2022 War Heroes on the Water is Quickly Approaching: Here’s the scoop

NEWPORT BEACH— War Heroes on the Water is returning Sept. 23-27 for its fifth annual, three-day on the water experience giving combat-wounded veterans the unique venture of deep-sea fishing on a hosted vessel. LoanDepot CEO and executive chairman Anthony Hsieh founded WHOW in 2018.    This year, a fleet of 50 of the region’s local sportfishing boats will carry 125 veterans in teams of 2-4 per vessel on the adventure of a lifetime to partake in sportfishing along the waters of the Southern California coast. Some vessels are returning sponsors, and others are embarking on their first WHOW experience. If they’re successful, they will have their catch weighed and photographed on Avalon’s Green Pier at the end of the event.   “Usually [there is] one captain per vessel, but there are also situations where both the yacht owner and captain work together, or the owner is the captain,” explained LoanDepot Public Relations Officer Jonathan Fine in an email from Aug. 23.    On Sept. 24 at 5 p.m., yacht owners, captains, anglers, and veterans will participate in a parade through Newport Harbor before embarking on their trip. Following the parade, the crews will head to sea to experience two full days of deep-sea fishing from Sept...