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| "THIS FLAG WAS FLOWN ON 14 JUNE 2003, THE U.S. ARMY’S 228TH BIRTHDAY, AT BAGRAM AFGHANISTAN. AFTER FLYING OVER THE CJTF 180 HEADQUARTERS, IT WAS FLOWN IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY AT THE ENEMY PRISONER OF WAR DETENTION FACILITY FOR 9 HOURS AND 11 MINUTES. IT BEARS WITNESS TO THE CAPTURE, INTERROGATION, AND DETAINMENT OF TERRORIST FORCES THREATENING THE FREEDOM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE FREE WORLD. THE FLAG IN THIS PICTURE WAS ALSO FLOWN OVER THE HEADQUARTERS AND INSIDE OF THE DETENTION FACILITY. IT WAS HANGING INSIDE OF BUILDING #7, WORLD TRADE CENTER, ON THE MORNING OF THE ATTACK. IT, AND THE FLAG ACCOMPANYING THIS CERTIFICATE WERE CARRIED FROM THE UNITED STATES TO AFGHANISTAN TO HONOR THOSE WHO PERISHED ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2001. " --From the 10th Mountain Division to the Nam Knights of America, MC. |
Rolling Thunder, Washington, D.C. 2001 |
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| Club Founder "Just Jack" Quigley,Parent Chapter, and son at assembly point. |
"Just Jack" Quigley, and Eli "Keebler" Krakower, both of the Parent Chapter, confirm the prices on NK Support T-shirts. |
NK Lady Angela "BunnY" Mona (left) , NK Lady Patty Destefano (center/left), Steve "Slider" Mona, Parent Chapter, and transplanted Georgia NK Tom "Bodett" Taylor share a fun moment before leaving for the Pentagon. |
Right: "Just Jack" Quigley seaches for just the right parking spot, as Parent Chapter Vice President Bobby Colaneri (left) dreams of a new Tat. |
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| Parent Chapter NK "Fritz" Reiman leads the Parent Chapter at Rolling Thunder 2001. |
NK George Domenici - Hudson Valley (NY) Chapter |
NK Dennis "Menace" Edgar - Parent Chapter (NJ) & son Keith |
NK Kent "Chia Pet" Celentano - Parent Chapter (NJ) |
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| NK David "Wrong Way" Lewis - President, Delaware Valley Chapter (NJ) |
| NK Ray "Hardrive" Ortiz - Parent Chaper (NJ) |
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| NK John "JR" Rossillo - Parent Chapter (NJ) and wife Marion |
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NK Jeff Annicelli and (riding) Rev.Pitches (Chaplain) - Parent Chapter (NJ) Chapter |
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| NK Gerry "Slick" Raymond - Brooklyn (NY) Chapter |
NK Mark "Traveler" Bridges - West Georgia Chapter and wife Karen |
NK Mike "Iceman" Janke - Parent Chapter (NJ) |
| NK Larry "Hippy" Aubut - Hudson Valley (NY) Chapter shoxs the "Colors" during the 2001 Rolling Thunder Parade. |
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| Separated at Birth NK Mike Janke (left) and John Welgos and Karen (John's special guest) at the parking area after the Parade. |
With the permission of the Park Service, Nam Knights held their annual memorial on the grass within the "V" of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
As the Nam Knights gather on the grass, television and print media take the "high ground" of a speaker's platform to record the presentation. |
| Nam Knights and guests gather in somber reflection of those brothers and sisters who did not return from Vietnam; both KIA and POW. |
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| Nam Knights gather in a tight crescent around Reverend Pitches, Parent Chapter Chaplain, Fred Reiman, Parent Chapter President prior to the beginning of the traditional memorial presentation at The Wall. |
| Reverend Pitches, Parent Chapter, delivers the benediction as Nam Knights, wives, families and guests group to his front. |
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Parent Chapter President Fred "Fritz" Reiman explains the history of the Memorial and meaning behind the NK participation in Rolling Thunder. NK Al Molaf (left) and NK Pat Cunningham (near left) and NK Mike Janke (far right), both of the Parent Chapter, look on. |
| Nam Knight Lady Angela "Bunny" Mona concentrates on President Reiman's presentation |
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| North Carolina Chapter President Ed "DC" DellaCroce makes a presentation on behalf of his Chapter at the Vietnam Memorial |
| Parent Chapter President Fred Reiman (left) and Vice President Bobby Colaneri present the Nam Knight's Memorial Tribute to our fallen brothers and sisters and to those left behind. |
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| Orange County Chapter (NY) |
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| NK Billy Conradi, Nk Bob Pascoe , & Nk Ken Samone (Orange County Chapter) looking for coffee at 6:00 AM in frontof Hotel |
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| Lost Chapter president Ken Wilson discussing with the members of the Lost Chapter the route & how we couldn't get lost getting to the main staging area |
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| NK Bob Pascoe and Debbie Pascoe the day after. |
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| Parent Chapter President Fred watching the morning assembly in front of hotel prior to saddling up and moving out to the main assembly point |
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| NK Walt "Ski" Romanowski doing nothing at all |
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| NK Bob Caridi, NK Frank and Kim Baker at the Pentagon Parking Lot chilling prior to the Run to the Wall |
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Send your photos of Rolling Thunder 2001 Events to:
David Lewis
13 Kendles Run Road
Moorestown, NJ 08057
The will be returned. OR if you have scanned copies or digital files email them to dslewis@familyinc.com. |
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| © 2001, Nam Knights of America MC, All Rights Reserved |
