Alaska veterans receive warm welcome home after Honor Flight

A group of Alaska veterans returned Saturday from Washington D.C., where they visited our nation’s war memorials thanks to Last Frontier Honor Flight.
The crowd waiting for their arrival at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport applauded as the veterans disembarked to the sounds of bagpipes from the Alaska Celtic Pipes and Drums (ACPD). The 23 veterans — who served in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars — left Tuesday.
WWII veteran Claude File, of Palmer, was amo