U.S. Navy veteran George Bickford, a resident of urban unincorporated Clackamas, left Oct. 21 with several other local veterans and their families for Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials erected in their honor.
Wish of a Lifetime and Vital Life Foundation teamed up to form Journey of Heroes to buy plane tickets and all-inclusive trips for about 100 veterans who have never had the chance to visit the war memorials created in their honor.
In this eighth annual trip, veterans laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Solder and visited the Vietnam War Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial and Korean War Memorial, among others.