Wwii veterans honor flight

[Patrolman46]

I'm posting this after Mark brought to my attention that maybe it is not widely known in our area. Sorry if it's out of your neck of the woods, but it's a great cause & I feel really strongly about HONORING our Vets. The paste is self explanatory:

WWII Veterans Honor Flight

The Patriot Guard has been invited to escort a group of WWII Veterans from Chadron via Alliance to Scottsbluff, then south through Kimball to Fort Morgan, and then on to their motel suite on Tower Rd. (by DIA) in Denver. The Veterans will be traveling by van to Colorado in preparation for their Honor Flight to Washington DC. They will be making the journey on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012.

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The vans are leaving Chadron at 10:45am Thursday May 3rd., and scheduled to arrive in Scottsbluff at 1PM for a one hour lunch break departing from Scottsbluff at 2:15pm with a final destination being the Comfort Suites, Denver International Airport.

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PGRColoradoStateCaptainRickShoaf & NebraskaState Captain Scott Knudsen encourage all Riders to ride any segment of the escort their schedule allows.

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STAGE DATE: Thursday, May 03, 2012

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STAGE LOCATION: Elk’s Lodge, 1614 1st Ave, Scottsbluff, NE

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STAGE TIME: 12:00 PM (noon)

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RIDERS MEETING: 12:30 PM logistics & flag line

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HEROES ETA: 1:00 PM

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LUNCH 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM - Open to PGR: soup & sandwich $5.00

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DEPARTURE: 2:15 PM south towards Kimball & Fort Morgan

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Chadron Area Riders: Departing 10:45 A.M. - Departing 10:45 A.M. The American Legion / 123 Bordeaux St., / Chadron, NE (No Ride Captain for this segment to Scottsbluff as of this posting) Please Ride with a maximum of 6 riders in front with all others following the vans. Please do not ride between the vans.

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Alliance Area Riders: Arriving 11:45 A.M. - Departing 11:50 P.M. Location: / The Old "Terry's Corner" or "Cenex" station located at 1639 3rd St. Alliance, NE

(The vans will drive through Parking area only - to allow the PGR riders to get into position safely)

(PGR Leaders, be ready at the South end of the parking area - to lead them back onto Hwy 385)

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Scottsbluff Area Riders Arriving: 1:00 P.M. - Departing 2:15 P.M. Elk’s lodge location: / 1614 1st Avenue, Scottsbluff, NE

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Kimball Area Riders: Arriving 3:25 P.M. - Departing 3:30 P.M. Location near I-80 / (Alco Store / 116 S. Chestnut St. / Kimball, NE

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HWY 71 & HWY 14: ETA: 4:20 P.M.

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FortMorgan Area Riders Arriving: 5pm – Super 8 parking lot behind Conoco, DQ, & Arbys

Riders Meeting 5:20pm – Clutches out 5:30pm

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DenverInternationalAirport area

Comfort Suites -International airport, 6210 Tower Rd, Denver CO - Arriving 6:45pm

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Our Heroes Flight leaves DIA at: 11:45 A.M. / Friday May 4th

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RIDE CAPTAINS:

Steve Thomlison / Gering rugrats1@charter.net 308-631-3028

Rod Fries / Sidneyelectric@cityofsidney.org 308-249-3673

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PGR Escort Riders will have 2 to 6 riders lead the "Convoy of 4 vans" and the rest

protect the rear.) - DO NOT ride between or along side the vehicles

 

 

Let's have a great turnout to HONOR these Veterans other than at their funerals. This will be a fun "Escort"

[rogerhessler]

Dan, How far are you and Mark planning on ride with escort? I hope to be able to go up north and meet up.

[Patrolman46]

Dan, How far are you and Mark planning on ride with escort? I hope to be able to go up north and meet up.

I'm planning on riding to the Comfort suites in Denver if they run on schedule. I'm leaving from Brush the next morning @ 5AM with a cousin heading to Graham, TX for a small family reunion. If they run late I will probably drop out of "Escort" at Ft Morgan. I don't like to ride in the dark because of the deer. All of the farmers are discing up the corn stalks, so the deer are really on the move. Don't want to have a "Dano" meeting with a deer.

[GAWildKat]

Wish I was going out that way....My Dad and Mike's grandfather were both WW2 vets. Would be an awesome way to honor them. Yeah Yeah....I can see the questions now...How could my Dad be a WW2 vet...easy. I was the pleasant surprise he had when he thought he was too old for kids and was settling into the idea of being a grandpa lol.

[Phoneman1981]

Thanks to Patrolman46 for making this event known to the rest of us. RogerII and his wonderful wife road two hours out of their way so they could ride along with us. The Nebraska PGR group escorted 10 WWII vets. Awesome site. Great attendance!!!!!

[rogerhessler]

Was a Great Day for a ride,see Good friends,meet new folks and escort the wonderful men who had done so much for our great country during WWII. Truly was a Great day. Thank You Patrolman 46 for the invite.

[frankd]

My father in law went on the Honor Flight about 3 years ago, and to see the look on all of the WW II vetrans when they returned home was amazing. It's a long day for them (remember they're in their middle to late 80's) but I'm sure that every one of them was happy they went.