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Please contact your State Captain for all mission requests, except for Arlington National Cemetery(ANC). Your State Captain, the ANC team, Moderators, and Contact teams, may be contacted through the following links.
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Patriot Guard Riders Mission Statement |
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The Patriot Guard Riders is a diverse amalgamation of riders from across the nation. We have one thing in common besides motorcycles. We have an unwavering respect for those who risk their very lives for America’s freedom and security. If you share this respect, please join us.
We don’t care what you ride or if you ride, what your political views are, or whether you’re a hawk or a dove. It is not a requirement that you be a veteran. It doesn't matter where you’re from or what your income is; you don’t even have to ride. The only prerequisite is Respect.
Our main mission is to attend the funeral services of fallen American heroes as invited guests of the family. Each mission we undertake has two basic objectives.
1. Show our sincere respect for our fallen heroes, their families, and their communities.
2. Shield the mourning family and their friends from interruptions created by any protestor or group of protestors.
We accomplish the latter through strictly legal and non-violent means.
To those of you who are currently serving and fighting for the freedoms of others, at home and abroad, please know that we are backing you. We honor and support you with every mission we carry out, and we are praying for a safe return home for all. |
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Gathering of the Guard '08
For information and registration for the Gathering of the Guard '08 in Danville, VA, please visit the GOTG site at the following link
www.GatheringOfTheGuard.org
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PGR Challenge Coins for Wounded Warriors
The PGR is proud to announce program available to all members to sponsor challenge coins that are being hand delivered to our soldiers that are recovering from injuries in the Critical Care VA facilities. If you would like to like to learn more about this unique opportunity to show your gratitude, follow the link below.
PGR Challenge Coins for Wounded Warriors
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PGR Articles -- All Have "Clickable Link" and 2nd Page --
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| Operation PGR Flags for Our Troops: Over 300 Mailed, THANKS EVERYONE!! . . . (Click Here to leave comments) by 82nd_Airborne_Dad |
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Operation PGR Flags for our Troops
Hi Members and Troops serving our country;
Attention PGR members: Would it make you proud to know that a PGR flag, that YOU sent, is at a USA military post in the sandbox? Now is your chance to step up and do something really important, to say thanks to our troops, and let the men and women on active duty know that we support them. About 5 new requests for flags are coming in every day, and your help is needed now. It's quick and easy: 82nd Airborne Dad will do all the work, and send the flag in your name. Please contact me TODAY!!!
nealjen@msn.com . . .
If you are part of a unit serving in Afghanistan or in the "Sandbox", send me your APO address, and I will send you a PGR flag: compliments of some of the greatest people on earth, they are true American patriots. These good people want to show their support of your commitment to our country.
Best wishes and God bless you all . . .
Running Tally of requests for Flags: 622 Requests as of this morning 24 February 2008.
Flags sent to our troops: 381 will have been mailed out as of Friday 29 February thank you all for your donations and well wishes to our troops.
Flag Pledges Received by me: 483
My computer crashed, and it has taken me some time to recover, but many photos were lost, and much info was lost. My updates have been slow in coming, but then I am going back to hard copies and sorting through old email messages to find the photos that were lost. It will take time . . .
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Hello Neal,
My name is Tondi (last name removed PERSEC). My Father, Ronnie Merrill, and I are members of the PGR in Alamogordo/Tularosa, NM. My husband is in the 5th Special Forces Group and assigned in Iraq right now for his 5th tour there, which will have him in country for nearly 4 years total once he returns this time. However, this time around I asked my Dad to see about sending along a PGR flag with my husband to fly with our SF team and we would send it back signed by our team members and others who worked with them.
The result was two flags: one that my Dad had here and one for our guys to fly and sign to send back. I wanted to send you this picture of our team that my husband emailed me not long ago. I was able to embroider our unit name onto the flag with our patches before they left for Iraq and now it flies proudly with them and has many signatures that will proudly be sent back to the post in Alamogordo/Tularosa when this deployment is over.
Your organization is phenomenal in support for our soldiers yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The flag that the PGR members signed will remain with our team as a reminder that Americans are awesome and really do support us in every way. I was looking on the web site and saw the pictures and information where flags are shipped and that is just awesome. We were blessed to have ours PGR flag sent from my Dad. I want to thank you again for all that you do. Those who have gone before us have paved the way for us to be able to fight the good fight today and have support as well. We are grateful for that gift.
De Oppresso Liber "To Free the Oppressed"
1/5th SFG(A)
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Staging for the Herzberg Mission 2007, with the Iwo Jima Memorial in the background.
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Somewhere in Iraq -- Balad Airbase Takes Weather . . . |
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Submitting Photographs to the PGR Web Site
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Sending Photos & Video to the PGR Website
When Sending Photos to PGR Website:
On your missions you may take photos and or videos with respect. Please respect the family and fallen hero by not photographing them, the casket, or the hearse, unless requested. Photos such as these, as well as those of "uninvited guests", will not be posted in the gallery in respect for our hero and the family.
1. Send photos via a zipped file or as jpegs to photos@patriotguard.org
2. Name the zipped file after the Fallen Hero, please include Rank.
3. Please do not name the files in the zipped file the same as zipped files.
4. Please include the following information Fallen Hero's Name and Rank or Mission Name (Home Coming), Fallen Hero's Age (if known), City/State, Date of Mission.
5. Do not send emails files over 10 MB in size.
6. Photos should be sized to 640 pixels wide.
7. Send video files (100 MB Maximum size allowed) to: pgrvideo@yahoo.com
8. If sending a CD or DVD, please mail it to:
PGR
7126 S. Elm Ct.
Centennial, CO 80122
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Missions
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Confirmed Mission Rides
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PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING
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Veterans Without Family, (VWF), Riverside, CA, 21 MAY 08
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SHORT NOTICE - Allen Wayne Randall, 55, Stanton, KY, 16, 17 MAY 08
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CSM (ret) Thurman Beavers, Killeen, TX, 19 MAY 08
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John Jeschke, 51, Army (ret), Tacoma, WA, 19 MAY 08
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Harry Brennan, 64, Air Force, Big Rapids, MI, 16 MAY 08
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SHORT NOTICE - Joe Kelbus, Army, Vietnam Veteran, Orland Park, IL, 16 MAY 08
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Glen Peoples, 56, Army, Vietnam Veteran/PGR Member, Tampa, FL, 17, 18 MAY 08
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SHORT NOTICE - Final Itinerary - Terry Williams, 64, USMC, Vietnam Veteran, Chandler, TX, 17 MAY 08
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SHORT NOTICE - 1LT Michael Thorton, Army, Vietnam Veteran, Colville, WA, 17 MAY 08
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SHORT NOTICE - Tyler H. Casey, Fire Fighter, Seneca, MO, 16, 17 MAY 08
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Final Itinerary - Short Notice - PO2 (ret) Shawn Belverud, 35, USN, Clinton, MD, 15, 16 MAY 08
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Leo Olguin, Navy Veteran, Grand Junction, CO, 19 MAY 08
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Clinton Sage, WWII Army Veteran, Grand Junction, CO, 16 MAY 08
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Elizabeth Koepping, WWII AAC Veteran, Grand Junction, CO, 16 MAY 08
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Richard Allen Ervin, 46, Army Veteran, Newton, IA, 16 MAY 08
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Preliminary Itinerary - Michael MacDonald, 59, Vietnam Veteran, Crystal River, FL, 14, 15, 16 MAY 08
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PV2 Matthew W Brown, 20, Zelienople, PA,
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Sgt Joseph A Ford, 23, Evansville, IN, 18, 19, 20 MAY 08
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SFC George W. Koon, Korea/MIA, Leesburg, SC, 17 MAY 08
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Larry Foster, 64, USMC, Vietnam Veteran, Nampa, ID, 17, 31 MAY 08
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UPDATE - PFC Ara T. Deysie, 18, Parker, AZ , 18 MAY 08
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SHORT NOTICE - Spc. Mary J. Jaenichen, 20, Oceanside, CA, 15 MAY 08
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Sgt Isaac Palomarez, 26, Loveland, CO, 19 MAY 08
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Bobby Stanford, 72, USMC Veteran, Minneapolis, MN, 16 MAY 08
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Spc Alex D. Gonzalez, 21, Mission, TX, 17 MAY 08
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Final Itinerary - SSG Kevin C. Roberts, 25, Center, TX, 16 MAY 08
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Final Itinerary - Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett, 22, Greenup, KY, 14, 16, 17 MAY 08
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Micheal Droke, Marine, Vietnam Veteran, Elgin, OK, MAY 08
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Daniel L. Daniels, AAC Veteran, Portland, OR, 16 MAY 08
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Charles Edwin Hoyt, Army, WWII Veteran, Jewett, NY, 17 MAY 08
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Lt Col. George Julius France, WWII Veteran/NG, New Orleans, LA, 17 MAY 08
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Eddie Livingston WWII Veteran/POW, CA/Dothan, AL, 28 MAY 08
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Pvt. Herman Tietke, WWI, Morris, IL, 16 MAY 08
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Pvt Tyler J. Smith, 22, Bethel, ME, 19 MAY 08
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Aviation Cadet Ernest G. Munn, Army Air Force/MIA, Bridgeport, OH, 14, 15, 16, 17 MAY 08
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LTJG Donald F. Wolfe, Vietnam/MIA, Hardin, MT, 10 JUL 08
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Canada Confirmed Mission Rides
Arlington National Cemetery
Making ANC Happen
Special ANC Considerations: Flags, etc
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Confirmed - SPC James Lockwood, 23, Kettering, OH. 27, 28 SEP 07 / ANC 19 MAY 08
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Pending Confirmation - 11 WWII USAA MIAs - Group Burial ANC 12 June 08
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Pending Confirmation - Capt. Edward B. Scullion, Korea/MIA, Norfolk, VA/ANC
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Confirmed - Eric Hall, 24, USMC Afg/Iraq Veteran, Punta Gorda, FL, 13 MAR/Jeffersonville, IN, 16, 17 MAR/ANC, JUL 08
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Confirmed - Sgt (ret) Sean Brown, Army, Iraq Veteran, Waynesville, MO/ANC,
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Confirmed - SGT (ret) James M. Zimmerman, Vietnam Veteran, Huron, OH 10 FEB 08/ ANC TBD
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Memorial Missions
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SHORT NOTICE - MSG (ret) Rex D. Border, Army, Alamogordo, NM, 17 MAY 08
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All Veterans Dedication, Mt. Olive, NJ, 25 MAY 08
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SPC Emily Ort, Ft. Carson, Colorado Springs, CO, 21 MAY 08
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Cpl. Keith Nurnberg, USA, Street Dedication, McHenry, IL, 30 MAY 08
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Sgt. Lonnie Calvin Allen, Jr, Bellevue, NE, 25 MAY 08
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Ouddie Wayne Span, Army Veteran, Boswell, OK, 17 MAY 08
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War on Terror Monument, Florence, KY, 26 MAY 08
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Kentucky Fallen Heros Wall, Somerset, KY, 26 MAY 08
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Anne Arundel County Warriors, Pasadena, MD, 17 MAY 08
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Global War on Terrorism, Ft Carson, Colorado Springs, CO, 23 MAY 08
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Tribute Walk Dedication Ceremony, Brooklyn, NY, 18 MAY 08
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Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Owensboro, KY, 24 MAY 08
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23 Veterans, Louisville, KY, 01 JUN 08
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Ft Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO, 09 AUG 08
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Cpl Robert D. Roberts, Fletcher, NC, 17 MAY 08
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Pvt. John Phelan, USA, Flag presentation, Warrenville, IL, 26 MAY 08
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Larry Foccio, Firefighter/USN Veteran, Ft. Mojave, AZ, 18 MAY 08
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Final Itinerary - Lowell Cemetery Remembrance Ceremony, Lowell, MA, 18 MAY 08
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Cpl Zachary A Grass, Beach City , OH, 26 MAY 08
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Heroes on the Homefront, Ft Vancouver, WA, 26 MAY 08
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Veteran's Dedication Ceremony, St. Elmo, IL, 26 MAY 08
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4 Missouri KIA, Desloge, MO, 17 MAY 08
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SFC Jack Lytle, Army, POW/Korea, Marion, IN, 16 MAY 08
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Ft Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO, 12 JUL 08
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Evergreen Cemetery Service, Colorado Springs, CO, 26 MAY 08
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National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Bridgeville, PA, 25 MAY 08
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Ft Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO, 14 JUN 08
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Pending Mission Rides
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PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING
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SGT Victor M. Cota, 33, Tucson, AZ
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Cpl. Jessica A. Ellis, 24, Bend, OR
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Condolences Only - Roy James, Army, Vietnam Veteran, Salt Rock, WV, 21 MAY 08
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Condolences Only - Michael Vinay Bhatia, Contractor, Medway, MA, 20 MAY 08
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Pvt. Joseph Thompson, WWII/MIA, Compton, CA/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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SSgt. Robert E. Frank, WWII/MIA, Plainfield, NJ/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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SSgt. Albert J. Caruso, WWII/MIA Kearny, NJ/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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TSgt. Robert C. Morgan, WWII/MIA, Flint, MI/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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TSgt. Paul Miecias, WWII/MIA, Piscataway, NJ/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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TSgt. William L. Fraser, WWII/MIA Maplewood, MO/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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2nd Lt. Ronald F. Ward, WWII/MIA, Cambridge, MA/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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2nd Lt. Irving Schechner, WWII/MIA, Brooklyn, NY/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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2nd Lt. Kenneth L. Cassidy, WWII/MIA, Worcester, MA/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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1st Lt. George E. Wallinder, WWII/MIA, San Antonio, TX/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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Cpt. Robert L. Coleman, WWII/MIA, Wilmington, DE/ANC, 12 JUN 08
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Cpt. Edward B. Scullion, Korea/MIA, Norfolk, VA/ANC
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2nd Lt. Arthur F. Eastman, Army Air Force/MIA, East Orange, NJ/ANC, SEP 08
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Canada Pending Mission Rides
Welcome Home Rides Help On The Homefront Rides
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Welcome Home - Lt. Matt Esposito, USMC, Oakland, CA, 18 MAY 08
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HOTH - Soldiers Memorial, St. Louis, MO, 26 MAY 08
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HOTH - Veterans Acknowledgement Event, Maury, TN, 21 MAY 08
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Short Notice Welcome Home - Maj Mary Smith, Dayton, OH, 17 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - 395 Ordinance Co, Appleton, WI, 01 JUN 08
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Welcome Home - 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, UT, 22 MAY 08
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Send Off - K-Co, 3rd Bn., 25th Marines, Moundsville, WV, 26 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - 3rd Assault Amph Batt, Charlie CO, Riverside/Oceanside, CA, 16 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - Sgt. Dave Randolph, USMC, Monmouth, IL, 17 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - 118th Maintenance, Manteca, CA, 16 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - Cpt. John Tucker, USAF, Eglin, FL, 17 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - Cpt. Chris Annunziata, Tucson, AZ, 24 MAY 08
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HOTH - Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD, 26 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - 641st Aviation Regiment, SDNG, Rapid City, SD, 18 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - PO2 Shawn Scott, USN, Moline, IL, 16 MAY 08
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HOTH - Cape Cod Cares For Our Troops, Hyannis, MA, 25 MAY 08
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Welcome Home - WWII Veterans Honor Flight, Montgomery, AL, 17 MAY 08
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Send Off - 3/142nd AHB, Patchogue, NY, 31 MAY 08
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Send Off - CSSB, 259th, Denver, CO, 14 JUL 08
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Welcome Home- PFC. Steven Nold, MP, Denver, 03 JUN 08
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