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Sandy9999 
Posts: 1372
Westminster, MD
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| 22 Oct 2009 8:36 PM |
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The Patriot Guard Riders have been asked to attend and participate in the Welcome Home for US Army Sergeant Nicholas Busse. The soldier is returning from a 12 month tour in Iraq and will be arriving at Oakland Airport aboard Southwest Airlines on Sunday Nov 1.
We will stage at the Bob Dron Harley Davidson Dealership, 151 Hegenberger Rd, Oakland, Ca at 11:30 AM (1130).
http://tinyurl.com/6rm5mw
We will KSU to the Oakland Airport at 12:00 noon (1200) and establish a Flag Line. After the Welcome Home at the Airport, we will provide a motorcycle escort to the final destination, Petaluma.
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Family, Supporters, and Riders:
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Doug Lyvere
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djmurray
Posts: 326
West Columbia, SC
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| 23 Oct 2009 12:51 AM |
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| WELCOME HOME SGT. NICHOLOAS BUSSE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO INSURE THAT WE REMAIN LIVING IN THE LAND OF THE FREE. YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. WE SALUTE YOU SIR AND MAY ALL YOUR ENDEVERS BE AS PROSPEROUSE AS YOU WISH THEM TO BE. |
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Thank God for those who give us the chance to be free.
Danny & Kathy Murray 803-608-3469-cell |
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mailman
Posts: 22222
West Branch, MI - Michigan Regional Ride Captain Zephyrhills, FL - Florida Senior Ride Captain
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| 23 Oct 2009 9:57 AM |
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| Welcome Home SGT Nicholas Busse!!! Thank you for your service to our Nation. |
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"Eyes on the olive branch, but arrows at the ready."
Jim
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US Army 1970 - 1972 |
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sdoise
Posts: 8298
Kinder, La.
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| 23 Oct 2009 11:15 AM |
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| Welcome home Sgt. Busse. Thank you for your service to our country in order 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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custer7thcav
Posts: 9014
Hillsboro, Ohio
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| 23 Oct 2009 1:17 PM |
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| Welcome home, Sgt. Nicholas Busse!! Thank you for your service!! God bless you!! |
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custer7thcav
In honor and memory of
Sgt. Bill L. Mullins, 1/7 Cav, Vietnam '65-'66
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Frank Cicirelli, USN, WWII |
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monmixr
Posts: 1935
Bartlett, Illinois
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| 25 Oct 2009 8:25 PM |
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| Welcome home Nicholas. 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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swanner
Posts: 360
Lafayette, IN
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| 26 Oct 2009 8:15 AM |
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| Welcome home Sgt. Nicholas Busse. Thank you for your service. God bless you and your family...Stan |
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Easy.
Posts: 5266
Jacksonville, NC Eastern Region Senior Ride Captain
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| 26 Oct 2009 6:45 PM |
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---Welcome Home!!!! - Welcome Home--- -SGT Nicholas Busse, USA, Oakland/Petaluma----WELCOME HOME !!!!
My family and I would like to Thank you, for all you have done for us & our country for your dedicated service to our Nation.
God Bless You & your family!!!
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Ride Safe and GOD BLESS,
BARRY (EASY) BERTOLINI
PGR NC Eastern Region Senior Ride Captain
Email: barryb_28546 @yahoo.com
CMA Member (Christian Motorcycle Association)
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want
in...And how many want out. Only two defining forces have ever offered
to die for you: Jesus Christ and the American Soldier..One died for our
soul, the other for our freedom."
PGR NC Calender
PGR: NC MySpace
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madmitch
Posts: 78
Northern California
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| 02 Nov 2009 9:41 AM |
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Welcome Home SGT Busse
Prior commitments didn't allow me time to be there in person but I Welcome You Home in Spirit! |
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Riding in memory of:
My Father Chuck Laing WWII USN and Korea USAFR
My Brother George "Jim" Barker USN 65-68 (Carriers)
And all our lost heroes from Northern California
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52yankee
Posts: 100
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| 02 Nov 2009 8:00 PM |
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Post Mission Report
We staged at Bob Dron’s Harley Dealership in Oakland at 1130. Sgt. Busse’s father, Mike was there to greet us. We talked to him and explained just what we would be doing and how we did it. Mike was ecstatic. He said he hadn’t seen his son in almost 14 months. This young man was with the Big Red One and disarmed IEDs. We KSU at 1200 for the airport. As we walked into the terminal, we found out the plane landed early and people were already coming off. Before our Sgt. came off, we had a bonus. A young female soldier (unknown rank/name) came down the stairs. We came to attention and saluted her. You could see her trying to maintain her composure. Finally Sgt Nicholas Busse came down the stairs. We came to attention and presented arms. Problem was Nicolas and his dad Mike hugged and wouldn’t let go off each other. Actually, that was not a problem but a wonderful site to see. Sgt. Busse wasn’t sure what to do so his dad told him to walk down the line. We rendered our honors then got around him to welcome him home. While there, we met a Marine who served during Korea. He had asked to stand with us. Well, we didn’t have a Thank You pin, but we did have a Mission Accomplished Pin that Cranky took off his vest. Moose, a Korean War Vet, spent some time talking with him. We then left to stage for the second part of our mission, the escort home. After Mike and Sgt. Busse joined us, we left for their home in Petaluma. When we got to the street and came around the corner, family and friends were waiting and our horns were blasting and engines reving. We let everyone know our “package” had arrived. We all dismounted and after all the family and friends greeted Sgt. Busse, Panak, an Army Viet Nam Vet, presented him with our Thank You pin. Then Sgt. Busse had to pay us. Payment required, a picture with all the riders that escorted him home.
Mission Stats
Bikes- 32
Cages- 1
Affiliate Organizations Present
Blue Star Families
Various ALR
Various HOG
Star Touring
Rip City Riders
Special Thanks
Special Thanks to the following:
Bill “Cranky” Snodgrass for giving his pin to a Marine Korean War Vet.
Panak for a fine presentation
Ben “Moose” Gibson for his preride and leading us the last couple of miles to the Sgt’s home
Road Guard Milkman for exceptional service on this mission.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this mission. If I left anyone off the list it was not done intentionally and no disrespect was meant. Again, thanks to everyone who attended.
Rich Martin
Sgt. USMC
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