Honor Tour to take WWII vets to see D.C. memorial

For years they waited. The generation who fought fascism and came home to build the United States into an economic powerhouse had no national memorial.

World War II veterans waited and watched as other conflicts were recognized. So when finally, in 2004, World War II veterans were honored with a memorial east of the Washington Monument, veterans from all over the country flocked there.

But for every veteran who visited there, many more were unable to.

And that is what gave Rob Callahan of Marble Hill, Mo., the idea to begin the Honor Tour. The tour scheduled for June 21 is an all-expenses-paid trip for Southeast Missouri veterans to visit the National WWII Memorial in Washington.

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