WTMJ Cares Honor Flight

The Honor Flight Network has postponed all 2020 flights for veterans from across the country, including Milwaukee, to memorials in...

You, the fans of WTMJ, have paid for two planes of veterans from Southeastern Wisconsin to their memorials in Washington, D.C....

Korea veteran Joe Debelak began his service when he was sent to San Diego for six weeks of boot camp....

Korean War veteran Tony Joachimczyk’s job was a painful one: To count bodies.

Ron Harrison was in the Navy during the Korean War. He first went over in 1951. 

Hundreds of Vietnam Veterans, along with vets of other wars, took the Flight of Champions from Milwaukee and Green Bay...

Ray Stubbe, an Army chaplain, talked about his daily life as troops endured the Vietnam War.

Army ranger Matt Eversmann recently sat down with John Mercure to describe October 3, 1993, when 17 heavily armed Blackhawk...

Hackbarth explains the scariest moment of his time in Vietnam, when their helicopter lost a tail rotor and crashed.

After getting off the boat, Wisconsin native Bill Van Ark stated that they were in Korea for the conflict there...

Korean War veteran T.J. Wanta first began his training in Pensacola, Florida, where he attended flight school. He was then...

Ruby Scheuing, a Vietnam War Army nurse, served from 1966-68.

Veteran Alvin Flowers served in the Marine Reconnaissance. His job was to gather intelligence from the enemy. 

Three close knit brothers from West Milwaukee went off to fight in Vietnam, all in the Army. 

Rene Kepperling was an Army Ranger, serving from 1943 to 1945, and was a part of the first wave of...

In December of 1942, Plaster joined the Navy. When he landed overseas, he was given a pair of gloves and...

Veteran Charlie Eads took Morse code in the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1972. He worked up to twelve-hour days...

Glenn Dohrmann was a combat rifle platoon leader and company commander, serving from 1946-1954. Dohrmann received the Silver Star.

Floyd Sorenson served from 1943-1946 as a pharmacist mate and medic, and was a part of the D-Day invasion.

Connection between strangers. It happened with two men who love basketball, Honor Flight veteran Jose Ruiz and Bucks legend Jon...