physicians and
        to honor the service and sacrifices of themselves   medical support. Each trip has special surprises
        and their friends.                                                      for the veterans, con-
            Top priority is given                                               tains the Flags of Our
        to the senior veterans –                                                Heroes Ceremony, and
        World War II and Korean                                                 a private dinner often
        War survivors, along with                                               with a special guest
        those other veterans                                                    speaker. In addition
        who may be terminally ill.                                              to our Washington
        Beaufort veterans partic-                                               D.C. trips, periodically
        ipate through the Savan-                                                they grant individual
        nah Honor Flight hub.                                                   last wishes to veterans
        Honor Flight Savannah                                                   when the opportunity
        has two Beaufort resi-                                                  presents itself. Lastly,
        dents who can assist or answer questions. They   Honor Flight Savannah is an official Honor Flight
        host two (2) annual Deluxe Tour Bus trips a     National Hub and works with Honor Flight
        year with up to 25 Veterans each paired with a   National for special needs requests. We are
        trained guardian. The “flights” depart Savannah,   always here to help make wishes come true.

                               Honor Flight Savannah  .  912.367.9020

              honorflightsavannah.org  .  honorflightsavannahinc@gmail.com


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