Thomas Collins

Honor Mission

Thomas Collins, Veteran

USMC – Korea
Silverdale, Washington – 06-22-19

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Patriot Guard Riders, we have been invited by the family of Cpl Thomas Collins to attend his celebration of life and final military honors. Thomas joined the Marines and served on the USS Iowa as a Forward Observer (the ones that literally call the shots) during the Korean War. After returning from Korean Cpl Collins was out with some of his buddies and was in a brutal auto accident that took the lives of some of his friends that he’d served with in Korea, the accident also left Thomas with severe physical injuries and so he finished out his enlistment and left the USMC. In his civilian life Thomas worked for Pacific NW Bell (affectionately known as Ma Bell), which was eventually bought out by AT&T and retired from there after 33 years of faithful service. Thomas’ favorite way to start his day was to sit at a café on the Hood Canal and have coffee with his buddies, so his family is honoring him in the same manner. Let’s give this brave American a proper thank you and send off.

Silverdale Chevron

7978 Seabeck Hwy NW
Silverdale, Washington 98383

Sabrina “Mother Hen” Brown

pgrmotherhen@gmail.com

206-369-1434

RCiT: Mike Collins, ironhorse15_444-@msn.com, 360-471-4346

SV: Veronica Port, veronicaport@hotmail.com

SCHEDULE:09:15 – RC/SV arrive

09:30 – riders arrive, sign in, fill and drain

09:45 – mission/ride brief

10:00 – KSU to service location

11:00 – service starts

11:30 – or end of service, quietly fade away, debrief

Weather looks like it’ll be in the mid to upper 60’s, always a chance of wet, so be prepared.

Parking at service location is very limited. As always, safety is first and foremost!