World War II Memorial

But we used to do head of state lifts, y- y- you can do them from a lot of different places, but one of the main places was flying them from, um, a landing zone at the Reflecting Pool.

And, um, if you're familiar with where the, the current World War II Memorial is, right there, um, y- you come down that street that kind of divides the, um, the Washington Monument and the World War II Memorial.

Well, before the memorial was there, that was kind of a wide-open concrete area, and we used that as a landing zone to pick up, um, heads of state in particular.

You know, we land the helicopter right there.

who you mentioned, we talked about earlier, almost crossed the aisle.

It took her six years, three different Congresses, to get legislation enacted to build the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

I mean, that's got to be the easiest 90-10 issue of all time to honor our World War II veterans.

And it took her six years to get that enacted.

How many legislators, I ask you, have that same determination, tenacity, persistence to take an issue that they care about, and that's probably much more difficult to actually negotiate than the World War II memorial, and spend six years, 10 years getting it done? Listen, there's a lot of good members in Congress.

I'm not trying to disparage them all.

My wife works up there.

Wow.

Someone defaced a World War II memorial.

Yeah, they should be shot, hung, and quartered.

And they're getting felony charges.

Female suspect.

Female suspect.

In World War II Memorial Defacement, arrested, Janine Pirro announces felony charges.

Good.

There was a doctor out in Dayton, Ohio, who had a lot of World War II veterans.

And the World War II memorial was not completed until 2005.

So he wanted to take these clients, his patients, and he belonged to a flying club.

And this group of flying club out of Dayton started flying World War II veterans out to see their memorial.

And then once we get there, then we have buses.

And we get them all loaded up on the bus.

First stop, World War II Memorial.

Across the street is – then we go up to Lincoln, and then we've got right there the Korean Memorial.

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The 81st anniversary of the J-Day, Victory Over Japan Day, and the end of World War II was commemorated today with wreath laying at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. One of the speakers was David Yoho, a World War II U.S.

Merchant Marine Veteran.

And the flight is scheduled to return to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport tonight at 9.30. One of the traditions for the return is welcoming the veterans home.

Those are veterans who are being able to tour the World War II Memorial, the Korean and Vietnam Memorials, Air and Space Museum, and the Arlington National Cemetery.

Anyone wishing to welcome the veterans home should prepare to be at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport at around 7.30 tonight to get good seating and also bring chairs and water.

As the weather will still be hot, the flight is scheduled to return tonight at 9.30. More at WMAY.com. Let's turn now to sports with Darren Pritchett.

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The final Land of Lincoln Honor Flight for the 2026 season has departed with planned stops in the nation's capital at the World War II Memorial, Korean and Vietnam Memorials, Air and Space Museum and Arlington National Cemetery as veterans will be able to tour those landmarks and historic sites.

The flight is scheduled to return tonight at 9.30 to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.

When I first saw their photo, I was wondering if there were a transfer case.

World War II Memorial Vandal, Melissa Farris, Has been indicted on two felony counts from a grand jury and now faces 10 years of prison.

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Kentucky woman indicted on charges.

She damaged a World War II memorial in Washington.

She had spray painted, allegedly, the words clean hands, dirty money on the monument and filled the fountain with bubbles.

Friday, late reporting out of Washington.

The Kentucky woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that she intentionally damaged the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. How dare you, NBC, assume her gender? Melissa Farris is scheduled to be arraigned next week on two felony counts.