Tuesday evening, veterans from the eighth honor flight will return to Veterans Airport in Marion, and event sponsors are hoping for a good public turnout.
Deborah Reynolds-Hogg, chairperson for the veterans honor flight's welcome home committee, says nearly 90 veterans will be on the flight, including 76 who served in Vietnam.
"This is an opportunity to say thank you to them, and to show them how much we truly appreciate all that they did and, in spite of the conflicts that were going on at the time they came home. We want to make that up."Deborah Reynolds-Hogg
Reynolds-Hogg says food trucks will be at the event, and because of the airport's limited parking, the public is encouraged to take one of several shuttles leaving from Sam's Club and Cornerstone Church in Marion, to the airport.
Shuttles will run every 20 minutes starting at 5PM.
