9/11/14 WWII Air Force Veteran Vance Brown Celebrated by Sarah Miller
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photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Former Air Force Crew Chief during World War II Vance Brown, 96, of Tyler attends a special tour of the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas with his two daughters and caregivers Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. Heart to Heart Hospice and Oak Hills Terrace Memory Care in Tyler held the event to celebrate Brown's service to the United States.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Former Air Force Crew Chief during World War II Vance Brown, 96, of Tyler smiles as his daughter Linda Pringle of Houston talks to him as they attend a special tour of the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. Heart to Heart Hospice, where Brown is a patient, and Oak Hills Terrace Memory Care in Tyler, where Brown is a resident, held the event to celebrate Brown's service to the United States with his family.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Heart to Heart Hospice chaplain Kenn Somerville kneels down to visit with patient and United States Air Force Veteran Vance Brown, 96, of Tyler during a tour of the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. Heart to Heart Hospice, where Brown is a patient, and Oak Hills Terrace Memory Care in Tyler, where Brown is a resident, held the event to celebrate Brown's service to the United States with his family. Brown was an Air Force Crew Chief during World War II.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph United States Air Force Veteran Vance Brown, 96, of Tyler, center, holds Oak Hills Terrace marketing director Debbie Smith's hand as he views memorabilia such as badges, uniforms, photographs and model planes from the Air Force during WWII at Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. Also pictured is his caregiver Phillip Traylor.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph United States Air Force Veteran Vance Brown, 96, of Tyler, center, holds Oak Hills Terrace marketing director Debbie Smith's hand as he views memorabilia such as badges, uniforms, photographs and model planes from the Air Force during WWII at Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas Thursday Sept. 11, 2014.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Alexis Hogue of Tyler points to an airplane on exhibit as she visits with her father, United States Air Force Veteran Vance Brown, 96, of Tyler during a tour of the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. Heart to Heart Hospice, where Brown is a patient, and Oak Hills Terrace Memory Care in Tyler, where Brown is a resident, held the event to celebrate Brown's service to the United States with his family. Brown was an Air Force Crew Chief during World War II. Also pictured is Oak Hills Terrace caregiver Phillip Traylor and at right Historic Aviation Memorial Museum volunteer Norm Walker.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph United States Air Force Veteran Vance Brown, 96, of Tyler, center, takes a tour of WWII-era airplanes on exhibit at Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas Thursday Sept. 11, 2014 with his caregivers and family members. Pictured from left: Brown's daughter Alexis Hogue of Tyler, caregiver Phillip Traylor, center, and Oak Hills Terrance Executive Director Rick Gabehart, right. Heart to Heart Hospice, where Brown is a patient, and Oak Hills Terrace Memory Care in Tyler, where Brown is a resident, held the event to celebrate Brown's service to the United States with his family. Brown was an Air Force Crew Chief during World War II.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Oak Hills Terrance Executive Director Rick Gabehart, left, shows United States Air Force Veteran Vance Brown, 96, of Tyler, right, a North American F-100A Super Sabre "Hun" airplane at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. Heart to Heart Hospice, where Brown is a patient, and Oak Hills Terrace Memory Care in Tyler, where Brown is a resident, held the event to celebrate Brown's service to the United States with his family. Brown was an Air Force Crew Chief during World War II.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph