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The "STV Classics" Series
Russ suggested, and I jumped on the idea, that at reasonable intervals it might make sense to post things on Old War Dogs that had previously been posted at Small Town Veteran, my old site. The post just below this is the first one I've done that with; somehow it just seemed appropriate for the 4th. There are very few of my old posts that I consider true "classics," but I did have some great things on STV that people like Russ, Rurik, 1stCav and some of my other readers sent me. With the Dog Pack we've assembled to post here I know this site will be a regular stop for a lot of people who never heard of STV and I will bring over some great stuff from there to give it renewed life here. |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 4, 2006 at 03:25 AM in Bill Faith, STV Classics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Goodbye To A Hero -- Pictures (An STV Classic)
[Originally posted here on Small Town Veteran.] Continued from Goodbye To A Hero. Echo9er has background information here. CH-47 Missing Man Formation. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Donaldson died in the co-pilot's seat of a CH-47:
(Continued "below the fold") The above two pictures were taken at the very end of Chief Donaldson's funeral. Everything from here down is in chronological order. The first thing I saw as I exited I-70 at Altamont Tuesday evening. btw, that's my car on the left with the large flag stickers in the back side windows.
The hearse bringing Chief Donaldson's body home took the same exit I did, drove up through Altamont and turned on U.S. 40 toward Effingham. The Patriot Guard Riders in attendance were waiting in a church parking lot right across from the above sign and fell in behind the hearse as it passed.
Not an uncommon sight at all on the drive through Altamont , Effingham, or anywhere in between.:
Also common as we passed through the countryside:
The Effingham Fire Department shows its respect at the funeral home:
A few scenes from our Friday Morning assembly point:
We traveled from there to a church parking lot about a third of a mile from the funeral location and walked from there:
Looking toward the church from the side of the road the phelps-slime was restricted to. I'm about 50 feet farther north than they were allowed.
Looking south from the same spot:
The slime is back through there somewhere. Couldn't prove if from my location. The church is straight behind me, about three times as far from it as I am. You'll note that after most of the mourners had passed by and the slime showed up the Riders lining the highway turned their back on the slime and faced the church.
Looking back toward the church from part way up the short drive to the cemetery shortly before the end of the funeral service.
I don't do caskets-and-mourners pictures -- I know we can count on the MSM to keep doing a fine job of that -- so the picture above was the last one I took except for the two at the top of this post. There are more pictures here on my Photobucket site, but nothing that isn't similar to something above. There are also pictures and links scattered through the discussion threads here and here. I swiped the picture below (That's me closest to you with the coffee.) from this site for instance.
This will not be my last PGR mission but from now on I'm going to have to recognize my limitations. I'd have been fine without that walk from where we parked to the funeral but I should have known better than to think I could do that and not have problems. Next time I promise to be smarter. *** Promoted from the comments 2005.06.21
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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 4, 2006 at 03:20 AM in Bill Faith, Patriot Guard Riders, STV Classics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |