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CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR SERVICE: Left to right, Louis Giarrusso 100, Norm Parent 100, Domenic Giarrusso 101 years old, and George Farrell pose in front of the Honor Flight quilt at the fundraiser on Sunday, March 3. (Photo by Pam Schiff)
Honor Flight fundraiser brings out a crowd
The St. Mary’s Feast Society Hall was packed on Sunday, March 3 with veterans, currently serving military and their families and friends who support them for a special event: The Rhode Island … more
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AMONG FRIENDS: Veteran John Martino is thanked for his service as he rides the escalator at Green Airport in preparation for Sunday’s Honor Flight to Washington. At left is Pastor Frank Reedy of Sacred Exchange Fellowship in East Greenwich, sponsors of Honor Flight "Hope" Who is a US Marine Corp veteran also participated in the Wreath Ceremony. (Photos courtesy of the RI Airport Corporation)
29th RI Honor Flight ‘incredibly moving experience’ for veterans, their guardians
While it took longer to get back at to Green Airport than hoped for – the flight touched down after 12:30 a.m. Sunday -  the day 35 veterans spent in Washington DC was “an incredibly … more
MEMORY LANES: Retired U.S. Army Sgt. John Tammelleo and Corp. Mario DeAngelis, both of Johnston, are bowling buddies and Vietnam War era veterans. On Sunday, they’ll be among 55 Ocean State veterans aboard a RI Honor Flight to Washington D.C.
BOWLING BUDDIES: Johnston men, both Vietnam veterans, make Honor Flight pilgrimage to memorial wall
The Johnston man, a Vietnam veteran, held a small scrap of paper up to the bowling alley’s fluorescent lights and neon. On the handwritten list he scrawled five names of friends who fought by … more
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98 AND HIGH TECH: WWII Army veteran Roger Desjardins of North Providence, the oldest member of Honor Flight Freedom that left from Green Airport Monday, pulled out his cell phone to accompany stories he was recounting. Behind him is North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi who was Desjardins’ guardian for the flight. (Cranston Herald photos by John Howell)
Veteran defenders of freedom
“Yah, I liked biking. I joined the Narragansett Bay wheelmen,” says Roger Desjardin, who at 98 was the senior member Honor Flight Freedom that left Monday morning at 6:30 from Green … more
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Ten years of truly serving veterans
In a world where it seems we can hardly agree on anything – and particularly amidst a political season where our worst tribal qualities are on all too apparent display – it is nice to be … more
STRIKE UP THE BAND: Signaling that members of Flight Thunderbolt held Oct. 15 are entering the terminal, George Farrell calls on the pipes and drums to play.
A veteran at honoring vets
A chance encounter at the Baltimore/Washington Airport as George Farrell and his family were on their way home from a spring vacation in 2010 changed his live and the lives of about 800 … more
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READY FOR A FULL DAY: World War II Army veteran Rocco Marcaccio, 101, was accompanied by his son, Paul, during the honor flight. Marcaccio and WWII veteran Roland Theroux placed a wreath at the tomb on the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday.
Thunderbolt to Washington
Richard Esposito of Cranston said he couldn’t wait to get to Vietnam. That’s not what one expected to hear from an Army veteran who saw 25 percent of his company, … more
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MAKING DEALS HAPPEN: House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Breeze Airlines Vice President Danny Cox.at Tuesday's announcement that the airline will start offering non-stop service to Los Angeles in June. Cox said the service connects two of his favorite places - Newport, Rhode Island and Newport Beach.
LAX soon to be as close as Green Airport
By ALEX MALM  and JOHN HOWELL  Finally answering the question will Rhode Stand T.F. Green International ever offer non stop service to the West Coast, Breeze Airways announced Tuesday … more
FAREWELL: Kelsey, Maeve and John Garrity wave goodbye to their visitor for the holiday, Helen Ma from China who they hosted as a student four years ago. Ma is now a student at Rutgers University.
More Thanksgiving travelers, but it’s easy flying
By JOHN HOWELL The Thanksgiving weekend is renowned as the busiest period for airline travel. That was hard to tell Sunday afternoon at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. Sunday is traditionally the busiest of the holiday period for air more
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Recognizing our veterans
By REP. JULIE A. CASIMIRO On Saturday, Oct. 30, a large crowd gathered at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in the early morning hours. We were not there to catch flights to locations across the country or to pick up loved ones from more
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BINGO GUYS: Vietnam War vet Billy Hancock, left, served as guardian of WWII vet Peter Ricci. The two first met at Foxwoods and on Saturday they traveled together to Washington. (Herald photos)
SERVICE RECOGNIZED
By JOHN HOWELL What does Foxwoods and bingo have to do with 60 veterans traveling to the Nation's Capital, visiting the monuments to World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars starting before 5 a.m. and returning after 11 p.m. on a rainy Saturday? The more
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