More than two dozen Oahu veterans fly to the nation's capital this week on the 2026 Honor Flight, a feel-good trip that finally gives Korea and Vietnam veterans the recognition many never got at home.

• Veterans from the Korean and Vietnam wars leave tomorrow for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Washington D.C.
• The group will visit the Vietnam, Korean War and World War II memorials plus Arlington National Cemetery.
• At the Vietnam Wall, veterans can find and trace the names of people they served with.
• For many, the real draw is simple: time with people their own age who remember the same things.
• One Vietnam Army veteran wants to finally hear what men from the other service branches went through.

Outlook: The group travels this week, and Hawaiian Islands Honor Flight is still looking for volunteer guardians to escort veterans on future trips.