Cherokee Nation sends six veterans on third annual Warrior Flight to DC

Monday, September 12, 2016  

The Cherokee Nation held a send-off on Monday for the third annual Warriors Flight to Washington, D.C.

Six veterans -- two from World War II and four from the Korean War -- are participating in this year's journey. They will spend three days visiting memorials and monuments in the nation's capital.

This year's participants, with ages reported by News on 6, are :

World War II Army Veteran Robert Wisenhunt, 99
World War II Navy Veteran Cruce Lansford, 90
Korean War Air Force Veteran George Dewayne Johnston, 85
Korean War Air Force Veteran Robert Alberty, 84
Korean War Air Force Veteran Charles Ray Seabolt, 87
Korean War Navy Veteran Donald Summers, 83

Read More on the Story:
Cherokee Warrior Flight Flies Veterans To Nation's Capital (News on 6 9/11)
Third Cherokee Warrior Flight to take tribe's war veterans to Washington, D.C. (The Tulsa World 9/11)