(Image by thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/02/we-were-determined-to-go-through-veterans-allowed-to-visit-world-war-ii-memorial/) Details DMCA | About 200 elderly veterans, most from WW2, were flown to DC from Missouri and Illinois to see the WW2 Memorial for the first time. For some, it was the first time they'd ever seen their nation's Capitol. They were met with barricades - which did not present much of a problem for men who had stormed the beaches at Normandy. |