Deerfield Veteran visits World War II Memorial
Local veteran of World War II and Korean War gets a one day honor flight to Washington.
Deerfield’s Joe Pugliese, a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War, recently participated in an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to visit memorials to him and his comrades on the Capitol Mall. The one-day trip sponsored by a non-profit veterans group left Midway Airport for an early morning flight to Washington where they were greeted with a special fire hose salute at Dulles International Airport and transported to downtown Washington. Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more. Pugliese said each of the 90 World War II veterans on the flight were provided with a wheelchair for the day, and an aide was assigned to assist the veterans. Pugliese’s aide was his son, Jim. The average…
Barbara
8:31 am on Thursday, November 22, 2012
Joe is a wonderful citizen of Deerfield who has contributed much to this town and to the country. more ›