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DAI LY BRI EFS
Oklahoma Supreme Court as a judicial
extern and served as a summer associ-
ate at GableGotwals.
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Briefs, from 1
Mothers prayer one of few comforts of war
A mothers prayer was one of the few
comforts of war, said U.S. Army veteran
Arvel Winter of Meeker.
The 90-year-old got a slight head start
on World War II over his younger brother,
U.S. Army veteran Glen Winter, 88, also
of Meeker.
So was he worried about the safety of his
sibling?
Arvel quickly replied, We had a mother
praying for us, we knew that.
Arvel and Glen Winter were among
two sets of brothers who went on the most
recent Oklahoma Honor Flights trip to
Washington, D.C.
Korean War veterans Jack Post, of Shaw-
nee, who served in the Army and Kenneth
Post, of McLoud, who served in the Navy,
were also among the 82 veterans on the
Oct. 8 ight.
Arvel remembered a time prayers likely
played a signicant role in his safety a
few times over.
It came in 1945 in the Philippines.
We were out in the clearing and we
couldnt see them, they were in the bush-
es, he said. We got an order that we could
try to get out of range, retreat. Our mortars
attempted to cover us as we retreated out
of machine gun range. All that we could do
was shoot at the trees.
A lot of our guys got hit.
Arvel had memories of jumping from
one bomb crater to the next.
One kid was very close to me and he got
hit in the shoulder and I was right behind
him, he said.
Looking back, Arvel believes that med-
ics possibly saved his life that day. They put
him on a stretcher and in an ambulance.
He wasnt bleeding, but they could tell
he was ill. He was dehydrated and suffering
from heat exhaustion.
It was soon determined he had
contracted malaria and dysentery.
His temperature soared, he remembers.
The doctor gave me a 50-50 chance of
surviving, said Arvel who was in the hos-
pital about six weeks. During that time he
mailed a letter to his brother Glen.
Glen nally received the letter and rec-
ognized which hospital his brother was
writing from. I drove a Jeep for a Colonel
and I knew that the hospital was there on
the island, Glen said. The Colonel let me
have the Jeep to go nd him.
He had already been discharged from
the hospital and sent to Base K they called
it and that was across the street from where
I was at.
So Glen rushed there and was told Arvel
had shipped out yesterday.
I could have thrown a rock and hit his
tent and didnt know it, Glen said. Al-
though they didnt get to see each other
there, both returned safely to Oklahoma.
Honoring thousands, the rst Oklahoma
Honor Flights trip was taken in May 2010.
In all, there have been 19 ights with
1,765 veterans participating.
In addition to the ights, a new program
was started in 2013. Not every veteran is
physically able to make the trip to the na-
tions capital. So, the board of directors of
the Oklahoma Honor Flights program de-
cided to hold Operation 4G ceremonies,
which stands for Giving to the Grounded
Greatest Generation.
These special events have been held at
the seven long-term care veteran centers
supported by the state of Oklahoma.
Wednesdays ight included 38 World
War II veterans and 44 Korean War veter-
ans from across the state.
Tribute upon tribute, the most recent
Oklahoma Honor Flights experience was
essentially a two-day tribute to veterans,
starting the evening before the ight with a
send-off ceremony at Rose State College.
Then in the early morning hours of
Wednesday, veterans and guardians board-
ed one of four buses.
Amid the early morning darkness came
the ashing lights of the Oklahoma High-
way Patrol motorcycles and local law en-
forcement escorting the caravan to Will
Rogers World Airport.
Patriot Guard Riders joined in to show
their respect to the veterans participating in
the trip. And as buses exited the Reed Cen-
ter parking lot, each passed beneath the
ladder arch formed by the ladders of Del
City and Midwest City re trucks.
The well-planned tribute also included
water cannon salutes by re trucks at Will
Rogers and at Baltimore/Washington In-
ternational Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Once in Washington, the veterans visit-
ed the World War II Memorial and several
other memorials.
Soon after leaving Arlington National
Cemetery, veterans received mail call let-
ters from schoolchildren.
Then, as the trips end neared, goose
bumps found their way to the veterans
arms and wide smiles to their faces.
Upon returning to Will Rogers they
were met by more than 300 friends, family
members, a band, members of the Patriot
Guard Riders, members of the Oklahoma
Honor Flights board of directors and stu-
dents including football team members
from Noble High School.
The Oklahoma Honor Flights program
is funded through donations, making it
possible for veterans to take the trip at no
cost.
To donate or for more information about
Oklahoma Honor Flights, go to oklahoma-
honorights.org or call 259-9000.
BY BRYAN PAINTER
THE OKLAHOMAN
For the Oklahoma Press Association
PHOTO BY BRYAN PAINTER, THE OKLAHOMAN
FOR THE OKLAHOMA PRESS ASSOCIATION
World War II Army veterans and brothers Arvel Winter, left, and Glen Winter, both of Meeker, are
shown Tuesday at the Oklahoma Honor Flights send-off. Photo by Bryan Painter, The Oklahoman