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PHOTOS: First ever all-female Honor Flight visits D.C.

Jamie Forzato | jforzato@wtop.com

September 22, 2015, 1:52 PM

A group that offers older veterans free flights to the nation鈥檚 capital to see war memorials says its first all-female trip was organized with help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
A group that offers older veterans free flights to the nation鈥檚 capital to see war memorials says its first all-female trip was organized with help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
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The first ever all-female Honor Flight arrives at Reagan National Airport. (Courtesy @Reagan_Airport)
The first ever all-female Honor Flight arrives at Reagan National Airport. (Courtesy @Reagan_Airport)
Courtesy @Reagan_Airport
Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
Pat Morganroth, of the Army Nurse Corp and an Ohio resident, visits聽Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
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Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
Virginia Seward, Air Force Nurse Corp and Kentucky resident, is one of the members of the Honor Flight. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
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Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
Bonnie Rost, a Navy Nurse and Ohio resident, arrives at聽Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
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There are 140 women on the Honor Flight. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
There are 140 women on the Honor Flight. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald speaks as part of first ever all-female Honor Flight. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said the two female soldiers who recently graduated from Army Ranger school were able to make history because of the sacrifices these veterans made.”It’s because of you and your fellow women veterans that they were afforded the opportunity to achieve what others believed impossible.”聽 (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
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A group that offers older veterans free flights to the nation鈥檚 capital to see war memorials says its first all-female trip was organized with help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
The first ever all-female Honor Flight arrives at Reagan National Airport. (Courtesy @Reagan_Airport)
Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
There are 140 women on the Honor Flight. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald speaks as part of first ever all-female Honor Flight. (杏吧原创/Jamie Forzato)

WASHINGTON —聽A group that offers older veterans free flights to the nation’s capital to see war memorials says its was organized with help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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