Wounded Veteran Ready for Honor Flight

Robert Nicks showed us the knife he still has that he says is his prized possession. It has marks in the leather sheath and on the blade where a bullet grazed it. That bullet had just exited his leg.

Nicks, a WWII Marine Veteran from Mobile fought on four Pacific Islands. He was wounded multiple times on Saipan, and on Iwo Jima, where he watched the flag being raised on Mt. Suribachi.

Nicks says his opportunity to go on the South Alabama Honor Flight next month is 'a once in a lifetime experience.' And just as much as the purple hearts, bronze stars and other commendations he proudly displays in his home, its a much deserved honor for this veteran.

(Note from Bill:)
Each week News 5 is profiling veterans of WWII simply because we may have missed hearing about their personal stories. Everyday we lose another member of this elite group of men and women, so we want to get their stories told. The Honor Flight program welcomes your donations of money to help keep them flying--but just as important is a donation of time. The flights require folks to be guardians along the way during the day-long flight. There are links just to the right that will help you make a donation of either--but if you are a veteran or know someone who is and would like to apply for the flight, there is a link for that as well.