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2006.05.19 |
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Goodbye To A Hero
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher B. Donaldson was laid to rest with full military honors, including a 3-aircraft CH-47 flyby, on Friday 19 May 2006 in a peaceful little cemetery just outside the quiet little town of Shumway, Illinois. May he rest in peace. The slime showed up as promised but left before the funeral began. Looking toward its allocated location from the church entrance nothing was to be seen but a sea of American flags and American patriots. Nothing was to be heard except the engine and rotor noise of an Illinois State Police helicopter, there, apparently, to protect it from big bad scary bikers. The helicopter left almost immediately after the slime did, possibly to guarantee its safe passage out of the area. After the slime left, the Patriot Guard Riders in attendance held their stations till nearly the end of the funeral, then regrouped to provide an alley of flags along the short drive from the church to the adjoining cemetery, then regrouped again to help provide an appropriate backdrop for the graveside services. In my entire life (I turned 56 today) I cannot recall ever being associated with a finer group of people than the ones I spent my morning with. Click here to learn more about Patriot Guard Riders, then please give serious thought to joining this fine organization. You don't have to be a biker, or a veteran, or anything else in particular to join. You just have to care. You do care, don't you? I'll try to get some pictures from the Chief Donaldson mission up soon, assuming they came out OK. Right now a big day is beginning to catch up with me. *** The pictures I promised are posted here. |
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Posted by Bill Faith on May 19, 2006 at 07:39 PM in Patriot Guard Riders | Permalink TrackBack Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Goodbye To A Hero:
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Comments Thanks you for helping to watch over our fallen hero and his family. Please extend my thanks to each and everyone of the Patriot Guard Riders. We have a hero to bury from Lafayette, La. We can only hope that we'll do half as good a job as you described. Thanks fo a job well done. Supporting Our Troops & Pro- Victory 1st Cav RVN Posted by: 1st Cav | May 19, 2006 8:21:07 PM I love you and I'm proud of you. Happy Birthday.Posted by: Heather Brinkley | May 20, 2006 3:37:39 PM I was in attendance to lay my Army Brother Chris to rest traveling from Ft Bragg, NC. I was with out a doubt amazed on the presence and meaning of the Patriot Riders. I am almost speechless of what I saw and feel of what these true Americans do for our Military. I truely respect, appreciate , and admire what you did for the Donaldson family, Community, and my own benefit. Thank you and God Bless.... Cw2 Jimmy C. Valencia 3-82nd Airbone DivisionPosted by: CW2 Jimmy Valencia | May 20, 2006 11:18:49 PM Bill, You gave my heart a boost this morning. Thank You. God Bless Our Troops, Past, Present & Future, V.Posted by: 2ndamendsis | May 21, 2006 3:05:41 AM Post a comment |
