Longtime Bakersfield resident and U.S. Marine combat veteran Charlie Wilmot served in the jungles of Vietnam in 1968 and 1969.<\/p>\n
Nearly 60 years later, Wilmot is still serving \u2014 as a volunteer with Honor Flight Kern County, a local nonprofit that has flown thousands of local veterans on life-changing trips to Washington, D.C. at no cost to the veterans.<\/p>\n
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