Coeur d'Alene man joins brothers on Honor Flight to Washington DC
Joe Deacon and his brothers, Tom and Bill Deacon, and their Honor Flight guardian, Gina Cadagan, stand in front of a memorial statue in Washington D.C. The brothers were able to attend the event together although they live in different states. From left: Tom Deacon, Gina Cadagan, Bill Deacon and Joe Deacon.
Joe Deacon reads during his Honor Flight while Isaac the comfort dog stands guard.
Bill Deacon, Joe Deacon and Tom Deacon read heartfelt letters from family members on their Honor Flight trip back from Washington D.C.
COEUR d’ALENE — After years of watching other veterans experience Honor Flights, it was finally Joe Deacon’s turn.
He was able to join his brothers, Tom and Bill Deacon, on the trip to Washington D.C. as they were honored for serving in the military during the Vietnam War. The Deacon brothers caught a charter flight from Spokane on April 29.
“My two brothers and all three of us served in the Air Force in 1963. They went to Vietnam, and I wasn’t able to go because they don’t want all the members of a family in a warzone at the same time, like Saving Private Ryan,” Deacon explained.
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