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VAIL, Colorado — The Vail Veterans Program brings wounded veterans to the Vail Valley to ski and snowboard in the wintertime and take part in a variety of summer activities including horseback riding and fishing in the summertime as part of their rehabilitation.
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Gypsum Elementary students sing the national anthem as they welcome soldiers to Eagle County for the Vail Veteran's Program Wednesday at Eagle County Airport in Gypsum. The program brings wounded veterans to the Vail Valley to ski and snowboard in the wintertime and take part in a variety of summer activities including horseback riding and fishing in the summertime as part of their rehabilitation.
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Lt. Col. Greg Gadson, center, laughs as he quizzes Gypsum elementary fourth and fifth graders on the capital of Texas during a welcoming ceremony Wednesday at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum for veterans taking part in this weeks Vail Veteran's Program
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Army Specialist Keith Maul, left, shows Gypsum Elementary students — from right, Samuel Erick, 11, Joe Rivera, 11, and Jonathan Clark, 10 — photos of him deer hunting this past season during a welcoming ceremony at Eagle County Airport in Gypsum Wednesday for veterans taking part in the Vail Veteran's Program
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1st Lt. Dan Berschinski has a Purple Heart embossed wheelchair waiting for as he disembarks from the airplane on his arrival at Eagle county Airport along with other wounded veterans Wednesday to take part in the Vail Veteran's ski and snowboard program this weekend.
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