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November vemberr 2022
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zation seeks to transport America’s veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit those memorials dedicated to honor the service and sacrifices of themselves and their friends. The focus is on senior veterans, World War II survivors, along with other veterans who may be terminally ill. Applications are also being taken for veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Lattrez’s wife, Janet, said when she signed her husband up two years ago, there were 900 veterans on the waiting list. She said she was grateful her husband was able to go so soon. “I liked seeing the monuments and Arlington Cemetery,” Lattrez said. “I had never been to Washington, D.C.” Of all the monuments that recognize America’s wars, he said he was moved most by the Vietnam Wall monument. “All of those names,” he recalled.
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