Date Mission 38 Arrives Home: September 28, 2014
Flight Number: Southwest Flight 699
Arrival Time: 11:25 am
It will take approximately 20 minutes to help the veterans disembark from the jet.
WELCOME HOME CELEBRATION
Begins approximately 12:00-12:20
Emcee– Rebecca Leclair, Channel 10
Color Guard – RIT ROTC Color Guard
Keynote Speaker: John White, Vietnam veteran
Music: Fairport FD Band
Honor Guard: Patriot Guard Riders
To date, Honor Flight Rochester has flown 1717 total WWII, Korean and Vietnam Veterans.
This flight consists of 45 male veterans:
18 World War II Veterans
25 Korean Veterans
1 World War II & Korean Veteran and
1 Vietnam Veteran.
Mission 38 Veterans By Branch of Service:
12 Navy veterans
22 Army veterans
2 Army Air Corps veterans
3 Air Force veteran
6 Marine Corps veterans
We anticipate the veterans coming through to the crowd at around 11:40. A 30-minute ceremony begins around 12:15PM at the airport ground floor reception room.