Spirit of \u201945 <\/a>is observed nationally on the second Sunday in August to commemorate the end of World War II and recognize the generation that served during the war.<\/p>\nIf there’s any World War II veteran or Rosie the Riveter or their families that are watching this right now, and they’re wondering if they can attend on Sunday, the answer is yes. We always have room for our Greatest Generation,\u201d said Holly Shaffner, Director of Public Relations for Honor Flight San Diego. <\/p>\n
The program begins at 10:30 a.m. and is expected to last about an hour with lunch to follow. <\/p>\n
“We have the Sweethearts of Swing, a band that’s going to come and sing music from the World War II, Vietnam, and Korean War eras; we have the flag presentation, and a short movie clip that asks, ‘Where were you when you heard that the war ended on August 14th, 1945?”
Shaffner said. \u201cEvery single World War II vet knows exactly where they were, and every Rosie that\u2019s going to be there knows exactly where they were when they heard President Truman announce that the war had ended.\u201d<\/p>\n
Honor Flight San Diego has organized the event for the past 10 years as a way to preserve the memories of a generation whose numbers continue to decline.<\/p>\n
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, more than 16 million Americans served during World War II, and only about 31,000 are still alive today. <\/p>\n
Shaffner said the oldest veteran expected to attend Sunday\u2019s event is 106 years old.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year there were about 90 World War II veterans that we called,\u201d she said. \u201cWe see that the numbers are sadly diminishing, so it\u2019s very important for us to keep honoring and thanking those veterans for their service during World War II.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shaffner said everything is free for the WWII Veterans and Rosies, thanks to a sponsorship by Sycuan Casino and Resort. <\/p>\n
To contact Honor Flight San Diego to attend this Sunday, email: info@honorflightsandiego.org or call (800) 655-6997.<\/p>\n
Per its website,<\/a> “Honor Flight San Diego (HFSD) is a non-profit branch of the nationwide Honor Flight Network which consists of over 130 independent \u201chubs\u201d across America. HFSD escorts veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit their memorials using monies donated by individuals, foundations, associations, business owners and corporations who wish to recognize our veterans\u2019 contributions and thank them for their service and sacrifice to the United States and its citizens.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 A local nonprofit is looking for any last-minute WWII Veterans and Rosie the Riveters…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":986136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,312004,82058,299369,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,2512,13967],"class_list":["post-986135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-america","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-honor-flight","tag-honor-flight-san-diego","tag-rosie-the-riveter","tag-san-diego","tag-sandiego","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-veterans","tag-wwii"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117052680927146300","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/986136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}