WWII vets make western Md. their base for DC visit

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — About 200 elderly Midwestern military veterans and “Rosie the Riveter” factory workers are making Hagerstown their base camp for a free tour of monuments in the nation’s capital.

Eleven motor coaches chartered by the nonprofit VetsRoll organization of South Beloit, Illinois, are heading for Washington Tuesday. They’re carrying World War II and Korean War veterans, along with women who filled in for men at factories during the second World War.