Honor Flight: Wisconsin WWII veteran takes lifetime trip at age 100

MILWAUKEE – It’s a day made especially for Wisconsin veterans; to remember, to honor, to reflect. 

Trip of a lifetime

What we know:

On a Saturday morning in late April, a mighty group of the bravest Wisconsinites boarded a plane in Milwaukee, bound for our nation’s capital.

“How does it feel?” FOX6 News asked Freddie Stachoviak, one of the 114 veterans on Mission #79.

“Pretty good,” Freddie responded. “It’s one of the things on my bucket list.”

Freddie Stachoviak is fine to blend in with this crowd. In fact, he would prefer it. But at 100 years old, he’s the sole member of this Honor Flight representing the Greatest Generation. It’s a chapter of his life he remembers well.