Missions of Honor takes veterans to NYC [Video]

GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WBAY) – A group hoping to connect younger veterans filmed a promotional video in the Fox Valley on Friday.

Missions of Honor was launched this year and will partner with the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City to recruit for flights there, and provide information on resources, including help for PTSD.

While many people are familiar with the Old Glory Honor flights, which bring local veterans to the nation’s capitol from the Appleton International Airport, a spin-off organization called Missions of Honor hopes to be just as successful.

“Missions of Honor is really starting to focus on our younger veterans,” said Scott Lund, the president of Missions of Honor. “So our Desert Shield, Desert Storm Veterans, our GWOT veterans and what can we do for them, and one thing we’ve taken from Old Glory Honor Flight is the impact even a day of veterans being with …