U.S. Army Veteran Merlin Menning, 82, of Pipestone, recently made the journey to Washington D.C. as part of the Midwest Honor Flight program. Menning was accompanied on the trip by his daughter and guardian Melanie Menning. On May 30, the father and daughter headed to Sioux Falls to stay in a hotel before being woken up at 1 a.m., in true Army style, to head to the airport, Menning said. “We got up at 1 a.m. to head to the airport to board a plane to Florida and then to Washington,” Menning said. “We ran around all day and saw...

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