Archive for December, 2008
Posted in December 29th, 2008
Report submitted for Bobcat
‘Original Request;
“Lil of AHW has notified us of a welcome home that is scheduled for 12/24.
His flight arrival time is expected at 1345 and he is arriving at
Allentown airport. I have spoken with his mom Kate about them meeting us
at the Plymouth Meeting Mall and escorting them to [...]
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Posted in December 29th, 2008
Report posted for Glen DeVries
‘This was another awesome Welcome Home where we surprised the soldier
and left him speechless. There were so many of us, I can’t even begin to
tell you how many WWR members, family and friends were there. I would
have to guess there were about 40 cars [...]
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Posted in December 25th, 2008
Warriors’ Watch Riders, I have nothing to give you, and yet I wish everything for you. It’s the eve of Christmas day. My family has gone home, generations both before and after mine having gathered here for a time. I’m alone for the moment with a cup of coffee and a computer. The coffee is [...]
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Posted in December 24th, 2008
Williamstown NJ. Report posted for Redbeard
WE Rallied at the Firebase as usual. Our Warriors Watch “Family” Never
lets me down. We had plenty of support.
We made our way to the Arrivals and met Mom and Dad just inside the doors.
As we positioned ourselves at the base of the Escalators we were
approached from many people asking what [...]
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Posted in December 22nd, 2008
POSTED FOR JOHN DELIVERS
After a fulfilling morning spent laying wreaths around Southern NJ, and
then chatting it up with Betsey and Stephanie Wilno, it was time to switch
gears. We rolled over to FireBase69 to share in the joy of welcoming home
Anthony Crespo.
A dozen WWR bikes and one WWR cage were on hand to escort Anthony’s wife
Tina, [...]
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Posted in December 22nd, 2008
SPC Russell Paulson had already been in Iraq once before, This was his second 15 month tour he was returning home from and also He would be celebrating the end of his Enlistment from the Service. The planning of this Escort happened through John (Russell’s Dad) He told me he would be making the 8 [...]
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Posted in December 22nd, 2008
REPORT POSTED FOR GLEN DEVRIES
Thank you to the WWR members that stayed with us for this late night
Welcome Home. It was well worth it, spending the evening with the bus
load of friends and relatives of Cpl Michael Daniel. Once we reached our
exit off of the highway, there were 4 LEOS from the Lincolnshire PD
waiting to [...]
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Posted in December 22nd, 2008
REPORT POSTED FOR Glen DeVries
Thank you to all the WWR members that braved the brutally cold weather
to Welcome Home PFC Matthew Welsh US Navy. We had a surprise when our
hero met us at the door and had one of his friends that were home on leave
also from the Navy. His name was Tony. We had [...]
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Posted in December 22nd, 2008
REPORT POSTED FOR JOHN LAUB
It was dark, and it had rained earlier in the day so the
streets were wet, but it WAS cold! That didn’t matter. There was a
Mission, and Warriors who had stepped up to do it. We were meeting the
families of patriots and escorting them to a Township meeting to be
recognized.
The group arrived [...]
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Posted in December 22nd, 2008
POST-RIDE REPORT POSTED FOR IRISH
I think it went off without a hitch. Small showing but we made it
happen, even with the snow coming down and the hour or so delay!
Everybody was in a very happy Christmas mood and that’s a good thing.
Thank’s Jon D for the highway report it helped big time. Lisa thank you
for [...]
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Posted in December 15th, 2008
ROSLYN TO PHILADELPHIA TO BENSALEM TO LANGHORN TO WASHINGTON’S CROSSING
It was an EARLY, VERY COLD, BEAUTIFUL, TOUCHING AND UTTERLY AMAZING DECEMBER DAY !!!!!
The FIRST ANNUAL SEPA WARRIORS WATCH WREATH LAYING was nothing but memorable which is shown by the photos taken.
We started out our day at the Hillside Cemetery in Roslyn, PA honoring 114 veterans [...]
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Posted in December 15th, 2008
Report posted for JohnDelivers
Red had picked up, and placed red bows, on ten wreaths. Initially we had mapped out a ride to place five wreaths in our area of South NJ. But we expanded that route upon receiving the extra wreaths. However, due to an afternoon Welcome Home mission on the schedule we tried to [...]
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