COLUMBIA — World War II and Korean War veterans were welcomed home after their trip to Washington, D.C. just after midnight Wednesday. The Central Missouri Honor Flight volunteers left at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning with 67 veterans to visit war memorials. They were escorted back to the Courtyard Marriott by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and 248 Honor Flight Riders on motorcycles where more than 100 friends, family and volunteers were gathered.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 | 12:11 p.m. CDT;
updated 3:55 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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