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Kids of Fallen Soldiers to Be Honored with Lincoln Flight

soldierLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Children and wives of fallen soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq are being honored in a flight to Lincoln.

A plane carrying 22 mothers and 35 children is scheduled to depart from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield and arrive at the Lincoln Airport Saturday morning as part of the Gold Star Kids Honor Flight. The flight is organized by Patriotic Productions, an Omaha nonprofit that has organized trips to Washington, D.C., for World War II and Korean War veterans.

The children will be entertained and the mothers will be pampered at the Nebraska Guard’s Camp Ashland before departure.

Once in Lincoln, the passengers will then be taken Memorial Stadium, where they will watch the University of Nebraska’s football game against Michigan State University.

Bill and Evonne Williams, who run the nonprofit, hope hundreds of people turn up to greet the families.

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