COLUMBIA — When someone approached Helen Grahl a few years ago to go on a World War II Honor Flight, she initially refused. That was for the men.

"They're the ones that did the war," Grahl said. "Yeah, I had a desk job and wore a uniform, but I didn’t do anything courageous."

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