Veterans get cheer-filled sendoff in Loveland to embark on an honor flight to D.C.

Veterans get cheer-filled sendoff in Loveland to embark on an honor flight to D.C.

On Sunday, the High Plains Honor Flight was a long-awaited event for Vietnam War veteran C. J. Brown, who said he struggled to find his footing when he returned home from combat in 1969. “When I came home 50 years ago, we were villains and baby killers,” Brown said, as he was waiting at the Thomas M. McKee 4-H Building Sunday to board a bus to Northern Colorado Regional Airport. High Plains Honor Flight, a volunteer-run national nonprofit, honor…