Swaledale exit shows support for veterans

Published by admin on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 10:24am

Motorcycling Vietnam veterans escort memorial to Forest City for Operation LZ; supporters gather on bridges

 

     The daughter of an Air Force pilot navigator heard that a fleet of motorcycle-riding Vietnam veterans would cruise northbound on I-35 Aug. 26.

     Kimberly West, a Rockwell resident, grabbed her “land of the free” and “home of the brave” yard signs and headed down B60 to the bridge over the interstate. She thought she might be the only one.

     “I love my country,” she said. “I had a lot of friends who went to Vietnam – and some friends that didn’t come back.”

    Read the full article in the September 3 edition of the papers.

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