Local veteran returns from Honor Flight

RITZVILLE – After a two-day "Honor Flight" tour, Army veteran Lamar Thiel returned to the Spokane International airport on Tuesday evening, Oct. 4. The tour celebrated roughly 120 soldiers, sailors, and airmen who served during American's wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Attendees also included two World War II veterans, "one of whom landed on the beaches of Normandy at age 19," Thiel said.

Their flight departed Spokane on Monday morning and landed at Dulles airport 5.5 hours later. Soon after arrival, the group checked into a hotel, ate a tasty meal, and started touring. They vis...