Soaring Valor

With a hero's welcome, the Gary Sinise Foundation brought WWII veterans and their guardians to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans. One-of-a-kind experience that included a tour of this incredible museum, as well as entertainment, celebratory meals and an opportunity for community with their fellow veterans.

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hi sir which is scary City I'm Gary Sinise I love to go to take a picture of what he will absolutely get a victory you bet we're at Los Angeles Airport for the Gary Sinise Foundation soaring Valor event down to the national World War two museum in New Orleans hey everybody and it did hello sir how are you thank you for being here we're going to have a good time getting to know each antenna demo equity 26 years American Airlines like him for the day that resounds more strongly than today we celebrate the freedom that we have as a country because the sacrifices the men in this room today we have a privilege today of taking about forty five World War two veterans none of them have ever seen the national World War two museum and we're honored to be able to share this trip with them with great partners like American Airlines who offer us the transportation to take these heroes to New Orleans we are able to do great things this is the way to fly huh enjoy your trip selfie I'm serving some heroes here hello sir can I interest you in some bread that's a tasty little piece take one of these yeah beautiful that's good with the pasta there this would be a new experience I'm overwhelmed too just to be here with these old-timers they've got a lot of stories and I like the way they tell come on sir just watching World War two veterans come through the concourse is incredible to watch the looks on the faces of the men and women serving today and the baseball teams that were here with us and just the general travelers in this Airport to welcome them to this region it's just been phenomenal gentlemen I look at you and I think of the words of Stephen spenders home you are men who in your lives fought for life and left the vivid air sign with your honor welcome to the World War two museum there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest you were here to liberate all of you loved Liberty all of you were willing to fight tyranny and you knew the people of your countries were behind you magnificent words from Ronald Reagan on the 40th anniversary of Google we're all looking forward to the major portion of the tour which starts with beyond all boundaries the documentary that I had the privilege of doing the voice of ernie pyle in when Tom Hanks was working with me and Phil head a'mma to develop our epic 4d experience beyond all boundaries Tom Hanks ed get Gary Sinise for ernie pyle and it was perfect all around the longer the shadows the dark shadows and buildings and bridges that form the base of this dreadful masterpiece one more Wow I just loved every minute up everybody after the Kamata beyond all boundaries they'll go into the brand-new exhibits at open last December the road to Berlin which will go through North Africa Sicily in Italy and and sweep up into France and the d-day invasions and penetrating deep into Germany will tell that story from land sea and air and how America's military might gradually came to bear to destroy the Third Reich and bring back a lot of memories and it's real then they'll go to the Louisiana pavilion where visitors begin the journey through World War two in a train station where everybody went to war or came home actually enjoy a simulated ride so go to the Kushner restoration pavilion you'll see PT 305 we're restoring a Higgins PT boat that was built here in New Orleans from 1943 it's gonna be put in the water next summer it's about 80% finished then the last place they will come to is the us freedom pavilion which tells the story of the military power through the planes and the tanks and the weapons of the war as well as a Medal of Honor exhibits and additional oral history lunchtime will be a USO experience with our Vickery's elves so that'll be fun too this is just my sigh is just a sigh the fundamental bee why as time smile I'm a bird yeah and when you love us who they still say I love you the goal of this museum is to tell the American experience in World War two they're not complain after played out of the sky the national World War two museum prides itself on the old history collection that we required lady girl do you want to turn short we got a log bout run we can turn short and net go right over that point the Gary Sinise foundation provided funds that allows us to hire another DES story it's a race against time because the vast majority of these gentlemen and ladies are in their late 80s and early 90s and some of murine are older than that we have to get these stories before their loss rope none of us can ever take for granted what you did for all of us god bless you gentlemen god bless you I can think back to when you were in the middle of World War 2 and you were waiting for those letters from home it is now time for mail calm a bit I don't thank you so much for fun you