(KNZA)--Thirteen local Vietnam veterans will be going on a Honor Flight to Washington D.C.---hosted by the Honor Flight Network of Kansas City.

The group, which includes veterans from Hiawatha, Horton and Seneca, will be leaving Hiawatha Tuesday evening, May 14.

Jodi Twombly, a physician assistant at the Hiawatha Community Hospital, is among 8 guardians going on the trip—her second one.  

Twombly said they will leaving the Fisher Center parking lot at 5:30 Tuesday evening in a small bus for Kansas City.  She said local residents are  encouraged to line the area near the Fisher Center parking lot, East Iowa and the junction of Iowa and First Street to send them off.  The group will have a police escort out of town.

The group will fly out of Kansas City early Wednesday morning on a chartered flight with other Honor Flight veterans from the Kansas City area.   

While in Washington the group will visit the WWII Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery to view the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, along with Iwo Jima, Korean, Vietnam and Air Force Memorials.  

The group will fly back to Kansas City late Wednesday night.

Twombly said it will be a busy full day but one the local veterans will never forget.