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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>FINAL ITINERARY<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Vietnam Wall Escort
Mission<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u>Mission
Date; April 15, 2009<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>Ride Captain:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'>Ron “Roadrash”
Mitchell, 817-300-7464 (c); <a href="mailto:windindaface@yahoo.com"><span
style='color:windowtext'>windindaface@yahoo.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'>The Patriot Guard has been
invited to lead the events surrounding the arrival of the Vietnam traveling
wall into the Duncanville, Lancaster, Cedar Hill, Desoto area and to
participate in other activities associated with the events occurring while the
wall is in the area. This is a large event that has been organized by
fellow PGR member Jerry Hall and all PGR riders are encouraged to participate
to the fullest extent possible.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Part 1 – Wall Escort: Wednesday, April 15,
2009 - 10:00 AM; Armstrong Park</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Staging - 9:00 AM; KSU – 10:15 AM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Armstrong Park<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Main Street and James Collins Boulevard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Duncanville, TX<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Map – <b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ctmk6w">http://tinyurl.com/ctmk6w</a>
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>There will be snacks for breakfast provided by a couple of
vendors. We are expecting several visitors from each of the four cities
represented along with “Mama” Nocker, the mother of a Navy
helicopter gunner shot down and killed in 1969 in Cambodia. Mama Nocker
has requested to ride with one of our bikers maybe a trike if possible (she is
82 and has done this before). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The City of Duncanville/Chamber of Commerce will have the
first event at the park at 10 am to celebrate and thank the veterans and those
currently serving in our military. We will need to be lined up and ready
to depart before the event. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'>We will depart the park at
approximately 10:15 am. Please consult the route and schedule sent
earlier in the week for details of the ride if necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Part 2 – Additional Rider Events:
Wednesday, April 16, 2009 & Sunday, April 19, 2009</span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Our own Jerry Hall,
primary organizer for this event, would also like to have about 10-15
MC’s for the escort of the POW Michael Gesino and Gold Star Mom
Dorothy Shafernocker (Mama Nocker) who will be placing the wreaths at the
Wall on Thursday the 16<sup>th</sup> at 12 pm at the opening ceremonies.
Jerry will lead this event and the DeSoto police will assist us in
that also. Jerry wants to stage at the Lowe’s Center at I-20
and Hampton in Dallas. It is about a 2-3 mile escort to the event
site. Please contact Jerry directly at <a
href="mailto:jmhall@virtualcenter.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>jmhall@virtualcenter.com</span></a>
for additional information and to sign up for participation in this part
of the opening ceremonies. Below is a bio. of Mr. Gesino, a WWII POW
of the Germans.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A True American Hero<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A member of the
greatest generation!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Staff Sergeant
Michael G. Gesino – World War II POW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>423<sup>rd</sup> Bomb
Squadron, 306<sup>th</sup> Bomb Group, 8<sup>th</sup> Air Force<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This
week I had the opportunity to get, the rest of the story, from a man that
served his country faithfully during WWII. My wife and I have known his
son, Tony, a former soccer coach at DeSoto High School for many years and had
heard about his dad and that he had been a POW during World War II. With
the event planned for the Best Southwest Chambers involving the Vietnam Wall
and the need for a POW to do the honors of placing the POW wreath I thought of
Mr. Gesino. I thought he would be perfect and since my wife and I have
been trying to find a way to honor him for his service this seemed to be made
for that purpose. I might add Mr. Gesino has passed down more of his
patriotism through his sons. He and his wife Phyllis (deceased) were
blessed with six sons and of those six sons four served their country as did
their dad. One is a Vietnam Veteran; one was injured in an accident with
a plane crash while on the Kitty Hawk. In all there were three Army and
one Navy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mr.
Gesino says, “I was sitting by the radio with my dad when they announced
that attack on Pearl Harbor. I felt that I had to go in from the very
beginning. It was my privilege to go in and to serve my
country”. Mr. Gesino was only 19 years old when enlisting and
began his training. He and his wife were married on September 7<sup>th</sup>
of 1942 soon after entering the service. Mr. Gesino was on reserve until
being called up in February of 1943. After many training missions Mr.
Gesino was on his way overseas with his crew on a brand new B-17 which was
promptly taken away from their crew shortly after arrival so the aircraft could
have much of the armor removed to increase the bomb load. The crew were
assigned to the 306<sup>th</sup> Bomb Group in Thurleigh England and arrived in
early June of 1944 not long after D-Day. Mr. Gesino and his crew flew
seven bombing missions and three sorties over Germany with targets such as
bridges, fuel depots and such. Mr. Gesino responsibility was in the Belly
of the plane as a turret gunner. He was number three in line to fly the
airplane if the pilot or co-pilot were out of commission. He was
qualified to fly the B-17 back to camp if necessary. He normally would
not go into the ball turret until they were over enemy territory and then the
cramped space was his home for the duration of the bombing run and his job was
to look out for targets and protect the aircraft and crew. His job also
was to watch the bombs as they left the plane and try to visually detect if
they hit the target. Before the mission began he was responsible for
checking that the aircraft had the right number and type of bombs loaded and
that they were safely attached to the aircraft. He made his first mission
with his crew in June 1944 and the last mission was July 20 1944. On the
last mission he related that he saw the artillery shell coming in as they
prepared for their bombing run and the first two missed but the last one hit
his turret. Because of the other aircraft nearby they could not try to
avert the artillery. With 2+ inches of armored plate glass between him
and the shell it was no match and the glass was shattered by the explosion
hitting him in the face and hands. Fortunately he made his way inside the
aircraft which had lost one of its wings and helped to get the door open for the
crew to evacuate the aircraft. All he had for a parachute was his belly
pack and it really was made for no more than 150 pounds and he weighed
178. No time for worry and out the door he went. After hitting the
ground hard and injuring his legs and arms he was captured by the
Germans. There is so much to say about his capture and his time as a POW
I will condense it to some of the high points. Not much medical attention
was available to the POW’s and certainly not much humane treatment was offered.
He did spend some time in various German hospitals and one in particular where
a German eye doctor attempted to save his eye to no avail. He did get a
glass eye made for him and had it for many years until one day it fell to the
floor and was broken. Mr. Gesino had an opportunity to be repatriated but
a Swiss doctor came out and apologized. He said “I’m sorry,
but your government won’t trade. You need to go home, but they want
seven Germans for you. They’ve been recapturing Germans who have
been repatriated, and they won’t trade.” Mr. Gesino spent
over ten months in either the German hospitals or prison camps. He says
“only ten months” as if only those that spent more time had an
issue. Mr. Gesino was true to the Military Code of Conduct when
interrogated he gave only his name, rank and his serial number. This
caused him many times to have to spend three to six days in solitary
confinement. Much of the time in captivity Mr. Gesino was in and out of
consciousness and does not remember all that went on. Maybe it was a
blessing that he did not have to endure some of the pain of captivity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mr.
Gesino attributes his ability to survive the horrible ordeal to his
wife’s faith and prayer as she had garnered many of her friends and
neighbors to pray for him. After being hit by the artillery the planes
escorting the bombers were unable to see the crew leave the plane and when it
blew up and fell to the earth it was assumed all of the crew were lost.
Phyllis believed he was missing in action for the first three months of his
capture. She did hold out hope and eventually got her soldier back.
Mr. Gesino was reunited with the United States by the Russians on May 25 of
1945 and flown to France on a B-17. After being freed and sent to France
the ex-POW’s were threatened by some “gung-ho” officers to
send them to military courtesy classes because they weren’t saluting
properly. The word got to General Eisenhower and he flew in
special. He was close to Mr. Gesino as he had all of the officer’s
line up and he really let them have it. He said to the former
POW’s, “You gentlemen as of now are no longer military until after
you’ve had your leave. If anybody tries to put any more of these
stupid rules on you, let me know, and I’ll be right back.”
General Eisenhower also told them that if they wanted to do some traveling
before they went home they were free to go to England, France or Italy.
Mr. Gesino declined the travel and waited for General Eisenhower to make a way
for his departure back home. He kept that promise and Mr. Gesino arrived
back in New York Harbor by the Statue of Liberty to a terrific welcome with
tugboats shooting water and horns blaring. Mr. Gesino remembers everybody
ran to one side of the ship. He said the captain screamed bloody murder.
He said, “You people get back away from that rail! You’re
going to tip this thing over!” This was a welcome home for our
nation’s heroes. He was soon in Minnesota and reunited with his
wife after a most honorable tour of duty serving his country. Staff
Sergeant Gesino is truly an American Hero and is worthy of honor and praise for
his service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mr.
and Mrs. Gesino were married for 61 years which he describes as the most
wonderful times of his life. He truly worshiped his wife and I believe it
was reciprocated. They have many grandchildren and great grandchildren of whom
he adores. Mrs. Gesino was buried at the DFW National Cemetery in 2003
and waits the eventual reuniting with her husband. Mr. Gesino worked for
Braniff after coming to Dallas until they shut down the first time. He
eventually went back to Braniff for a year and a half before leaving again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mr.
Gesino or Staff Sergeant Michael G. Gesino was awarded two Purple Hearts and
two Air Medals for missions flown. He was to have been awarded the next
rank after being captured but due to loss of some of his records was unable to
receive his promotion. Vice President Walter Mondale from Gesino’s
home state of Minnesota tried to get his promotion accomplished but the
military decided they would not make the corrections. He finally gave up
and accepted that he would not receive that promotion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>His
story here is incomplete due to space, but he says that he firmly believes that
his wife’s faith and his faith helped. He says “The fact that
I had a wife and family at home gave me hope. Even though there was so
many times that I wasn’t aware of what I was doing, I was aware of the
fact that I had a family that loved me. Knowing that I wanted to get back
to them is what kept me going. Looking back, I also say that I
wouldn’t trade that experience for anything in the world. I
wouldn’t want to go through it again, but it taught me that I can survive
mostly on faith.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mr.
Gesino weighted about 178 when he went into the military and weighted about 131
when he got home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
look forward to honoring Mr. Gesino, An American Hero, on Thursday April 16<sup>th</sup>
at the event in Centre Park with the laying of the POW wreath.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>On Sunday all motorcycle
riders are invited to the event site for the Ride of Honor. Meet at
the site at 1 pm. There will be a church service that morning
also. At the time of this posting, the honor ride is scheduled to go
something like this: When the riders have arrived at the entrance to
the wall area each rider will ride alone to about the center of the wall
and stop, salute/place hand over the heart and proceed to the end to park
and stand as all MC riders make the Honor Ride.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Weather:</span></strong>
Forecast for Wednesday is for an isolated thunderstorm with a high of 81
degrees. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The flag/water truck will not be present.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This sounds like a great effort on behalf of several cities
to host a first class event, with our own Jerry Hall in the lead. I hope
to see as many of you there as possible as the PGR leads the way to make this a
great event. Flag bikes will certainly be a plus for these events and I
know that all the riders will be made welcome and feel right at home.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully Submitted,<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Ron “Roadrash” Mitchell<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>North Texas Senior Ride Captain<o:p></o:p></p>
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