Honor flight gives SC WWII vet ‘most wonderful day of my life’ - SC military news - TheState.com

 JEFF WILKINSON - jwilkinson@thestate.com
On Wednesday, Drummond, who spent 40 years in the South Carolina Senate and 16 years as its president pro tem, was one of 85 World War II vets returning to Columbia from a daylong trip to Washington, DC, to see their memorial, courtesy of the Honor Flight program.
The 93-year-old was met at the gate by one of his proteges, Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell of Charleston. Neither man knew their old friend was going to be there.

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