We gathered 08/27/07 to welcome home a fallen Hero! He was being flown into San Jose, Ca airport, on the west side, a private part of the airport.
We met Matt's mom, wife and daughter. Gerald McMillan from the San Jose USO came to honor the returning Hero, as well as six Blue Star Moms.
The Colonel of the Honor Guards tried to get us access to the tarmac, but was not able to do so, we waited in front for the group to leave and escort Matt to the Funeral Home.
We had 6 bikes, 4 here and one cage, Garlic Indian come in from work and did not have his nice looking Indian.
We had Roy cvrider, Garlic Indian, Rich's boy and Rich on the other side and Doug. The Colonel was giving us the run down on the mission.
The other 2 scoots...
This is Friday 08/31/07 where we had our flags waiting to welcome Matt's motorcade. Services were held in Los Altos at Gates of Heaven Cemetery.The Tallman family were gracious and every one of them made a point to meet us. I thank them for the welcome and say again, it was an honor to be there! Thank you Matt for your service!!!
Matt had a graveside service that went well and the weather was very nice. There were fears that protesters would be there, but none showed. There were two Sheriff's units by the front gate just in case.
A 2 star General gave the PGR Riders Challenge Medallions, Tom, Doug and myself, the 3 riders.
Q from http://www.iraqwarheroes.com/ was there for a photo shoot and introduced himself. He has a web site dedicated to fallen Heroes.
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