{"id":986777,"date":"2021-11-08T20:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T01:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=986777"},"modified":"2021-11-08T20:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T01:44:15","slug":"korean-war-veteran-receives-grand-reception-upon-return-from-honor-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/korean-war-veteran-receives-grand-reception-upon-return-from-honor-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean War Veteran Receives Grand Reception Upon Return from Honor Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkorean-war-veteran-receives-grand-reception-upon-return-from-honor-flight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=986777&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Korean-War-Memorial-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Korean War Veteran Seaman Ernest Guy Hester, 90, received a grand reception upon returning to South Carolina from an Honor Flight to Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>For four years, Hester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxcarolina.com\/news\/upstate-veteran-receives-heros-welcome-after-returning-home-from-honor-flight\/article_b0f39c60-4030-11ec-8ba0-eba4116ce997.html\">served<\/a> in the U.S. Navy and defended America while fighting in the \u201cKorean War aboard the USS Oriskany aircraft carrier,\u201d according to Fox Carolina.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The nonprofit organization Honor Flight Network selected Hester for a trip to Washington through its Honor Flight Upstate South Carolina regional hub, Fox Carolina reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Upon his return to South Carolina, family and members of JL Mann High School\u2019s Junior Reserve Officers\u2019 Traning Corps (JROTC) welcomed Hester, according to Fox Carolina. \u201cWelcome Home Seaman Ernest G Hester 1951-1955,\u201d read a giant sign while those who greeted him held American flags. Hester took pictures with members of the JROTC and family members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mission of Honor Flight is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorflight.org\/\">transport<\/a> America\u2019s veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials dedicated to honoring those who have served and sacrificed for our country,\u201d the nonprofit\u2019s website states.<\/p>\n<p>The organization provides trips to D.C. for veterans of WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam. Honor Flight \u201calso&nbsp;serve[s] catastrophically ill and injured veterans from all service eras,\u201d the nonprofit\u2019s website states.<\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cI can\u2019t explain it, it\u2019s awesome. It was wonderful,\u201d Hester told Fox Carolina of the trip. \u201cI was so surprised and I have never have been so thrilled in my whole life. It was such a wonderful trip.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI told my boy coming home, I said \u2018I wish the whole world was as friendly as those people was.\u2019\u2026 I\u2019m so thankful for them,\u201d the Korean War Veteran added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those who wish to participate in an Honor Flight can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorflight.org\/regional-honor-flight-hubs.html\">reach out<\/a> to their nearest regional Honor Flight hub on the nonprofit\u2019s website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Korean War Veteran Seaman Ernest Guy Hester, 90, received a grand reception upon returning to South Carolina from an Honor Flight to Washington, DC. 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