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Three of the Edwards brothers make their way to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Saturday in Washington, D.C. Pictured from left to right: Phil Edwards, of Oak Hill, California, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Norm Edwards, of Otho, a U.S. Army veteran, and Bob Edwards, of Sioux City, a Marine Corps veteran. Kevin Edwards, of Badger, a Marine Corps veteran, was also on the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight.
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Morgan Culp, 18, a senior at Algona High School, pushes Rex Garside, of Denison, a U.S. Air Force veteran, around the National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C., Saturday afternoon. Culp is joining the Air Force after her graduation from high school.
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Leonard Walde, of Westside, a U.S. Army veteran, front, poses for a picture with his wife, Shirley Walde, center, and daughter, Wanda Conway, of Webster City, at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport Saturday morning.
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James Graham, of Webster City, a U.S. Air Force veteran, begins to trace the name of Jerry Dean Hatcher on the wall that makes up the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Saturday in Washington, D.C. Hatcher, a native of Humboldt, was killed in Vietnam in 1967.
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Samuel Sears Jr., of Ida Grove, a U.S. Air Force veteran, pays his respects to the thousands of men who were killed during the Vietnam War at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Saturday. Sears was a journalist in Vietnam from 1969-70.
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James Graham, of Webster City, a U.S. Air Force veteran, displays the name of Jerry Dean Hatcher here. Hatcher was killed in 1967 in Vietnam.
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A button honoring the life of Jon Tumilson, a U.S. Navy SEAL, is displayed on the hat of John Jacobs, of Manson, a U.S. Army veteran. Tumilson is Jacobs’ nephew. Tumilson died when the helicopter he was riding in was shot down in Wardok Province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 6, 2011. Thirty-one American lives were lost that day.
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Brushy Creek Area veterans are welcomed at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., Saturday.
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Gary Hendricks, of Humboldt, a U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force veteran, is thanked as he makes his way through the Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. Saturday.
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Kelly Breedlode, of Vienna, Virginia, holds up a sign welcoming veterans at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., Saturday.
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Theresa McKay, of Holyoke, Massachussets, reacts as her father, Tim Holtan Sr., of Gilmore City, a U.S. Air Force veteran, enters the Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
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Tim Holtan Sr, of Gilmore City, a U.S. Air Force veteran, embraces his daughter, Theresa McKay, of Holyoke, Massachussets, at left, and grandchildren at the Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. Saturday. Eight family members surprised Holtan at the airport during the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight.
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Brothers Norm Edwards, of Otho, a U.S. Army veteran, left, Phil Edwards, of Oak Hill, California, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and Kevin Edwards, of Badger, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, are pictured during a family cookout Friday night at Norm Edwards' house in Otho.
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Colin M. Gray, of Virginia, holds up a sign thanking veterans for their service at the Dulles International Aiport in Washington, D.C. Saturday.
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Richard Bredehoft, a U.S. Air Force veteran, looks on at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Saturday.
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A pair of Brushy Creek Area veterans look over the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Saturday.
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David Siebrecht, of Schaller, a U.S. Air Force veteran center, takes a photo of the Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington, D.C., Saturday evening.
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One of the guards at Arlington National Cemetery marches during the changing of the guard ceremony Saturday in Washington, D.C.
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Natalie Ponturo, 13, of Centerville, Virginia, passes out some Girl Scout cookies to veterans at the Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., Saturday night.
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Russ Mohr, of Fort Dodge, a U.S. Navy veteran, opens an envelope full of letters on the flight back home. Mohr said he has 24 grandchildren.
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Judy Zeidler, of Davenport, at left, Lorraine Tilton, of St. Ansgar and Sonnie Tharp, of Milo, found a comfortable spot on the floor to wait for the arrival of the Brush Creek Area Honor Flight Saturday night at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport. The friends were waiting for Army veteran Ken Tilton.
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Avery Jenson, 2, of Algona, holds her handmade “Welcome Home” sign Saturday night as helped greet the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight veterans upon their return to the Fort Dodge Regional Airport. Her sister, Hannah Nelson, 4, at left, puts the finishing touches on her own sign.
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Isaac Loynachan, 9, of Huxley, along with his brother Noah Loynachean, 10 wore their Christmas pajamas to welcome back their grandfather, Marine veteran Dave Gordon at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport Saturday night. Their sister, Viviana Loynachen, 7, opted for a colorful warm blanket instead.
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With the Fort Dodge Fire Department’s Ladder 1 truck flying the U.S. Flag, the 16th Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight returns to the Fort Dodge Regional Airport Saturday night from its day long trip to Washington D.C.