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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

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A group that offers older veterans free flights to the nation’s capital to see war memorials says its first all-female trip was organized with help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
A group that offers older veterans free flights to the nation’s capital to see war memorials says its first all-female trip was organized with help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (WTOP/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. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
Pat Morganroth, of the Army Nurse Corp and an Ohio resident, visits Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
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Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
Virginia Seward, Air Force Nurse Corp and Kentucky resident, is one of the members of the Honor Flight. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
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Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
Bonnie Rost, a Navy Nurse and Ohio resident, arrives at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
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There are 140 women on the Honor Flight. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
There are 140 women on the Honor Flight. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald speaks as part of first ever all-female Honor Flight. (WTOP/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.”  (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
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A group that offers older veterans free flights to the nation’s capital to see war memorials says its first all-female trip was organized with help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (WTOP/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. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
Members of the Honor Flight arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
There are 140 women on the Honor Flight. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald speaks as part of first ever all-female Honor Flight. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)

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

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