Compared with 100 years, 15 minutes is no time at all. But for two Madison-area World War II veterans, 15 minutes on Tuesday meant the world.
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Members of the Middleton Fire District help 100-year-old U.S. Marine veteran Henry “Hank” Long into the cockpit of the 1942 Boeing Stearman at Middleton Municipal Airport.
U.S. Army veteran Lew Harned takes a ride on a 1942 Boeing Stearman through Dream Flights, an organization that gives senior military veterans free flights in World War II-era biplanes, at Middleton Municipal Airport. Harned was the oldest commander in Desert Storm, his last conflict before his 1992 retirement.
U.S. Marine veteran Henry “Hank” Long, who served in World War II, looks on as an American flag is folded for him during a ceremony before he takes flight on a 1942 Boeing Stearman in honor of his 100th birthday through Dream Flights, coordinated by Agrace Hospice Care’s wish program, at Middleton Municipal Airport.
Dream Flights pilot Scooter DeLong, right, and U.S. Marine veteran Henry “Hank” Long become emotional after seeing each other. Meanwhile, Darryl Fisher, at left, Dream Flights founder, president and pilot, greets U.S. Army veteran Lew Harned, before the pilots take the 100-year-old veterans for a ride in a 1942 Boeing Stearman at Middleton Municipal Airport in Middleton.
Linda Harned, right, looks on as her 100-year-old father, U.S. Army veteran Lew Harned, prepares to take flight in a 1942 Boeing Stearman through Dream Flights, an organization that gives senior military veterans free flights in World War II-era biplanes, at Middleton Municipal Airport on Tuesday.
U.S. Marine veteran Henry “Hank” Long, 100, is prepped to fly on a 1942 Boeing Stearman by Dream Flights pilots Scooter DeLong and Darryl Fisher, right.
Family and friends gather for a ceremony before 100-year-old U.S. military veterans, Henry “Hank” Long, Marines, and Lew Harned, Army, each take a flight on a 1942 Boeing Stearman through Dream Flights.
U.S. Marine veteran Henry “Hank” Long, 100, left, flies with Dream Flights pilot Scooter DeLong on a 1942 Boeing Stearman.
100-year-old U.S. military veterans, from left, Lew Harned, Army, and Henry “Hank” Long, Marines, meet for the first time before they each take a flight on a 1942 Boeing Stearman.
U.S. Marine veteran Henry “Hank” Long, 100, left, flies with Dream Flights pilot Scooter DeLong.
