SOURCE: AARP BULLETIN, May 2006 Memorial Man: Erwin "Earl" Morse, a retired Air Force captain and private pilot, came up with the idea for Honor Flight while working as a phjysician's assistant at a VA clinic near his home in Enon, Ohio. "I witnessed some of my patients pass away wanting to see their memorial," says Morse, 46, referring to the World War 11 Memorial in Washington. Now Honor Flight's volunteer pilots fly WW11vets there (136 last year, most of them in their 80's) for free; the non-profit group also organizes commercial flights for large groups. "It's wonderful," Morse says, "So many of the vets have gone from being the old guy at the checkout counter and the slow person in the car ahead of you to the heroes that they are." Author-Brad McKee