Since 2011, over 3,000 Iowa veterans have been honored for their service with a special trip to Washington, D.C., courtesy of Sullivan-Hartogh-Davis Cedar Valley Honor Flight. In 2010, what began as a simple conversation between local media mogul Jim Coloff and Black Hawk County Supervisor Craig White soon became an effort to establish Waterloo, Iowa as an Honor Flight hub. Less than a year later, the first group of eastern Iowa veterans arrived in Washington, D.C. for a once-in-a-lifetime experience to visit the national monuments and memorials erected in their honor. In The Cedar Valley Honor Flight Story: A Photographic Journey, a new book by Michael Whittlesey, the former editor and publisher of La Porte City’s The Progress Review, go behind the scenes and learn how a dedicated group of volunteers were able to accomplish this feat and the work that must be done before an Honor Flight can lift off the ground.

Share the Honor Flight experience as you travel with Iowa veterans to our nation’s capital and visit iconic locations that are such an important part of our nation’s history.