PGR_NTX Patriot Guard Mission posting of Retired Brigadier General Archie Mayes Bedford, Texas

[Mission Information For North Texas PGR]

Confirmed HOTH Mission For Retired Brigadier General Archie Mayes
Bedford, Texas.

Date: Saturday, 02  February 2008

Time: 1300

Place: Bedford, Texas

He served our country with pride, and now a North Texas veteran is in
a different kind of fight.

The fight is keep from having another American Flag stolen off his own
porch. Eight American flags have been stolen from his front porch in
the past year.

The North Texas Patriot Guard Riders will ride this Saturday "To Do
The Right Thing".


Honorary Ride Captain: Herb Parsons hparsons at parsonsys.com


Assistant Ride Captain's:
Sergeant Wess "Law Dawg" Tyler   wtyler at ci.trophyclub.tx.us
Greg "Light Bulb" Hillman   g_hillman at sbcglobal.net

Mission:  To Replace A Stolen United States Flag, And To Honor A Man
Who Served Our Country.


Archie Mays joined the National Guard in 1938. He was called for active
duty in 1940. He was sent back home before the war started, but a man he
knew from the guard told him he'd be an ideal candidate for the "new
officer candidate school" that the Army was forming. He was in the 4th
OCS class, and became a 2nd Lt at 21 (he had previously worked his way
up to Tech Sgt as an enlisted man). By the time he was 22, he was a
Captain. At 24 he got a battlefield promotion to Major. In 1949, he
transferred to the Air Force (in spite of the newspaper's assertions,
he's not a retired Army General, he's a retired Air Force General). At
33, he became a full bird Colonel, and was promoted to Brigadier General
when he was 47.

All of his Commissioned Officer duty was as a combat engineer and a
post engineer.

He served combat duty with the 160th Engineer Battalion during WWII.
During the Korean War he was a base civil engineer, and in Vietnam he
was responsible for all Air Force civil engineering functions in the country.

He retired in 1973.
I can also tell you, he's anxious to share "war stories" with people
that will listen. I think his stories are worth hearing, and worth retelling.



Staging:  1300 hours.  Full Boar Cycles / Mustang Sally's is at 700
West Bedford / Euless Road in Hurst, Texas.  Just south of 183 and
Precinct Line Road.
This mission is scheduled for 1300, Saturday, 02 February 2008.
The map link to Full Boar is http://tinyurl.com/2oaqf6

Safety Briefing: 1330

KSU: 1345



Ceremony: 1400


Route Information: http://tinyurl.com/2oaqf6

Additional News Background To The Story Behind This Mission.
http://cbs11tv.com/local/stolen.flag.thief.2.635707.html

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/425243.html

Patriot Guard Web Link
http://www.patriotguard.org/ALLForums/tabid/61/forumid/111/tpage/1/view/topic/postid/762855/Default.aspx#765037