Archive for February, 2010
Posted in February 16th, 2010
Ride Report posted for MAG Lawrence and I attended the Home Coming for Amy Reserves 443rd Transportation Unit out of Lincoln, Nebraska We arrived at about 5pm at St Paul United Methodist Church stood out Front along with a couple of Legion Riders Visited and also greeted family and friends while opening the door for […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Michael K. Sunday January 31st, 2010 the Warrior’s Watch had the honor along with the townspeople of Elgin, IL to welcome home Army Medic Sp. Aaron Shaw. Aaron was coming home on a 2 week leave from one of the most hostile areas in the world today. Just a little background […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Rick In spite of the panic phone call from the base personnel, this was an easy fix. We had a whole 8 hours to set this up. Capt. Carel wasn’t supposed to be arriving for several days, but…. We staged at the Corpus Christi Airport, where […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Spike Forcast for the Bay Area was calling for showers,the Sgt. was due to arrive at 1730 Hrs. at SFO . So staging was set for 1630 Hrs. I had gotten several calls from riders about the route so they can catch us on the fly.Since most riders are still at […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Budman On Saturday Morning we rode up to Manatee Harley Davidson in Bradenton to await the arrival of Our Hero Pfc. Michael Araujo 19 from Cape Coral, FL who was being escorted down from Tampa VA Hospital by His Father Moke (Tyler) who is a SWFL WWR Member along with Michael’s […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Wendy The Warriors’ Watch Riders were invited to stand a memorial mission for fallen Mauston, Wisconsin Police Officer, Andrew Peterson January 29th and 30th in Mauston, Wisconsin. Officer Peterson was 29 years of age and a 7 year veteran of the Mauston Police Department. He was loved by all that knew […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Spike This mission came about in a very awkward way. Mama J and I bought a car from a local dealership here in town. I (Spike) came by a couple of days after to sign papers with one of the finance officers. I noticed his hair cut and asked “are you a […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Spike Mama J is working on a Welcome Home and Thank You to our local Vietnam Vets to be held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in March. A meeting was held on Thursday, 1/25 where she explained to the group what the WWR’s mission is all about. She gave those in […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Spike This mission was brought to my attention by a local Funeral Home in Pittsburg, CA. This was a retired USCG E-6. Fred was the R/C on this mission since we had another mission at the same time. Fred staged with 8 bikes at the funeral home. They got staged up […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Spike I’ve had the pleasure of escorting Adam once before, in 2008 at a 9/11 event. This made the mission a little bit on the personal side. Also, his mom is a member of Operation S.A.M., ome of our Patriotic partners in the Tri-Valley area. We staged at the Harley shop […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Spike This mission was extra special as I was a member of the Antioch Legion Post with Bill for a few years. There were times when I would come over to the hall & mop after an event. Bill would walk in and sneak up on me saying “what the hell […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Spike We met John’s widow Joyce at a Starbuck’s in Concord while we were staged for a Welcome Home roughly a week prior. Joyce came over and asked us what we were doing. We explained to her what and why we were doing – she said “that’s just the most wonderful […]
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