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Traffic was heavy as we left the staging area in light fog & mist. But spirits were not dampened because of our important mission. At the church, additional patriots arrived for a total of 9 standing the flag line. Flags were pre posted at the street entrance & in front of the church. Together, it was a very nice visual.
Family & friends emotionally thanked us for our presents & what it means to everyone especially Dorthy, Mr. Mangene's wife.
Thanks Flag Wrangler Don & new rider Ken. Thanks to all for giving of your time to show honor & respect to this Navy vet & his family. U do make a difference.The day started w a very good breakfast then a nice 55 mile ride. It was a little foggy but no sun in our eyes. Yea. The 5 of us stopped in Milano to flag up just before the church. The 5 Cen-Tex riders already there, said it made a very nice visual as we rode in. Mr. Clinard's granddaughter, Amy, was very gracious & thanked us all for showing such support & respect. Thanks everyone for your continued patriotism. You DO make a difference.
If U eat at Rosa's, be sure to ask for military or senior discount. Breakfast here is fast & very economical. Coffee is only 99 cents
In spite of the cold & wind, we had 10 true Americans standing a flag line for this Viet Nam veteran Marine. We also had 3 Marines from the local Marine Corps League detachment attending the service. At the start of service, FD, Brandy, relayed the family really wanted a PGR flag escort to the cemetery. So 3 of us stayed & attended the service while Warren went home to get his trik. ( all the way to Burnett ). Shortly after 1 o'clock, Joe, & I led the hearse, while Warren follow putting his flags right in front of the family. Thanks to Don & Marine, Chuck K. for pre posting US & Marine flags. What a visual.
Thank you Martin family for giving us the privilege & honor of serving you is this special way. Like Billy, "I Can Only Imagine." God Bless.
Every mission is special and some stand out. This was one of those. 9 patriots gathered to stand in the high wind & cold. The family, especially the Major's wife, went out of their way to thank us & tell us about their veteran. We thanked her for inviting us to share their special day. Anytime we get to show honor & respect to a fallen veteran & his family, it is special for us. Thank you for giving us that privilege.
I want to welcome new PGR rider Gregg & his BMW. Good looking ride. Soup filled in for Nicki with bringing the flags & helping to stake 5 in front of the Chapel. We formed a flag line there first then moved it to the interment site.
Thanks to all for your dedication & patriotism.I meet there every Sat morning with a few guys from church to cus & discus anything & everything. So I will be there till about 8:20. Time to Palm Valley church is only about 3 minutes.
Rosa's Cafe on 79 is a great place to have breakfast. Around 5 bucks plus Military discount or Senior discount. I get a sausage & egg bowl & coffee for under 5 bucks. & it's plenty of food. Palm Valley is just down the street a couple of blocks.
This was the 3rd of 3 PGR mission today, this one overlapping another requiring some "Semper Gumby". Nicki & Soup went to the FH early to stage flags at the entrance because of visitation prior to the service. 14 of us then formed a flag line in front of the FH. Members of the family spoke with us relating how much Mr. Yancey would have love our respectful honoring of him. They went on to tell us more about their father & what took place to get full honors for him at the cemetery. Wow.
Because of another interment at the same time, all but 2 of us went on to the cemetery to help with both flags lines their. The remaining 2 PGR members joined the procession in front of the coach to further honor Mr. Yancey & his family.
We then joined other PGR members on the cemetery flag line for military honors & interment of Mr. Yancey. At the conclusion, we carried our flags across the cemetery to join the flag line of the 2nd service.
A big big thank you to Nicki, Don & Warren for organizing both flag lines, showing once again, the power of Patriotic service. The whole group that stood today with such honor & respect, tells everyone, love of our country & it's heroes is not forgotten.Overlapping missions required some "Semper Gumby" (always flexible). Terry Ayers & Soup Campbell rode their Big Flag bikes in the procession from the FH to the cemetery to honor US Navy Veteran Rouault "Ray" Buvia. At the cemetery, they joined the flag line to further show honor & respect. They were joined by more PGR members from another interment service that just ended totaling 15 standing with respect for our fallen veteran.
Special thanks to Niki & Warren for organizing the flag lines of both interments. Super job done by all. Thank you fellow Patriots.A big thank U to the 8 patriots that stood the flag line to honor this WWII Navy veteran. As is customary, Navy veterans stood on both sides of the church entrance doing all proud. One of the Navy escorts told how Mr. Coleman got blown off his destroyer but his foot caught in the side netting saving his life. I was told he wore his dog tags till the day he passed away.
Thanks to Don for staking out additional flags ahead for those arriving early. They, along w the PGR, made for quite an impression.The wall in DC reflects names of those who died in Viet Nam. What it doesn't show is all those who have died since because of VN ( Agent Orange )
Cpl. Leal may have dealt w this among other things. Ben, a close VN buddy of his, reflected he to was dealing w this. But mostly he spoke of their great friendship & what a great guy Raymond was. He will miss him very much. Ben, along w the 12 of us PGR riders, signed a card for the family. The family was so taken by our presents that they gave the PGR a contribution. I explained this was not required but they insisted. We are most grateful & will put it to good use.
It is an honor to stand for Raymond & his family. Thank you for that honor. May God give you comfort in this time of loss.Although the day started out very rainy causing all but one of us to cage it, the rain stopped & the 7 of stood proudly for Marine Smith. His Wife & family chatted w us before hand & expressed how much it meant to have us there. Also showing up were 4 Leatherneck MC buddies of Sgt. Smith. Interment was not till 1 out in Spicewood, so after the start of the service we departed, with some of us going on to Georgetown for another flag line mission.
Thanks again to Nicki & Soup for flag wrangling. Prestaging flags at the entrance was very impressive.
Thanks everyone, Semper Fidelis,If anyone is interested, I will be at The Whataburger @ 6611 S. Mopac @ 8 AM before going the short 6 minute ride to the FH.
Great turn out of patriots today, 17 including a boy scout & his mother, who came to experience real patriotism. Glad U stood today to honor Mr. Hemoel & his family.
Flag wrangler Nicki & Soup posted flags at the grave site prior to the families arrival & made a nice impression We then formed a U shaped flag line around the interment site & waited for the family. We were fortunate to be mostly in the shade. Military honors were rendered by an AF detachment. As usual, they were super.
Thanks to everyone who took time out of their Sat to honor Mr. Hempel.If anyone is interested, there is a Whataburger @ I-35 & Williams Dr. (S bound) that we could meet at around 8 AM & have a bite to eat & a free senior coffee.
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