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white cloud

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Wed Jun 6, 2012, 03:28 PM Jun 2012

Ford Fund Sends World War II Veterans to Visit World War II Memorial in D.C. on D-Day; Announces $20

DEARBORN, Mich., June 6, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ --

•Ford Motor Company Fund is sponsoring two flights for World War II veterans to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on the anniversary of D-Day
•About 75 veterans from Michigan and Kentucky are participating
•Ford also announces a $200,000 grant to the Disabled American Veterans, bringing its total support for veterans to more than $7.3 million since 1974


On the 68th anniversary of D-Day – the landing of 150,000 Allied troops on Nazi-fortified beaches in Normandy – Ford Motor Company Fund is sponsoring two Honor Flights for about 75 World War II veterans from Michigan and Kentucky to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The trips are organized as part of the Honor Flight Network.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/05/4541304/ford-fund-sends-world-war-ii-veterans.html#storylink=cpy

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Ford Fund Sends World War II Veterans to Visit World War II Memorial in D.C. on D-Day; Announces $20 (Original Post) white cloud Jun 2012 OP
very nice... handmade34 Jun 2012 #1
Tell your Father white cloud Jun 2012 #2

handmade34

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1. very nice...
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 03:41 PM
Jun 2012

the last I visited my Dad, he told me he was giving the DAV $60K and so next week I am taking him to D.C. to see the War Memorials (he has never been there, WWII Vet, 84yo and I am very proud of him)

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