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Horseback Across the American Continent
What's it like to ride a horse across America? Find out here. I will record the facts of my involvement for the cause of America's POW/MIAs Not always a pretty story, but these are the facts. Taking the POW/MIAs Case to the Public The journey begun on may 15, 1984. It......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-05 17:26:52 | Rating:

| Views: 448 | Comments: 0 | Tags: politics American public spirite horse POW/MIA love media newspaper people

From Gettysburg to Pittsburgh, PA
In the days before the interstate highways were built, cities were connected by, what are now secondary roads. We Left Frederick on the old Frederick Road and cover the thirty miles to Gettysburg, PA that day. We arrived on the outskirts of the Gettysburg Nation Military Park and checked into a......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-07 20:40:01 | Rating:

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Ohio and the heartland
Funds were gone, our line of communications was cut. All hope was quickly vanishing. Than a miracle happened. News of the journey for the POWs was spreading faster than I could have imagined. People were talking about POWs and they were mad and indignant. The American public responded to the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-13 17:20:37 | Rating:

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Columbus, Ohio
We were met at the outskirts of Columbus by two police cars and two mounted police, that escorted us to the state fairgrounds to met the governor. A brisk wind kept the flag unfurled as we rode through the city streets. the police escort lead us to the fairgrounds. It was the opening day of the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-16 19:41:08 | Rating:

| Views: 100 | Comments: 0 | Tags: POW/MIA horse journey America

Route 40 to Harmony and Springfield, Ohio
The hot summer continued as we rode along route 40 in Ohio. The public response continued to grow, people sought us out for information. Groups and organizations were contributing to the effort in many ways, making photo copies, arranging for places to spent the night, bringing grain for the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-16 20:38:01 | Rating:

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Dayton and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
We pressed on with a few days rest behind us. The spirit of the public kept us going. We were on our own, there would be no support from our home base in Massachusetts behind us. What lay ahead was any one's guess. We had made it this far and were succeeding with our goal of informing the Nation......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-16 20:47:38 | Rating:

| Views: 115 | Comments: 0 | Tags: POW/MIA horse journey America

Tornado country
As we approached the Indiana border a man in the parking lot of a diner stopped us. He invited us in for a cup of coffee. His name was Tom McKinney. Tom had served as a Marine infantry officer in Viet Nam. We talked for quite a while. The horses needed the rest and so did we. I was greatly......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-21 00:38:51 | Rating:

| Views: 114 | Comments: 0 | Tags: POW/MIA horses America journey

476 miles from Washington, Richmond, IN
The miles was starting to get to us. Like they said, "its not the years, its the mileage." Each day wore on us and the horses. We reached Richmond by the end of that day. Again veterans groups were waiting for us, along with the media. We passed out press packages with government......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-27 19:12:04 | Rating:

| Views: 112 | Comments: 0 | Tags: POW/MIA we the people journey America

The Battle for Indianapolis
We were met on the outskirts of Indianapolis by two mounted police and a police car. The police told us that they were escorting us to the park in the center of town where arrangements had been made to receive us at a war memorial. Veterans groups from the towns we had passed through had......Read More