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Subject: Michael Johnson, Army, Vietnam Veteran, Grand Junction, CO, 08 MAY 08

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Charger User is Offline
Posts: 3357
Forum Moderator Ride Captain Golden Colorado




05 May 2008 9:13 PM Alert 



We have been invited to the Funeral of Michael Johnson, Veteran, U.S. Army, Vietnam
 
Internment 1300(1:00pm) on  08 May 08 at:

Veterans Memorial Cemetery
 
2830 D Rd 
Grand Junction, CO

Stage 12:15pm at Shelter area.

Ride Capt Assistant State Captain Art Edwards

Steve DeBoer
Colorado State Captain

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid"
Dwight D. Eisenhower


mlmsan User is Offline
Posts: 1294
Loganville, Georgia 30052




05 May 2008 9:26 PM Alert 
My sincere condolences to the Family and Friends of Michael Johnson, US Army, Veteran. I pray God will give you comfort in your time of sorrow. I am grateful for Michael Johnson's, service to our Great Nation and greatly appreciate Him for my freedom. Michael Johnson, You are a true American Hero and will not be forgotten. Stand down Soldier, Your mission is complete. Job Well Done. May our Heavenly Father welcome You home to rest.

Know You Are Loved

Larry "Sir Big Bear" Sanderson
U.S Navy Viet NAM - 66/67
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA 42
VFW Post 5290, Conyers
GVVA Post 5,Conyers
Cell 770-500-6895

GEORGIA PGR
Part of It
Proud of It

Ridding In Memory of my Father, PO1 Weldon A. Sanderson, WWII USN, Pacific Fleet. And in Honor of my Son, SSGT Michael W. Sanderson, Gulf, 2x Iraq, U.S. Army serving this Nation Proudly.
Jasper54 User is Offline
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Columbus, Ohio




05 May 2008 9:59 PM Alert 
I wish to offer my most sincere prayers and extend my deepest sympathies to the family and friends of US Army Viet Nam Veteran Michael Johnson.  I pray that the Lord Jesus is there with you to hold you and to give you His Peace and Comfort as you lay your loved one to rest.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews 13:2 KJV

GySgt. Roger Casto, US Marine Corps, Retired 1972-1992;
Iran/Iraq War Veteran 1988
Veteran of Foriegn Wars, Life Member
Double Blue Star Dad
United Christian Faith Ministries Chaplain
Christian Motorcycle Association, Life Member

Riding in honor of:
Sgt. Millard Archy, US Army, WWI, Purple Heart - Exposed to mustard gas.
Sgt. Alva Pete Osborn, US Army, WWII, KIA - France.
Seaman Bob Schneider, US Navy, WWII, Purple Heart.
T/Sgt. Russell Casto, USAF Congo Revolution, Viet Nam.
Sgt. Ron Casto, USMC C.A.P. Viet Nam 1966.
My son, SPC Sean Casto, TennANG. Iraqi Veteran
My daughter, Spc. Angela West, US Army
SrA Micah Burgess, US Air Force, Afghanistan Veteran

In Honor and Memory of Ten HMLA-267, MAG-39 Marines who Answered the call and made the ULTIMATE SACRAFICE while ensuring the safety and security of our nation:
Lt. Col. Knott
Capt. Dillon
Capt. Dolvin
Capt. Hurley
Capt. Cronin
Sgt. Kilkus
Sgt. Keller
Cpl. Romei
Cpl. Monahan
LCpl. Adams
And ALL of our Military Men and Women from ALL Wars who have answered that call and have paid the ULTIMATE PRICE in the battle to defend our nation.
Charger User is Offline
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Forum Moderator Ride Captain Golden Colorado




05 May 2008 10:03 PM Alert 
My thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of this fallen hero. Michael Johnson, I thank you for your service to our country and for our freedom. It is now out turn to stand for you!

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid"
Dwight D. Eisenhower


690MedCo User is Offline
Posts: 3466
Huntington Beach, CA




05 May 2008 10:36 PM Alert 
Thank you Michael Johnson for your dedicated service and sacrifice to defend this great country of ours!! Our thoughts & prayers are with you, your family and friends of this fallen hero to ease them through these difficult times. You will never be forgotten! Rest in peace.

Glen Owsley
SP4 U.S. Army 1976-1979
Medical Specialist
690th Medical Co (amb)
34th Medical Btn
Ft Benning, GA
U.S. Army Reserve (IRR)1979-1982
Patriot Guard Rider
Leave No Veteran Behind!

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Matthew 5:9
lonetexan2u User is Offline
Posts: 203
Phelan, Ca. High Desert




05 May 2008 10:54 PM Alert 
My family extends it's Sincere Condolences to the Family and Friends of Michael Johnson! "A warrior's road is not finished until he walks upon the streets of Heaven. God's speed as you join your comrades and hoist another Flag of Victory as you well deserve. Rest in Peace, you have served well... I stand in spirit with my brothers and sisters, humbled by all you have given!”

Billy "Hawkeye" Mathews
Sgt USMC 1969 - 1972 Texas
PGR
American Legion Post 262
American Legion Riders Post 777

Proud Father of SFC G.R. Mathews 1st Cav US Army, Texas

Riding in Memory of:
My Father, George G. Mathews Pvt US Army WWII Purple Heart, Texas
Uncle Henry W. Mathews Pvt US Army WWII, Texas
Uncle C.L. Lynch Sgt US Army WWII, Texas
Cousin C.M. Lynch US Navy Vietnam, Texas
Cousin T.E. Lynch US Navy Vietnam, Texas
Cousin George W. Weldy Jr. USMC Vietnam Texas
Cousin Bennye W. Cowley USMC Vietnam Texas
Cousin Jackie D. Bradford US Army Arizona
custer7thcav User is Offline
Posts: 4308
Moraine, Ohio




05 May 2008 10:55 PM Alert 
My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Michael Johnson. Thank you, sir, for your service and dedication. God bless you, and be with your family during this very difficult time. Rest in peace.

custer7thcav
In honor and memory of
Sgt. Bill L. Mullins, 1/7 Cav, Vietnam '65-'66
and
Frank Cicirelli, USN, WWII
adccop User is Offline
Posts: 2451
Tonopah, Arizona

Arizona
Asst State Captain
Northern Region




05 May 2008 10:56 PM Alert 
To the family and friends of Michael Johnson I offer my condolences and deepest sympathy for your loss.

To Michael, Welcome Home Brother and Thank You for your Service to our Country. Stand Down your mission on this earth is now complete. Those that have preceded you are now preparing your place of Honor among Them. Ride with the wind and the Angels and may you forever Rest in Peace. Pegs Down for a Brother Veteran.

GOBB
adccop
Viet Nam 67-69


Riding in Memory of My Hero Natalie

"It's Never Too Late To Say Welcome Home"


One more in the mission to ensure that our Warriors know they are supported and Never Again treated with disdain.

Have Flag Will Travel!
ROBERTRPEARMAN User is Offline
Posts: 889
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY




06 May 2008 1:13 AM Alert 
OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF VIETNAM VETERAN MICHAEL JOHNSON USA. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. WELCOME HOME MICHAEL AND REST IN PEACE BROTHER. ROBERT AND JUANITA

YOU ARE NEVER REALLY GONE UNTIL YOU ARE FORGOTTEN

ROBERT R PEARMAN
US AIR FORCE 1961 - 1965
AMERICAN LEGION
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA
PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS
Florida Shamrock User is Offline
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06 May 2008 4:43 AM Alert 
My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Michael Johnson. You will be missed “Brother”. Stand down your tour is done.

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rain fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.

Irish Blessing

Vietnam 67-68

Riding for POW/MIA’s
“You Are Not Forgotten”

“When one American is not worth the effort to be found, we as Americans have lost.”
VTXRIDER55 User is Offline
Posts: 695
Warner Robins, GA




06 May 2008 4:58 AM Alert 
Our heart-felt condolences to the Johnson family and friends in the loss of Michael. Thank you for his service to this great country. Our prayers go out to God for you in this time of loss. Michael served to give us the freedom we now enjoy so much and for that he is one of the GREAT AMERICAN HEROS of the land. God bless your family and friends. Wish I could have shaken his hand and told him thank you myself.






JR & Patti Bedford
Psalms 37:5

vander177 User is Offline
Posts: 2396
Vandergrift, PA




06 May 2008 5:07 AM Alert 
My condolences and prayers to the family and friends of U.S. Army VietNam Veteran Michael Johnson . I thank you for your military service and sacrifices you made for this grateful nation in keeping peace worldwide. You may be gone, but, you will never be forgotten.

The price of freedom is written on the WALL!

Ralph A. DeLorme, SFC, US Army, Retired
PGR Western PA Veterans Liaison
Patriot Guard Riders, Ride Captain, Region 10, PA
American Legion Riders, Sgt of Arms, Post 820, Monroeville, PA
GWRRA member - PA Chapter U
DAV Life Member

Riding in memory of Herbert Weltz - US Army - KIA 03-25-68

Riding in memory of our grandson Randy C. DeLorme - April 1986 - December 2001

ALL GAVE SOME - SOME GAVE ALL
mailman User is Offline
Posts: 10161
West Branch, MI - Michigan Ride Captain Zephyrhills, FL - Florida Ride Captain




06 May 2008 5:39 AM Alert 
Sincere condolences to US Army Vietnam Veteran Michael Johnson. Rest In Peace.

"Eyes on the olive branch, but arrows at the ready."

Jim
"mailman"
US Army 1970 - 1972
aoop User is Offline
Posts: 1933
Vidor, Orange County, TX




06 May 2008 7:04 AM Alert 
Thank You Soldier.

James M. Richards
Vidor,TX
US Navy 1969-1972 Damage Control
jmrichards@aoop.net http://www.myspace.com/stoneagegeek
Travel in Memory of: Pvt Clinton Victor Richards, (Uncle) WWI, USA, KIA, GySgt Joseph B. Richards ,USMC, (Father) WWII, Deceased, SSgt Leroy Richards, USMC, (Uncle) WWII, Deceased, Pvt Dewitt E. Rabalais, USMC, Father in Law, Deceased, Col Gilbert Meibaum, USMC, VN, AO, SN Larry Slaymaker, USN, VN, KIA and each and every Brother and Sister who has worn the uniform and lifted their right hand to make the Promise to willingly die if need be to defend the freedoms of our Citizens and the innocents abroad.
A Mother asked President Bush, "Why did my Child have to die in Iraq?" Another Mother asked President Kennedy,"Why did my Child have to die in Vietnam?" Another Mother asked President Truman, "Why did my Child have to die in Korea?" Another Mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt,"Why did my Child have to die at Iwo Jima ?" Another Mother asked President W. Wilson, "Why did my Child have to die on the battlefield of France ?" Yet another Mother asked President Lincoln,"Why did my Child have to die at Gettysburg ?" And yet another Mother asked President G.Washington, "Why did my Child have to die near Valley Forge?" Long, long ago a Mother (Mary) asked, "Heavenly Father, why did my Child have to die on a cross outside Jerusalim?" All the answers are so near the same. One died to save our Souls and the others died to protect our Freedoms.
satyr User is Offline
Posts: 2605
Raleigh, NC




06 May 2008 8:01 AM Alert 
  I would like to offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Vietnam veteran Michael Johnson.  My thoughts and prayers are with you.
  Thank you for standing for our country and defending our freedom Michael.  Rest in peace soldier.  I salute you. 

satyr

Steve
USAF 1976 - 1980, TAC
Dry Hill AFS, Watertown, NY
Finland AFS, Finland, MN

We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heros never dies.

Moina Micheals - 1918
"We Shall Keep the Faith"
Inspired by the poem "In Flanders Field"
sdoise User is Offline
Posts: 2301
Kinder, La.




06 May 2008 8:09 AM Alert 
I convey my heartfelt condolences to the family of Michael Johnson and my sincere appreciation of his service to preserve our way of life. May he rest in peace.

Schelly
Ride Captain for Lake Charles, La. and surrounding area
American Legion Post 318, Elton, La.

DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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Geezer Glide 2001 User is Offline
Posts: 926
Conroe,Texas




06 May 2008 8:56 AM Alert 
Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Michael Johnson,Thanks for being one of our heroes. God Bless. And God Bless, The fellow soldiers that stands for us everyday.Thank you for your dedicated service and sacrifice to defend this great nation of ours.

We salute you , My Friend

Final Inspection

The soldier stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining.
Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now,soldier.
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
The soldier squared his shoulders and said,
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't.
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep....
Though I worked a lot of overtime.
When the bills just got too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here, Lord.
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don’t, I’ll understand.
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.
As the soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now,soldier
you’ve borne your burdens well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven’s streets;
you’ve done your time in Hell."

- Author Unknown -

Riding loud and proud......But standing tall and silent...........for the American Hero.



Paul Babb ( Ret. LEO )
MCSO-3110
S.E.Tx. P.G.R. Rider
Conroe, Texas

Riding in memory of
Sgt.Jack H. Holder Jr.
MCSO-3102
DIUSMC Parris Island, Buford SC.

mr_stainglass User is Offline
Posts: 208
Newport News Virginia




06 May 2008 10:30 AM Alert 
My appreciation and condolences go out to the family and friends of Michael Johnson. Thank you Michael for your service to our nation and the sacrafices you made along the way for the liberties of freedom. Rest Easy.

Robert Magill RMC (SW) USN retired

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." -- John F. Kennedy
Stroh User is Offline
Posts: 128
Grand Junction, Colorado




06 May 2008 3:44 PM Alert 
My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Michael Johnson, Army veteran. You answered the call during a difficult conflict to serve your country and flag. I thank you for that. Your mission is over and you can rest in peace.

Remember, when the enemy is within range, so are you!

ROCK
Vietnam 68'72'

Riding for Walter C. Wright USAF
KIA Oct. 1967

Western Slope Ride Captain
TMR User is Offline
Posts: 2365
Willow Springs IL




06 May 2008 9:43 PM Alert 
Godspeed, and God bless you, Mr. Johnson, for your service in protecting all of us.
Standing in spirit in Willow Springs IL TMR
Mikey-Joe-Ray-Bob User is Offline
Posts: 833
Warren,Ohio




06 May 2008 10:37 PM Alert 
My heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family and friends of My Nam era Brother Michael Johnson for their loss ! I stand in Spirit, with Pride, Dignity and Honor for Our Heroes ! It's NEVER too late to say: WELCOME HOMEMIKE ! May God Bless ! Mike Socie...Ohio PGR U.S. Army Nam Era Vet. 62 - 65
B.J. User is Offline
Posts: 509
Colorado Springs, CO.-USA




07 May 2008 8:13 AM Alert 
To the family and friends of Michael, we send our most sincere condolences. To Michael, we can only truely repay your service and sacrifices by saying, Thank You! GOD Speed, Rest In Peace.
With Respect!

B.J. Ondo
Colorado Volunteer of the "NATIONAL" PGR
USAF: 1973-1977|USN: 1977-1979
Viet-Nam ERA & Cold War Vet
_______________________________________
"It is our greatest honor to serve our country in times of peace, It is our Solemn duty to serve our country in times of war" -Ronald Reagan
______________________________________
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." -Thomas Jefferson

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Wonder Lake, IL
Forum Moderator




07 May 2008 9:40 AM Alert 
Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Michael Johnson, Army, Viet Nam Veteran. May God help you though this difficult time and sorrow. He is one of America's Heroes that will never be forgotten.

Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms, Michael.
 
Going home, going home,
I'm just going home.
Quiet-like, slip away-
I'll be going home.
It's not far, just close by;
Jesus is the Door;
Work all done, laid aside,
Fear and grief no more.
Friends are there, waiting now.
He is waiting, too.
See His smile! See His hand!
He will lead me through.


Morning Star lights the way;
Restless dream all done;
Shadows gone, break of day,
Life has just begun.
Every tear wiped away,
Pain and sickness gone;
Wide awake there with Him!
Peace goes on and on!
Going home, going home,
I'll be going home.
See the Light! See the Sun!
I'm just going home.


http://lnwbooks.com/data/mp3/15.mp3

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: 1. Jesus Christ. 2. The American G.I. One died for your soul, the other for your Freedom.
groady User is Offline
Posts: 131
Grand Junction, CO




07 May 2008 2:21 PM Alert 
We offer our Sincere Condolences to the Family of Michael D Johnson, when duty called he
stepped forward to Honor the U.S. Army and defend his Flag and Country with dedication.
"WELCOME HOME". Now rest in peace Soldier your mission is accomplished.

Art(groady)& Meg Edwards
USN Retired/Vietnam Veteran
Western Slope Assistant State Captain
Colorado Patriot Guard Riders
Pepper_guy User is Offline
Posts: 4110
Lacey, WA




07 May 2008 3:30 PM Alert 
My sincere condolences and prayers to family and friends of Michael Johnson, U.S. Army / Viet Nam Veteran. Mr. Johnson, I am forever grateful for your service to our country. Your service and sacrifices will not be forgotten. You are a "TRUE AMERICAN HERO". May you Forever Rest in Peace.


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