Veterans Day: A Salute from Southwest

November 11, 2009 | Posted in: Destinations, Holiday Travel, Southwest

Southwest Airlines gave an enthusiastic, flag-waving send-off to a couple dozen WWII veterans who flew free of charge from LA to Washington DC today – to visit the WWII Memorial (well worth a visit).

Southwest reminds us that it has “more than 700 Employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserves.” You can see some pictures of today’s event on the Southwest blog.

2 Responses to “Veterans Day: A Salute from Southwest”

  1. R Geib says:

    Props to Southwest, and to USAirways, AirTran, NW and American, all of which fly WWII vets to DC as part of the HonorFlight (www.honorflight.org) USAir (especially at DCA) and Southwest (at BWI) are just outstanding in their support of the USO and HonorFlight volunteers who meet the vets and send them off after a day of touring the memorials in DC. Thanks also to the TSA personnel, who treat the vets with courtesy and care.

  2. Rick Seaney says:

    R Geib,
    Nice to hear; thanks for writing.
    Rick

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