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Honor Flight Webquest

Go to each website and answer the questions about that site.

HonorFlight.org

Watch the video at the bottom of the Home page and answer the following questions:

  1. According to the person narrating, the memorial represents what?
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  2. How much does it cost veterans to fly out to see the memorial?
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  3. Which president made the famous speech, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy.” and what war was he referring to?
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  4. Who do the WWII veterans represent?
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  5. Why does Earl Morse say this will be the last chapter in the veterans’ lives?
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  6. How much does a trip cost per veteran? How many veterans are dying each day?
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Click on Honor Flight Network at the top of the page

  1. When was the inaugural Honor Flight Tour?
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  2. Who came up with the idea of the Honor Flight?
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  3. What was his reasoning behind the Honor Flight?
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  4. Why do you think each veteran had the same response to the question of a free of charge trip to the WWII memorial?
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  5. The program presently has ______hubs in ______states.

Greater St. Louis Honor Flight

  1. What is the job of a “guardian?”
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  2. Describe a typical day for these veterans that participate in the Honor Flight.
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Click on “Join Our Team” at the top of the page.

  1. How can you be actively involved with an Honor Flight?
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  2. Why do you think guardians must be able to lift 100 lbs in order to be able to attend the Honor Flight?
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  3. How do I contact the Greater St. Louis Honor Flight in order to participate in an Honor Flight?
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A Hero’s Welcome

  1. Normand is wearing a specific cap that represents the branch of the navy that he went into. What is that unit and explain what they do. This will require a little extra research as to what their role in the military was as it is not in the video.
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  2. Normand’s daughter makes a comment about how her father never mentions what he did in the war when he comes home. Why do you think this is?
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  3. What is a mail call?
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  4. Who was the 41st Honor Flight New England dedicated to?
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  5. Who watches over the “Unknown Soldier” at Arlington National Cemetery?
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