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I would like to draw your attention to an important announcement regarding Chris Rich and Diane Moore. Their apartment and everything they owned was destroyed by fire. Several OJC members have come up with ways to help out these two very dear friends. Please click on the following link to see if you can help.
From: "Sweet T"
Do you know anyone in Virginia that would be interested in getting a POW/MIA
Logo license Plate? I sponsored a bill last year for Virginia to make them.
It is my responsibility to collect the first 350 pre-paid applications. Can
you help???
Until They Are All Home,
Ms Terry Tranbarger, President, Rolling Thunder Chapter 2
"I had a great day running today. We left out of Mankato, KS and are
running towards Belleville, KS. We came back to Mankato are are staying
in a city park with free electrical hook-ups. This will be the second
night, free of charge. We had a visitor. I was very honored to meet
with him. He is a navy corpsman with the 4th marine division on Iwo
Jima. His name is Gerald Boyles. His daughter, Gloria Garman, did the
article for the Mankato Newspaper yesterday. They came by our RV this
afternoon. I showed him some sand I have for Iwo Jima. I could have
stayed and visited with him for 3 or 4 more days. He is a very nice
fellow. He's 78 years old, still plays the guitar, and still farms.
Tomorrow, after the run, we are going down to Lindsborg, KS to meet with
Jeanette Floher. She is the mother of David L. Krieg, the navy corpsman
killed next to me on his first day in Vietnam, May 15, 1967 serving with
India 3rd Battalion/5th Marines. 4 hours after that, I was wounded and
sent back home to Great Lakes Naval Hospital. He were only with us for
5 hours. We were working on a buddy from my fire team, Fred Wesche,
from Pennsylvania. Wesche survived. I did a run from St. Paul, MN to
Illinois in 1994. We had a ceremony at Great Lakes Hospital, and
Jeanette came up. Charles Lindberg presented her with the flag. We are
also supposed to have an interview with the Lindsborg Newspaper. We
will be meeting with one of David's friends from his hometown, Bill
Lindholm. He was wounded in Vietnam and escorted David's body home.
Outside of that, everything is going well, and we are right on
schedule. I had a call last night... (message was cut off.)"
"We ran on Highway 36 today, and did very well. We are just outside of
Belleville, KS. We drove to Lindsborg, KS to meet Jeannette and John
Floher. Jeannette is the mother of David L. Krieg. [See yesterdays
log.] David is a driving force for this run to honor all veterans. We
are staying at his house. We visited his grave this afternoon, and met
Bill Lindholm, a hometown friend of David's. Bill was wounded in the
marine corps, 3rd Battalion/5th Marines. He accompanied David's body
home. It is an honor to be at this house. We will continue up to
Belleville and run in. We will switch drivers, also. Carol Buettner
did an excellent job driving. My daughter Melissa will be driver #6.
We will continue on through the great state of Kansas. This has been a
very honorable day. Gotta Run!"
"We stayed overnight at the Floher residence in Lindsborg, KS. We left
this morning and ran on highway 81, south of Salina, KS. There were
really wide shoulders. There was cool weather and some rain here. It
was Carol's last day driving. She did an excellent job cooking,
cleaning, and backing-up. Today we are waiting to rendezvous with my
daughter Melissa. She is driver #6. Jim Mason, from Vietnam Veterans
Chapter 639, will be driving Melissa down, and then bringing Carol back
to Minnesota. So, we are waiting for them now in Belleville, KS.
Monday morning, Melissa and I will be taking off and heading East. So
far things are going well. Thanks again Carol for driving! All of my
drivers have been fabulous. We haven't' even gotten lost yet! Gotta
Run!"
"We switched drivers today. Melissa, my oldest daughter, is taking over
as driver #6. Carol, my cousin, did an outstanding job of driving for 2
weeks. Melissa was driven from Minnesota from James Mason. We
performed the ceremonial changing of the keys, and Jim drove Carol back
to Minnesota. Melissa and I went to mass at St. Edwards, and had a
blessing by Father Moader. I also had a radio interview by Rod Utech
with Freedom Radio. After I was done with my interview, I listened to
an interview of Charles Lindberg. It was an honor to be able to listen
to him talk about the first flag raising at Iwo Jima. Tomorrow we will
be heading down highway 36 for Washington, KS. Gotta Run!"
"It's Monday, again. It was Melissa's fist day driving. I want to
thank Carol for training her in and doing an outstanding job of
driving! Today, we continued down highway 36 to the city of Washington,
KS. We ere stopped by Steve Breeding who was a Vietnam veteran in the
2nd Battalion/1st Marines as a machine gunner. He gave me a Vietnam
Veterans rehab medallion to put on my flagpole. I gave him a picture of
Charles Lindberg. I was also pulled over by Highway Patrolman 2nd
Lieutenant Greg Kyser. We talked for a bit. We are now in the
Washington RV park. Art Jones, Jr. let us stay here for a minimal
charge with full hook-ups. His dad, Art Jones, Sr. was on the Remagan
Bridge in WWII with the 9th armored. He also served in Korea and passed
away one year ago. I had a visit from a man here in the RV park named
William Lull.. He is a WWII Navy Veteran from California who served in
the South Pacific. I had an interview with the Washington County. They
will be sending some home. I just had a macaroni and cheese and hot dog
dinner. I'm all ready for tomorrow. Gotta Run!"
"Melissa and I had a good run on highway 36 today. I was running on
narrow shoulders heading East into Marysville. There were wider
shoulders heading West, so we actually ran West into Marysville, KS. We
got a lot of honks and waves along the way. Melissa did a very good
job. We got up this morning around 4 am to lightning and thunderstorms,
but those subsided. I talked to Marysville police officers, and dropped
off flyers at the Marysville VFW. We are parked in a city park, free of
charge. I just was in the city pool here. Also, we have an interview
lined up with the Marysville Advocate tomorrow. We will be hitting it
early in the morning tomorrow. I'm not to sure what the temperature is,
but it is getting more and more humid as we get farther East. Thanks to
you and the committee back home, we have gotten half way across America,
and it has been a complete honor. Melissa is making spaghetti now.
Gotta Run!"
"We are in Seneca, KS now. Last night we slept at the Marysville, KS
public park. There were trains running all night long, every
half-hour. This morning, we met Joanne Shum with the Marysville
newspaper. She took my picture. Along highway 36, we met Dwayne Holtas
and Craig Polson, a retired Navy Veteran. These 2 gentlemen got Charles
Lindberg pictures and T-shirts. Craig has a relative that is neighbors
with Charles Lindberg in Richfield, MN. We also went to the Seneca VFW
and met a few members. One fellow was a World War II Veteran, and
another was a Korean Veteran. I also met with the Seneca Tribune for an
interview. Their photographer, Matt Diehl, will take our picture
tomorrow morning as we run out. Today is August 23rd. It is my brother
Joe's birthday! Happy Birthday to Joe! My son, Matt, is in Law
Enforcement school now, Jenny is back from Alaska, and Missy is right
here doing a great job driving. We went to a library and saw the Guest
Book online! Thank you to everyone for you support! Gotta Run!"
"We had a good day running today down highway 36. We are at the
Hiawatha Country Square RV Park in Hiawatha, KS. I heard that is got up
around 100° today. We had a visit form the Seneca Tribune. The
photographer came out early this morning and took a lot of pictures.
Also, a State Highway Patrolman stopped by to talk. Tomorrow we will
get some company from the committee back home. The father son team of
Jim and Jim Martin will be coming down to install graphics on the RV.
The graphics were donated by Vomela. We are putting them on now instead
of back in California, because I was running to fast, and they were
unable to catch up with me. The two Jims will also personally escort
Mel Olsen, my next driver, #7, down to Kansas! Melissa is doing a great
job. She cooks great, and is handling the 28 foot RV like she is an old
trucker. Every day continues to be an honor. People are honking all
the way along the line. We will continue East tomorrow. Gotta Run!"
"We are at Country Squire RV Park in Hiawatha, KS. There was quite an
extreme fog today, so I didn't run on the highways. It was too
dangerous. Instead, I ran around town. The fog didn't lift until past
11:30! Country Squire is letting us stay free of charge for another
night with hookups. The Jim Martins and Mel Olsen are coming down to
put graphics on the RV. Jim, Jim, and Mel: there is a Powwow going on
here in town at the casino. We will stay at the site here. You guys
should find a room before you come to see us. The hotels are filling
up. Aside from that, it's about 100° and we just settled in for the
day. Talk to you later! Gotta Run!"
"Hi! We had a good run today. We stopped just outside of Atchison,
KS. Jim Martin, Sr. and Jim Martin, Jr. put most of the graphics on the
RV last night with help from Mel Olsen and my daughter Missy. When I
was running today, they put the rest of them on while the RV was
stopped. They all did a great job. It looks really professional. If
you see us, stop and talk! We are hard to miss now! I had an interview
with a radio station today, and I have one tomorrow. Missy will leave
for Minnesota tomorrow. She has done a great job driving. Mel will
take over, and he will be with me for 2 weeks. We went to eat at the
Time Out restaurant and met a really nice waitress. Hi Danielle! She
got a T-shirt and a picture of Charles Lindberg. Talk to you all
later! Gotta Run!"
"This morning the Jims took off back to St. Paul along with my daughter
Melissa. She was driver #6. Thank you for doing an outstanding job.
It was fun to be with you. She did a great job cooking, too! The Jims
did some PR work. I will have some newspaper and radio interviews.
They did a great job with the banners, too! Missy trained in Mel, and
he caught on really quick. We visited Amelia Airheart's birth place
today. We will be leaving for Leavenworth, KS tomorrow. Also tomorrow,
we will be attending the Marine Corps Council meeting in Kansas City.
We are doing very well, and had a very nice Sunday off. I went to
church at St. Joseph's Church here in Atchison, and got a blessing.
Gotta Run!"
Please come visit: WWII Veterans Run
*Editor's Note While trying to occupy my children this summer, I have been doing educational activities with them. I was searching online for subject matter and stumbled across a website that teaches American History. One of the websites gives a detailed history of the Vietnam War. It is a very interesting website and it has a large segment on the antiwar movement. Like it or not, it is a part of our history and one of the things those of us who grew up in the 1960's remember when people talk about the Vietnam War. They have a message board where you can read and post messages about the antiwar movement. Please visit the following website and if you have any thoughts or opinions on how the Vietnam War is explained, feel free to send them to me. I will post them here in "The Moonduster Chronicles". Thanks, Radical Times - The AntiWar Movement of the 1960's
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