On a beautiful sunny Autumn Sunday morning in Lombard, IL a huge crowd of well wishers arrived on motorcycles and cages to welcome home and say thanks to two marines, two soldiers, and a Navy Corpsman.　 By the end of our mission we had welcomed home and thanked eight service members and recognized many more.　 [...]

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Ride Report posted for Glen DeVries - RC
 
It was overcast and unseasonably cold for the beginning of October, but the hearts of the WWR were warm and ready to surprise and Welcome Home PFC Robert Heinz Neumann.  A party was being held in Roberts honor and we crashed it.  There were about 25 bikes and 6 cages.  [...]

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Ride Report posted for RC’s Eileen Kaefer & Dan Greenwood

On a rainy Friday afternoon we welcomed home 2 heroes. Capt Darren Geen and Capt. Jaime Wehman who are returning home from a 12 month tour in Iraq. Both are recipients of the Bronze Star Medal. We met them with a flag line at the Home [...]

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What a beautiful day for a long awaited welcome home (40+ years in the making.) We rallied at the Wachovia Spectrum on Pattison Ave in Philadelphia at 4:00 pm. There Tug asked me to step up and be the RC in which I accepted with great honor. We met with Lil from A Hero’s Welcome [...]

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Welcome home Sgt Shawn Taylor from his third tour in Iraq. Sgt. Taylor is currently stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, CO with his wife & children. Shawn is a Tanker, he grew up in New Jersey,graduated from high school in 1999. He left for the Army in July 1999 one month after graduation. Shawn [...]

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Ride Report posted for Spike

Being a member of the Navy Reserves in Alameda,it was very important to make a good showing.Our Primary mission was to inform our service members about the American Legion Family and the benefits the Legion has to offer.Not only did we talk Legion ,but Legion Riders as well.I also had a [...]

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Ride Report posted for Spike

We brought Lcpl. Motl and his family home the day before.The plan was for the family to take him to dinner at the local golf course.We staged at the gas station down the street. Iarranged for 1 FD to meet us at the golf club and 1 to meet at the [...]

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Ride Report posted for Spike

Well,this Marine just got home in San Bruno.We escorted Lcpl. Partridge and his Family to Pleasanton at 1400 Hrs. Fred and the WWR left them in the Downtown  Area.They could not go to their house,the Support groups PMF, SAM, LFB were there setting up.So,we left the family and staged elsewhere.We came [...]

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Ride Report posted for John Drake

On a cold rainy Monday night we gathered at a Kawasaki dealership parking lot to await SFC Andy Smith who is a 6 tour combat veteran on leave visiting his mother in Sycamore, IL.  Andy’s mother Mary Kimery is so proud of her son that she wanted something special for [...]

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Ride Report posted for Ray

OK ! OK ! It was early but worth it , actually this was Nut Case`s idea Ha !!!!! ,, anyway we met up at Walmart at o-dark thirty hell the sun wasnt even up yet , but we knew it was going to be a beautiful day rode up to [...]

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Ride Report posted for Neil
On saturday 10/3 we welcomed home MP hibicuc Rico home on a two week leave from afganastan.  We met up in the parking lot of the movie theater off of RT. 25 in carpentersville, IL and rode to Hibicuc Rico’s home.  We had about 20 bikes, 8 cages, police, fire, and [...]

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Ride Report posted for Paulie B

The mission started at 10:45am when the “BOSS” & I picked up Adam’s family at their home in Riverside, NJ.Robin & Robert-parents and Tori & Justin-siblings were very excited and ready to roll to LZ 168 where we picked up 15 of the WWR family. Onward to FB69 where the [...]

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