I visited was privileged to accompany an Honor Flight over the weekend. You see her first at 1:08, 7:50, 8:41 and at the end. I asked her who the woman is she was accompanying. Joanne’s reply:
“My Vets name is Shirley Hansen. She signed up for the coast guard when she was 21, much to her parents dismay. She was trying to get out of a relationship, and succeeded. Haha. Her tour was happy times because she escorted and did the clerical check-ins for the returning Vets when the war was over. More of the happier times, she says.
She is 89 years old and stayed up the whole time (she said she took a couple power winks) which was close to 24 hrs. We left Naples airport at 4:30 AM Saturday morning and returned midnight”...... view video celebration and be proud