1929, a division of the Detroit Aircraft Corporation, the Aircraft Development Corporation began building the world's 1st metal-covered zeppelin in Grosse Ile.
Many of our hero's of WWII have been flying to Washington D.C. for visits to the WWII Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, and other points of interest. I had the honor of Emceeing an event several weeks ago here in Grand Rapids just before several of our WWII Veterans boarded flights to DC. I'll have to admit, I sure didn't see anything like this happen.
You know, I happen to be one of those people who loves to sit around talking to senior citizens. I just think you can learn so much from them. They enjoy sharing their life stories, lessons they have learned along the way and past memories...