10/27/16 Soaring Valor Flight Departure by Andrew D. Brosig
Read MoreGary Sinese, actor and founder of the Gary Sinese Foundation, gives a thumbs up to local veterans Thursday before a Soaring Valor Flight departure at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler. Sinese and his foundation, which advocate for veterans, active duty service personnel and first reponders, hosted the flight to New Orleans so the veterans could visit the National World War II Museum. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP
Veteran Marvin Dees speaks briefly during the Soaring Valor Flight departure ceremony Thursday at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler. Dees, at 100-years-old, is the oldest veteran taking part in the trip to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans hosted by the Gary Sinese Foundation. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP
Brad Brookshire, left, thanks Gary Sinese for his role in organizing the Soaring Valor Flight for World War II veterans during a departure ceremony Thursday at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler. Sinese, actor and staunch supporter of soldiers, veterans and first responders through his Gary Sinese Foundation, accompanied the local veterans to New Orleans to visit the National World War II Museum. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP
"It's my first time in Tyler," says actor Gary Sinese, right, during the departure ceremony at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport on Thursday for a Soaring Valor Flight he hosted for local World War II veterans to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP