Freedom Honor Flight No. 31 takes off Saturday with 100 vets to DC

Dave Larsen with Freedom Honor Flight joins to help preview this Saturday's trip, where they will take about 100 veterans for free to see the war memorials in D.C. This is the 31st trip since 2008 the La Crosse hub has been doing the honor flights. Larsen notes one WWII veteran, William Chuchna of Winona, will be on the flight. He turns 99 later this month. We also talk about the second-most important part of the flight — being there to welcome the vets home, which will take place around 8 p.m. Saturday at the Colgan hangar No. 4, where the public, along with the UW-La Crosse marching band, will be there to cheer. Lastly, Larsen discusses how any veteran in their region is eligible for the flights. That region includes (more info here): WISCONSIN COUNTIES: CRAWFORDVERNONLA CROSSEMONROEJUNEAUADAMSBUFFALOTREMPEALEAUJACKSONPIERCEPEPINST. CROIXDUNNCHIPPEWAEAU CLAIRE MINNESOTA COUNTIES: DODGEFILLMOREFREEBORNHOUSTONMOWEROLMSTEDWABASHAWINONA IOWA COUNTIES: ALLAMAKEECHICKASAWFLOYDHOWARDMITCHELLWINNESHIEKSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.