Zippy 
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Phoenix, AZ
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| 25 Jun 2009 3:36 PM |
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Part I
Welcome Home
Honoree: Cpl. Kevin Kammerdiener, US Army
173rd Airborne
Date: Friday, July 17, 2009
Time: 5:30 P.M.
Place: Bradys Bend, PA. 16028
The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to escort Cpl. Kammerdiener in the Welcome Home Parade through town.
Staging: American Legion Post 488
975 Route 68
Brady's Bend, PA. 16028
Time: 4:45 P.M......KSU: 5:30 P.M.
Almost 18 months ago, Cpl. Kammerdiener, then stationed in Iraq, was a gunner in a 4 manned humvee when attacked by a suicide bomber, taking the life of 2 members and severely injuring the others. For several months, the life of Cpl. Kammerdiener hung by a thread, with his family at his bedside. Gradually he began to improve, multiple surgeries followed and now rehab has started. Cpl. Kammerdiener is now learning to walk again with assistance. At the request of the family, a service is being planned for the presentation of the Purple Heart. Cpl. Kammerdiener is unable to speak and has limited movement on the right side due to his injuries, but shows great determination.
Part II
Purple Heart Ceremony
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009
Place: High School Football Stadium
Brady's Bend, PA.
Time: 5:00 P.M.
Presentation of the Purple Heart
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Captain Sandra Turner
Staging: American legion Post 488 ( across street from large green Army tank )
975 Route 68
Brady's Bend, PA. 16028
Time: 3:45 P.M. KSU: 4:15 P.M. Bring kickstand plates as bikes will be parking on the football field
A parallel flagline will be formed so that Cpl, Kammerdiener can be escorted to the podium
Ride Captain: Bill Howley Email: WJH6899@comcast.com
Assistant: Richard Mildren
Pat Gross, HOTH Director, W.PA
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Diane "Zippy" Anderson
PROUD Army Mom of SSgt Billy Myers 2nd Cavalry Stryker, Iraq
"...for those who man the battle line, the bugle whispers low, and freedom has a taste and price the protected never know..."
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mailman
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West Branch, MI - Michigan Regional Ride Captain Zephyrhills, FL - Florida Senior Ride Captain
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| 26 Jun 2009 7:44 PM |
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| Welcome Home Sky Soldier!!! Thank You Cpl. Kamerdiener for your selfless service to our Nation. God Bless You!! |
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"Eyes on the olive branch, but arrows at the ready."
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vander177
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Vandergrift, PA
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| 28 Jun 2009 4:25 PM |
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| WELCOME HOME and THANK YOU for your military service in defending this great nation from global terrorism. May God be with you and your family during your time of healing from your wounds. Thank you for my freedom. God bless you and your family. Standing by in Vandergrift, PA. |
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Ralph A. DeLorme, SFC, US Army, Retired
PGR Western PA Veterans Liaison
Patriot Guard Riders (#75,342), Ride Captain, Region 10, PA
American Legion Riders, 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
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sdoise
Posts: 8298
Kinder, La.
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| 29 Jun 2009 1:41 PM |
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| Welcome home Cpl. Kamerdiener. Thank you for your service to preserve our way of life. |
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Schelly "Toro"
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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Tigrkity
Posts: 390
Myerstown,PA
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| 29 Jun 2009 5:51 PM |
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| Welcome Home Cpl. Kamerdiener! Thankyou for your service to our country and perserving our way of life here in the States! Our prayers are with you during your healing process and for your familys patience in waiting for you to come home again! God Bless you! Victoria |
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Tigrkity , Soldiers Angel Victoria , VictoriaKA@americas911foundation.org Supporting those who protect us all! Also riding in Honor of those wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington ,DC and Lt.Col Michael Marzec Riding in honor of my uncle Senior Master Sargeant John Hunsicker (USAF) also 193rd Spec Op USMC .Retired. Also in memory of a good friend of his PFC Carmon Johnson(USMC) KIAVietnam. FREEDOM ISN'T FREE! NEVER FORGET! |
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oldhead
Posts: 215
New Castle, Pa.
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| 30 Jun 2009 7:58 PM |
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Welcome home Cpl. Kevin Kammerdiener. We thank you for your service. The freedoms that we all share have been provided for us by men and women like you. Thanks.
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The most precious commodity with which the Army deals is the individual soldier who is the heart and soul of our combat forces.
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1texasrider
Posts: 628
North Texas
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| 01 Jul 2009 1:14 PM |
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| Welcome home, Cpl. Kamerdiener. Thank you for your service and dedication to this great country. We are forever grateful for your service to preserve our way of life and the freedoms of this great nation. |
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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
- Winston Churchill
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, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
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XLPilot
Posts: 62
Chicora,PA
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| 03 Jul 2009 7:45 AM |
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| Welcome Home Cpl. Kammerdiener. May God Bless you and your Family. It will be a True Honor to escort you in the Parade and Honor you and your Family at the Presentation Ceremony. You are a True American Hero and we Thank You for your dedication and Service. Standing by in Chicora. |
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monmixr
Posts: 1935
Bartlett, Illinois
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| 03 Jul 2009 10:10 AM |
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| Welcome home Cpl. Kamerdiener. Thank you for your Service! |
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Proud member of the often imitated never duplicated Illinois Patriot Guard Riders.
Eric C. Kuhn
Ride Captain
Illinois Patriot Guard Riders
In memory of CPT Steven M. Strickland B/3 AVN BN 15 SEP 1980
In memory of CW3 Donald G. Cicuzza Jr.
In memory of Carl W. Kuhn WWII Vet. 1927-2009 |
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Zinobile
Posts: 781
Robinson, PA - RC Region 9
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| 05 Jul 2009 9:59 AM |
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Welcome home Cpl. Kamerdiener! Glad to hear that you're making progress and fighting hard. Prayers & best wishes from down here a little south of Kittanning. Looking forward to meeting you in a couple weeks.
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"If we really wanted to honor our Boys, why don't we let them sit on the reviewing stands and make the people march by?" - Will Rogers |
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FreeBird1965
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Colver PA
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| 05 Jul 2009 11:11 AM |
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Thank you Cpl. Kammerdiener for your service to our country.
Words will never express the gratitude of this grateful nation for the sacrifices
you have endured nor those endured by your family.
Freebird1965
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat |
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Roert
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Erie, PA
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| 05 Jul 2009 3:08 PM |
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Welcome Home Cpl. Kamerdiener. You'll be in our thoughts and prayers as you continue in your recovery. Thank You and God Bless Soldier.
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hollywood68
Posts: 761
Pittsburgh, PA
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| 05 Jul 2009 6:23 PM |
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Welcome home HERO, welcome home.
Our gratitude for your sacrifice can never be enough, THANK YOU.
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USAF - 68-72
Former Western Pennsylvania Senior Ride Captain
Former Pennsylvania Assistant State Captain
Former Pennsylvania State Captain
Pennsylvania Ride Captain
The 9.12 Project
"A governement big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have" -Thomas Jefferson |
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Blitz6964
Posts: 30
Monaca, PA
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| 08 Jul 2009 12:57 PM |
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Welcome Home, Cpl. Kammerdiener, and Godspeed in your recovery! Standing by in Monaca.
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FreedomDon
Posts: 35
Freedom,Pa. 15042
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| 09 Jul 2009 4:14 PM |
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Welcome home Cpl. Kamerdiener, You are a True American Hero. Your bravery and sacrifices will always be remembered.
Sgt. Don Miller
American by Birth
Marine by Choice
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ridingthewind
Posts: 133
crab orchard wv
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| 15 Jul 2009 6:45 AM |
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Welcome home Cpl. Kamerdiener.Thank you for your service to this country. May God be with you as you heal from your wounds.
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fxdwg03
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Darlington, PA
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| 16 Jul 2009 6:16 AM |
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CPL Kamerdiener, Welcome home brother! Thanks for all you have done and sacrificed for us. Now it is our turn to give back to you. i will be proud to ride and stand for you this weekend. Please do not hestate to ask for anything you need. You have a greatful nation waiting to serve you now!
Plan on leaving Monaca/Shippingport at 2pm tomorrow. If anyone wants to ride together drop me a line. Will plan Sunday according to who else wants to ride up together. |
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Jesse J. Mercure
SFC US Army Retired
1983-2007
OIF 1 Veteran
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JackFlash
Posts: 37
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| 16 Jul 2009 9:02 AM |
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| Welcome home soldier. We are eternally grateful. May God lay His healing hands upon you and your family. Riding in memory of Steve Kmetz KIA 1944; Kenny Kline KIA 1968; Kenny Rubbo KIA 1968. You are not forgotten. |
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PGRDenmother
Posts: 351
Gainesville,Fl.
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| 16 Jul 2009 9:30 AM |
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| Mike and I welcome you home Sir and thank you for your dedication and service to this great Nation, may God bless you and your family. |
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ursulasman
Posts: 417
Ride Captain, Gainesville,Fl.
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| 16 Jul 2009 9:42 AM |
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Welcome home soldier. Thank you for your service and dedication to this great country.
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lwentling
Posts: 154
Franklin, PA
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| 17 Jul 2009 2:25 PM |
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Welcome Home Cpl Kamerdiener. Thank you for your service to this great country of ours.
Lee Wentling
Senior Ride Captain
Region 1
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oldhead
Posts: 215
New Castle, Pa.
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| 17 Jul 2009 7:19 PM |
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Part one of this mission took place today in the rain with 14 bikes from both the PGR and Legion Riders. Despite the rain the day was a success. There were many smiles on the faces in the crowd and the Kammerdiener family. We thank them for allowing us to be a part of this day. I know that part two of this mission on Sunday the 19th will be an even bigger success.
Bill Howley R.C.
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oldhead
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New Castle, Pa.
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| 19 Jul 2009 5:45 PM |
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Part two of this mission took place today with forty to fifty bikes. We would like to thank the Kammerdiener family for inviting us to take part in this welcome home/purple heart ceremony. Thanks to the American Legion riders, members of the V.V.A., Rolling thunder and American Legion Post 488 in Brady's Bend. Thanks to Tracy Jack for all the work she did putting this day together. It was a special day for Corporal Kevin Kammerdiener and his family and an honor for all of us to be there. Mission complete.
Bill Howley R.C. region 10
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JackFlash
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| 20 Jul 2009 10:23 AM |
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| I would like to thank Bill H. for the fine job of coordinating a large group of sometimes cantankerous old geezers. The ceremony was moving and I wish the Kammerdiener family all the best. Riding in memory of Steve Kmetz KIA 1944; Kenny Kline KIA 1968; Kenny Rubbo KIA 1968. You are not forgotten. |
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