Community invited to welcome Korean, Vietnam veterans

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The community is invited to welcome the Mission 17 Honor Flight of Southern New Mexico and El Paso to honor the nation’s war veterans, according to a news release sent by the City of El Paso.

The City says the community is invited to bring their signs, flags and well wishes at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27 to the main lobby of the El Paso International Airport to greet the veterans as they arrive.

The Honor Flight is bringing home over 30 Korean War and Vietnam War veterans to El Paso after they have visited Washington, D.C. to see different memorials built to honor and remember veterans.

“This trip provides closure, healing and the welcome home these heroes deserve,” read the news release.

For more information visit, HonorFlightNM.org.

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