Honor Flight Kern County honors Korean War veterans with parade

Around a dozen Bakersfield veterans who served in the Korean War were honored with a parade and a virtual experience on Wed, Aug 9.

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00:00 In today's Veterans Voice, it was just another Wednesday, but for a dozen local

00:04 veterans that served in the Korean War, they were honored with a parade and a

00:08 virtual experience.

00:10 Yeah, this celebration was in place of a trip to Washington D. C. Put together by

00:22 Honor Flight Kern County to remember the local veterans that won't be able

00:26 to go in the fall to our nation's capital due to health reasons. The

00:30 night's event paid tribute to several Korean War veterans. Day is fast upon us

00:36 that unfortunately they won't be here anymore. So it's imperative that we,

00:42 especially a younger generation, it's our responsibility to make sure that

00:48 what they sacrificed, the lives that were given and their personal

00:52 sacrifices that they made are never forgotten.

00:56 Honor Flight Kern County, as you know, an all volunteer organization that

01:01 works to pay tribute to our local vets. The next flight leaves Bakersfield

01:05 October 16th.