• Article Photo. Craig Streeter & Shellsburg Legion Rider Rob Wright honor vets June 22; next flight is Sept. 14.
    Craig Streeter & Shellsburg Legion Rider Rob Wright honor vets June 22; next flight is Sept. 14.

The Eastern Iowa Honor Flight (formerly North Central Iowa Honor Flight) will send another group of World War II veterans from the area to Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14.

The participants are meeting today in Hiawatha to prepare for the event.  Vinton Today Editor Dean Close has been invited by the Honor Flight to make the journey to D.C. with the veterans this month and to help them tell their stories to their local media.