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Subject: Mission Complete - Spc. Dustin R. Donica, 22, of Spring, TX - 08 Jan 07

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tha viking User is Offline
Posts: 19
07 Jan 2007 4:00 PM Alert 
thoughts and prayers with the family and loved ones of Spc Donica during the loss of their loved one. Know that you do not stand alone
sc smith User is Offline
Posts: 4
Angleton
07 Jan 2007 7:30 PM Alert 
NOTICE: I will be leaving Angleton via 288, if anyone is leaving from this area and would like to ride together e-mail me.
DHB User is Offline
Posts: 25
07 Jan 2007 8:14 PM Alert 
I am riding from San Antonio and am meeting a rider from Austin in Sequin at the the Southwest corner of I-10 and Hwy 123 at 7:00 AM. Anyone else from San Antonio or the area can hook up with us if they wish.
DHB User is Offline
Posts: 25
07 Jan 2007 8:15 PM Alert 
correct that message. The rider I am meeting is coming from San Marcos.
johnjames47 User is Offline
Posts: 58
Navasota
07 Jan 2007 8:50 PM Alert 
Standing by in Navasota.
Red Eagle
capt frank User is Offline
Posts: 9
Lake Jackson, Tx
07 Jan 2007 9:46 PM Alert 
This young man has made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms and rights, Thank You from the bottom of my heart and my sincere condolences to his family. I pray that we in our endeavours may be some comfort to you. Capt Frank Polk
capt frank User is Offline
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Lake Jackson, Tx
07 Jan 2007 9:50 PM Alert 
leaving from Lake Jackson approx 1030, up SH 288, meeting another at jack in the box at hwy 6 about 1045-1100
steeringcolumn User is Offline
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LaPorte,TX
08 Jan 2007 5:27 AM Alert 
My Condolences to the Family and Friends I will be Honored to participate in this mission! Standing by in Laporte,TX
rustyrider User is Offline
Posts: 2
Pearland Texas
08 Jan 2007 7:41 AM Alert 
Will be leaving Pearland 10:30 AM anyone in southeast would like to ride along..
The Kendall's
DutchD User is Offline
Posts: 13
Clear Lake City (way south Houston)
08 Jan 2007 7:42 AM Alert 
Bay area riders. any who are interested meet at the gas station on the northeast corner of Dixie Farm Road (1959) ay I-45. Going the beltway, will need easy tags. KSU 11:15. Dutch
Dutch (Duane) Dinwiddie
USAF 67-78
2watt User is Offline
Posts: 20
Pasadena Tx.
08 Jan 2007 9:06 AM Alert 
Star will be there for this Hero and his Family to honor his sacrifice for this great Nation.
Gary Mcshan
Veterans Rep. STAR Chapter 221(Star Touring And Riding)
Houston Tx.
Woodstock47 User is Offline
Posts: 89
Plano, TX
08 Jan 2007 12:03 PM Alert 
We send our condolences and God's comfort to the family. We also send God's speed and guidance to those riding on this mission. We will be there in spirit but are unable to be there in person. Bless all.
"Honor to our Heroes"
You will NOT be forgotten!
Teddi bear User is Offline
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Elroy, Wisconsin
08 Jan 2007 1:58 PM Alert 
Our deep and sincere condolences to the family and friends of Spc. Dustin Donica, Thank you Dustin for your service to our country.
Riding with Respect!

Revival of patriotism is what the patriot guards are bringing back to America!
JohnnyD User is Offline
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PGR Handyman Cypress, TX




08 Jan 2007 6:39 PM Alert 
Last night when I went to the visitation for Dustin I was talking with Mr. Donica and he said that he had not heard of us before but that his wife had. While visiting with Mrs. Donica I asked where she had heard about the PGR. She said about a month ago she was driving past the church and saw all our riders lined up holding flags. She stopped and asked what was going on. One of our members explained we were at the church for Cpt. Fraser’s services and that we were the Patriot Guard Riders. She looked at me and said; “I didn’t think we’d be back at the church a month later for my sons services”.

I replayed that conversion in my head many times today. We are all so sorry to be back at that church today but thankful the Donica family wanted us there to honor Dustin and his family. She wanted me to tell you all thank you for coming to honor her son.

The General also sends his thanks to you all for being there. Our prayers are with the Donica family and that His grace and light help them through this tragic time.

Thank you to the 241 bikes and 12 cages that came to honor Dustin. You folks amaze me with your dedication to our fallen heroes. Saturday we had a record attendance for the Given service, today we broke that record, on a Monday no less. You stood tall and silent for Dustin in the proud fashion of the PGR. Thanks to all the PGR members who made the long drives to this mission from San Antonio, Austin, Beaumont and other areas of the state. We had PGR members from North Dakota and Oregon with us today! Thank you.

A special thanks to Breeze for all the work he put into this mission, he did all the work and I appreciated him for stepping up to the plate to do all he did. Larry said he was on a mission from God for this service and I think we all joined in on that mission today.

If you would like to sign Dustin's guest book on legacy.com the link is below:
http://www.legacy.com/HoustonChronicle/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=85866984
JohnnyD - Texas DSC (ret), PGR # 127, SE Texas Calendar of  Events
Support Our Wounded Troops! Thank You to all who have served and are currently serving. Riding in memory of Spc Villianueva, Sgt Michael Taylor, CWO Kenyon, CWO Garcia, SSgt Jerry Durbin, Pfc Tina Prest, Pfc Amy Duerksen, GSgt Fry, TSgt Walter Moss, Pfc Edwards, SPC Latimer, Cpt Funkhouser, Sgt Ramirez, PGR RC George Griffith, SSgt Kenneth I Pugh, SSgt Jenkins, LCpl Ryan A Miller, SSgt Reynolds, Cpl Benjamin Salgado Rosales, Pfc Hewitt, Cpl Luke Holler, Sgt. Mitchel Mutz, Cpt David M Fraser, LCpl Luke C. Yepsen, LCpl Stephen L. Morris, Pfc. Nathaniel Given, Spc. Dustin R Donica, SPC. Collin Schockmel, Pfc. Tanton, LCpl Anthony Aguirre, Pfc. Cory C Kosters, Sgt. Ryan Green, Spc Rodney J McCandless, Spc Eddie Tamez, SSgt Chris Kiernan, Pfc. Larry I Guyton, Spc Dan H. Nguyen, Spc. Michael J Jaurigue, 1st LT. West, Sgt. Danny Soto, LCpl. Matthew Gonzales, LCpl. Bobby Twitty, CPL Zachary Endsley, Spc. Eric Salinas, Sgt. Kitowski, Spc. William L. Edwards, PFC. Austin, LCpl. Matthew Medlicott, Spc. Rodney Johnson, Sgt Omar Mora, Cpl Donald Valentine, PVT Robert Holcomb, LCpl Burris, Cpl Smitherman, SPC Benjamin J. Garrison, Sgt. Blalock, 1st Lt Jeremy Ray, Spc. Orlando Perez, Sgt Gregory Unruh, CPL. Steven Candelo, CPL Molina, SSgt Jeffery L Hartley, SSgt Heredia, Sgt Ward, Spc Roughto
spd923 User is Offline
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katy TX
08 Jan 2007 7:24 PM Alert 
As I sit here trying to collect my thoughts and explain to my children where I have been all day, and why it is so important, I am still awe struck by the rider's of S E Texas. It is such an honor to ride with such a diverse group of people who all have one goal and purpose. Egos and colors are checked at the door and every one stands united in support of our fallen hero and their family. Johnny, Breeze, Boomer, Kelly (Hollywood), Rick, KP, and all other RC's great job under the toughest of circumstances. Thank you for your leadership and service. May we all ride safe and hopefully our next meeting will be for a welcome home ride.
riding in memory of Cpl Rosales, LCpl Yepson, LCpl Morris, SPC Donica, LCpl Aguirre, PFC Kosters, PFC Guyton, PFC Nguyen, LCPL Gonzales, SGT Soto, PFC Endsley, SGT Kitowski, LCpl Medlicott, Spc. Valentine III, PVT Holcomb
johnjames47 User is Offline
Posts: 58
Navasota
08 Jan 2007 8:15 PM Alert 
Simply, it was an honor riding and standing with you all.





Red Eagle
tbrulet45 User is Offline
Posts: 132
Carrollton, TX
08 Jan 2007 8:27 PM Alert 
Just got settled at home. Johnny D, Boomer, Breeze, Ride the Wind as well as other team members - forgive me as I do not remember your names. it was an honor to stand with you all today, with all you brothers & sisters. It makes me proud to be part of this & I thank you all for your leadership in insuring that Dustin's family got a very tangible showing of the honor & respect we feel towards their son, our hero & brother. I would stand under your leadership anytime. Thank you.

Tom Brulet
USAF 74 - 77; 355th AMS Davis Monthan AFB AZ; 18th Tac Fighter Wing, Kadena AB Japan.
Electronic Countermeasures; A7, A10; F4, C5, C130, C141

Unless we first change ourselves, the things around us will not change

Riding in memory of CPL Robert O'Connor

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GypsyBreeze User is Offline
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08 Jan 2007 8:36 PM Alert 
To my 241 friends, their passengers, and all of the dedicated members of the SE Texas Patriot Guard team;

Ever since the realization hit me that yet another HERO had given his life in the service of our community and our country, and that for the second time in one month – a family from the same congregation had to endure the pain of losing another son – I was struck with such a deep sense of the wrongness of the act of Dustin’s loss: a single family should not lose the light of their life that a child is to them. And here were two, from the same church, in my recently adopted community.

I felt within me; the need to somehow try to mitigate the pain, the sense of loss, the wrenching hole in their lives that we can only begin to imagine that a parent feels as they begin to prepare to lay a son to rest.
And I could only think of how yet another family, barely a month earlier, had walked in that same path - and the reopening of their pain as well.

I felt the nudge that can only have come from His hands. Another of us experienced the unseen hand of His angels, working to make this day somehow, just a little bit better for a family and their community.

And today, as 241 motorcycles and 12 vehicles bearing friends that I have known, only just met, or have yet to meet; came together from all around the state and our country to show a family that we ALL felt that same sense of respect, and honor, for this family and their community’s loss. A loss to all of us, each time that we hear the sound of 21 guns firing, or the bugle blow Taps.

Today, I saw a team. ALL of you. Working together as one for the good of a family in their time of greatest fragility. That is a sight that can only truly be seen from within ourselves, or from His heaven.

Each and every one of you is beautiful, and I’m proud to ride with and alongside all of you. Thank you for your time, your travels, and more importantly – your tribute of respect to the Donica family.
Breeze
Semper Paratus
DING-A-LING User is Offline
Posts: 1
09 Jan 2007 5:05 AM Alert 
this was my first ride with the PGR
i was amazed and very honered to ride with ya'll
what i saw was life changing
thank you
Streaker User is Offline
Posts: 880
In Memory of Oldiron
09 Jan 2007 5:38 AM Alert 
May God bless and comfort the family of Spc. Donica.  Thank you for his service and his sacrifice.

Southeast Texas/Houston PGR, you folks are in-freakin'-credible.  The entire state needs to take a look at your example of dedication and hard work.  As busy as you have been, you still stand tall and make us proud to be a part of PGR.  Thanks from all of us.

Streaker
Doug Smith (Streaker)
Deputy State Captain-East Texas Area
Palestine, Texas USA

Riding for my dad, WW II P.O.W., and for the Kenyon, R.Garcia, Durbin, Forbis, Cox, Priest, Duerksen, Fry, Moss, Shannon, Latimer, Worrel, A. Garcia, Meeks, Pratt, Duggan, Jones, Clements, Pugh, Caban, Rios, Lloyd, Shaffer, Eason, Mintzlaff, Neal, Jaynes, Sanders, Buford, Yates, Williams, Bishop, Brooks, Biggs, Barrett, Mollard, Goree, Sandel, Roberts, Knight, Knowles, Pickard, Wright, Ham, Cook, Russell, Granado, Hoskins, Strong and Leonard families, and proud to being doing so.

"We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism."- Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev, 1959

“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.” -Sam Houston

"If I had known what these people were going to do, I would never have surrendered." - General Robert E. Lee
oldrocknroller User is Offline
Posts: 97
09 Jan 2007 5:47 AM Alert 
As a first time rider, a new member of the Patriot Guard, and a member of the church I was truly grateful for the privilege and honor to be able to share in what this group does and stands for. I also spoke with other members of the church and a couple of Dustin's former teachers. They too were very impressed and much appreciative of the respect shown to the family. And grateful for what is done to honor the soldiers and their families. Thank you to all of you.
Bass_man User is Offline
Posts: 14
Katy, Tx
09 Jan 2007 7:12 AM Alert 
To the Donica family - Thank you for allowing us to honor Dustin. He made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and for that he will be missed.
To the PGR riders and support vehicles - I would like to thank each & every one for taking the time to honor this hero in the way you did.
I had been planning on making this mission, but right before I got ready to leave the office we ran into a major problem that had to be addressed right then and it did not look like it was going to get resolved quickly. It was looking like I was going to have to miss this mission. After making some calls and working through the issues, it looked like it was back on for me to attend. But I just knew I was going to have to field a bunch of calls via cell phone/email in order to attend - so be it, I wanted to be there. Funny thing is I did not receive a single call or email during the mission - guess someone was looking out for me and wanted me to be there also :-}
Chris "Bassman"
Ride Captain / Road Guard
Austinbiker User is Offline
Posts: 31
Austin, TX
09 Jan 2007 7:36 AM Alert 
When the Houston Guard called for help, I knew I had to go. As we left Austin with a January chill in the air, I thought of the previous missions and how each had turned out as a different and unique experience. When we arrived at the staging area however, I was simply awestruck! (I spent my first 46 years living in the city before moving to Austin 14 years ago.) Seeing so many dedicated PGR members from all over the state made me so very proud to be a part of our great Orginization all over again. And I'm not sure about any of you about this, but I sense most everyone who rode, shared my thoughts as we proceeded from the Church to the cemetery in honor of this True American Hero. As I viewed all the people lining the route saluting, holding flags and hands over hearts in Justin's honor, I was having trouble navigating with the tears streaming down my face! And I sure don't remember if it was cold coming back last night. Because of all of you and our fellow Americans who stood to honor this fallen soldier, I could have ridden in my birthday suit and I wouldn't have noticed! Thank you Johnny D and all the Houston Group for your unselfish efforts as well as all of you fellow PGR members who helped complete this mission! Kenny G. "The Fireman" PGR Austin, Texas
Standing proud to honor all Heros who have made the supreme sacrifice for our Country and our Freedom.

Riding in Honor of 1st. Lt. Robert Wiatt Garwick, WWII, Cpl. Craig Ledsome,SSGT Cristopher Ciraso, Hospitalman Kyle Nolan, Pvt. Dustin Donica, CPT. Sean Lyerly, Cpl. Tim Swanson, SSG David Driggers, PFC. Nick Tanton, SFC Allen Mosteiro , Seaman Victor Randall< Cpl. Anthony Bradshaw, SSGT. Christopher Kiernan, Pfc. Larry Guyton, Cpl. Mathew LaForest and
1st. Lt. James A. Dimock, KIA 18 May, 1969,Vietnam
blusun5 User is Offline
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Wildwood, IL
09 Jan 2007 8:22 AM Alert 
An Awesone display of Patriotism for an American Hero who will never be forgotten. Even thou we were not able to attend. The mission completed statement brought tears to our eyes. Bravo Zulz Texas PGR.

Jim & Colleen
USN RET.
mustanger7up User is Offline
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Sr. Ride Capt. Houston, Tx
09 Jan 2007 8:31 AM Alert 
Thank You Mr. and Mrs. Donica for allowing us the Honor to be a part of your lives in this difficult time of your lives. I pray it was a comfort in some small way to you and you family.

Once again the dedication of the Patriot Guard Riders has surpassed my expectations! Thank you everyone for showing Dustin's family that we care about them. I gather strength from you all to continue doing what we do time and time again. God Bless each and everyone of you.

Johnny D and Breeze one word for the job you did making this mission happen flawlessly. "OUTSTANDING!"

For all those who came out to show support, All I can say is WOW, Thank You each and everyone for taking the time out
of your work day to make this mission and travel across Texas and Lousiana to give this Family the Honor and Support. I know it is not always easy and none of this could be done without you.

If you would like to see them, here are the photos I took at the satging area and service.

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/mustanger7up/album/576460762383592998

Thank You one and all for what you do!
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
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