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16 million american men and women who served in world war ii. in fact, today 1 out of every 4 americans over age 75 is a veteran. many of them are here today. they are surrounded by 56 beautiful granite columns meant to symbolize the 48 states at the time in addition to the seven u.s. territories and the district of columbia, which stood together in an unprecedented showing of wartime unity. by the time that memorial was dedicated in 2004, many of the veterans were too ill, too old, or too poor to travel to see it. the following year a man in ohio who worked with aging veterans decided to do something about that. he asked one of his patients if it would be all right if he personally flew him to d.c. to see the memorial. that man broke down, cried, and accepted the offer. that moment led to the founding of what is now known as the honor flights network. ....

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