At a cermony at the Portland International Jetport on Sunday, Phil Campbell of Hiram shares a laugh with Jeannine Lessard, his guardian on the Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Veteran Burl Edwards of Auburn talks with Elaine Greene, left, and Joann Miller, two of the Flag Ladies of Freeport, at the Portland International Jetport on Sunday. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Veterans are cheered as they are wheeled through the Portland International Jetport on Sunday upon returning from an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., to see memorials there. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
His luggage on his lap, Henry Plate of Waterford waits with other veterans for an elevator at the Portland International Jetport upon their return from an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Emma Clark of Belfast talks with her great-grandfather Larry Burleigh of Corinna upon his return Sunday to the Portland International Jetport from an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. Burleigh, 101, a veteran of World War II who served in the U.S. Army, only had one request for his return to Portland and that was to see his great-granddaughter at the airport. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
From left, Morgan Yates, 5, Devon Yates, 3, Riley Yates, 8, and Liam Yates, 9, hold signs and wave flags as veterans from Maine return to the Portland International Jetport on Sunday. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
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