Soo Line: Four years after the journey, Veterans are grateful for Honor Flight

Soo Line by Soo GreimanIt’s been four years since two local veterans took part in an Honor Flight that departed Waterloo’s airport Sept. 22, 2022, but both are still talking about the amazing experience they enjoyed. For many, the trip was the first opportunity they had to visit the memorials in our nation’s capital that were built in their honor. Others discovered the rousing welcome-home celebration they received sharply contrasted with the disrespectful moments they’d been subjected to years before as young soldiers.Among the veterans aboard the jet headed to Washington, D.C., early that September morning were friends Dave Rousselow and Dalton Uhde, classmates who had grown up together at Orange School.

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