Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Scottsbluff resident John Oliver, 90, is accompanied by his daughter, Rene Keller. The Honor Flight stopped at the High Point Visitors Center for refreshments on their way to the airport in Denver and eventually Washington, D.C.
Thirty Panhandle veterans – one from World War II, four from the Korean War, and the rest from the Vietnam War – stopped in Kimball on their way to fly into Baltimore and then tour the monuments in Washington, D.C. This was the Lone Eagle Honor Flight.
John Oliver, 90, was one of the Honor Flight veterans. John was accompanied by his daughter, Rene Keller. Not mincing words, John said about being picked for the trip to Washington, D.C., "Surprised the hell out of me."
After serving in Korea in the Army, John became a Nebraska State Patrolman stationed in the mid-1960s in Kimball. There was no...
