▶ Watch Video: Obama surprises veterans on honor flight

Washington — It’s a Veterans Day they won’t soon forget.

On a balmy 70-degree day in the nation’s capital this past weekend, former President Barack Obama boarded an Honor Flight filled with veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars that had just touched down from Madison, Wisconsin.

“Hello, everybody,” his voiced boomed over the loud speaker.

“What!” exclaimed one person. Another veteran gasped, his mouth wide open.

“I just wanted to say thank you,” the former president continued in a moment captured on video.

Seventy-nine veterans and their families made the trip.

Obama shook hands with them as they exited the aircraft and presented them with a Presidential Challenge Coin, a token to express his personal gratitude for their sa

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