28 WWII vets welcomed back with flag-waving homecoming — PHOTOS

Kaiden Cherry, 3, decorates his poster for a flag-waving homecoming event for 28 World War II veterans at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. The veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

Children wait for a flag-waving homecoming event for 28 World War II veterans at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. The veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

Friends from left, Karen Doherty, Orrin Baisden, and Bernie Stallard, wait during a flag-waving homecoming event for 28 World War II veterans at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. The veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

David Morgan, from left, with his wife Jeniece, and Olga Genzoe, wait for Genzoe's brother Nicholas Speranza, 94, during a flag-waving homecoming event for 28 World War II veterans at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. The veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

Tyler Ludlow, 9, clockwise from left, his brother Chase, 7, his cousin Raelyn Marty, 5, and Kaiden Cherry, 3, wait for their great grandfather during a flag-waving homecoming event for 28 World War II veterans at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. The veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

People cheer at the arrival of 28 World War II veterans for a flag-waving homecoming event at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. The veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

Tyler Ludlow, 9, high fives his great grandfather and World War II veteran Ted Dobrich, 87, during a flag-waving homecoming event for 28 World War II veterans at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. The veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

World War II veteran Joe Rogers waves as he is welcomed during a flag-waving homecoming event for 28 World War II veterans at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. Rogers with other World War II veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

World War II veterans Chet Spiewak, 92, left, and John Schleppegrell, 89, are wheeled to a flag-waving homecoming event for 28 World War II veterans at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. Rogers with other World War II veterans returned from a trip to see war memorials in the Washington, D.C. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco

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