Grateful to experience Honor Flight

I would like to thank the wonderful people who made the April 23 Eastern Iowa Honor Flight a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Many World War II and Korean War veterans were on the flight.

I am a Marine veteran and was fortunate to be able to make this Honor Flight. There are not enough words to express my gratitude for every person who was honoring us. On the flight home we were given a folder with letters from school kids to grown ups. I want to thank the people who wrote to us.

When we landed in Cedar Rapids and upon entering the terminal there was a band and at least 1,000 people cheering and applauding and shaking our hands. All those people - children to grown ups - coming out to honor us at 10:30 p.m. What a great country we live in.

Joe Denemark

Monticello