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Below are some of the current upcoming
NorCalPGR Missions...
For any information on Missions what is or is not posted here, please be sure and contact the Ride Captains for that particular Mission and area. All that you will see here, are just the Missions that we at NorCalPGR.org are made aware of.
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Monday November 4, 2024 at 9:00 am
PUBLIC EVENT; PGR/SVE to attend the Rancho Tehama School to honor Veterans - Redding, CA
Frank Rose has invited the PGR/SVE to attend the Rancho Tehama School
to honor Veterans.
We have participated in this event in the past. The students really
enjoy this event so try to attend.
Stage: 0730 at Knighton Road at I-5 /West side.
KSU: 0800 to the school
School: 0900
Bob Prosser
530 472-3350
bvprosser@yahoo.com
Wednesday November 6, 2024 at 8:30 pm
U S Navy, WWII Veteran, MIA, William Kubinec - San Francisco, CA
About the Mission:
The following text was obtained from the DPAA site:
On November 5, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Fireman Second Class William U S Navy, WWII Veteran, Paul Kubinec, missing from World War II.
Fireman Second Class Kubinec entered the U.S. Navy from Ohio and served aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48) during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was killed during the attack and although his remains were recovered during salvage operations, they could not be individually identified at the time. F2C Kubinec was eventually buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, also known as the Punchbowl. In 2017, DPAA exhumed 35 caskets from the Punchbowl that contained remains associated with the West Virginia. DPAA scientists used laboratory and anthropological analyses to identify F2C Kubinec from among these remains.
Fireman Second Class Kubinec is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Primary Staging Details:
November 6, 2024 -- 8:30 PM at
SFO Airport South Field Checkpoint (see directions below),
(Just North of) 12 S McDonnel Rd,
San Francisco, California 94128
Ride Captain:
Henk Zantman
bayarea.pgr@gmail.com
(925) 997-5061
Instructions:
We will stand flag line during the dignified transfer.
PGR will not escort to the funeral home near Redding, CA, as it is over 3.5 hours away and will be at night.
Directions to SFO / Southfield Checkpoint
Closest Address: (Just North of) 12 S McDonnel Rd, San Francisco, CA 94128
Take U.S. 101 North.
Take Millbrae Avenue exit
Head east towards the Bay
When the street ends near the Bay, make a left turn onto McDonnell Road, taking you northbound.
McDonnell Road runs between 101 and is adjacent to the airfield.
There are 2 arterial stop signs. When you reach the 2nd stop sign that also has a "South Field Checkpoint" sign, turn right, east/towards the airfield.
You will arrive at a guard shack (the small second building). The guard will tell you where to park/stage.
Flags & Water:
Flags will not be provided.
Large Bike Flags will not be needed.
Water will not be provided, please bring your own.
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Submitted by: Henk Zantman
California Assistant State Captain
Friday November 8, 2024 at 4:00 pm
Herman J. Sundstad, Oakland, CA
About the Mission:
Text obtained from DPAA site:
On June 24, 2024, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of First Lieutenant Herman J. Sundstad, missing from World War II.
First Lieutenant Sundstad entered the U.S. Army from Minnesota and served with the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), a volunteer-only Special Operations Light Infantry Unit known as Merrill's Marauders. The Marauders arrived in Burma in February 1944, and on May 17, with the help of two Chinese infantry regiments, seized a strategic airfield near the village of Myitkyina, beginning a major battle in which combined American, Chinese, British, and Kachin (a group of native ethnicities of northern Burma) air and ground forces fought to drive out Japanese forces from the area, often fighting in grueling jungle conditions. 1st Lt Sundstad was killed in action on June 5, 1944, during the Battle of Myitkyina, but due to battlefield conditions his body could not be immediately recovered. Post-war efforts by U.S. military personnel during the 1940s to recover and identify 1st Lt Sunstad’s remains were unsuccessful. In 2018, DPAA began the first of a series of exhumations of unidentified those remains believed to be associated with the Battle of Myitkyina and buried as World War II Unknowns in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), in Honolulu. In November 2021, as a part of this effort, DPAA personnel exhumed one these unknowns from the NMCP for comparison to unresolved casualties of the Battle of Myitkyina. Based on DPAA laboratory analysis, and the totality of circumstantial evidence, an association was determined between this Unknown and 1st Lt Sunstad.
First Lieutenant Sundstad is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Primary Staging Details:
November 8, 2024 -- 4:00 PM at
Oakland Airport,
Stage at Gate B near the intersection of John Glenn Drive and Alan Shepard Way,
Oakland, California 94621
Ride Captain:
Henk Zantman
bayarea.pgr@gmail.com
(925) 997-5061
Instructions:
Estimated KSU time: 5:30 PM
KSU location: Oak Park Hills Chapel, 3111 N Main St, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
LEO and FD escort and support are anticipated.
This announcement serves as mission 1:2. A separate announcement for mission 2:2 will be shared soon. Please note that mission 2:2 is scheduled for November 11 and coincides with the San Jose Veterans Day Parade. Further details to come.
Flags & Water:
Flags will not be provided.
If you have large bike flags, please bring them.
Water will not be provided, please bring your own.
________________________________________
Submitted by: Henk Zantman
California Assistant State Captain
Saturday November 9, 2024 at 10:00 am
Veterans Day Parade - Shasta Lake City, CA
The Shasta Lake Lions Club has again invited us to
participate in the Veterans Day Parade, scheduled
for Saturday November 9 in Shasta Lake City.
The breakfast prior at the Fire Hall is optional, a benefit
for them.
Breakfast: 0840 at Shasta Lake Fire Hall, Shasta Dam Blvd.(Optional)
Stage: 0920 at Front St near Median St. Shasta Lake City
Parade: 1000
Bob Prosser
530 472-3350
bvprosser@yahoo.com
Thursday November 13, 2024 at 11:00 am
U S Army, Vietnam Veteran, Special Forces, Sgt Max Winfrey Hemping Jr - Corning / Gerber, CA
The family of United States Army, Vietnam Veteran, Special Forces,
Sgt Max Winfrey Hemping Jr., have requested an
escort from Halls Bros. Funeral Home in Corning to
the Tehama Co. Cemetery in Gerber, CA.
Sgt Hemping served honorably from 1968 to 1971
with duty in Vietnam. He was awarded the National
Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Combat
Infantry Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam
Campaign Medal w/2/O Bars and the Air Combat Medal.
He shot Sharpshooter M/14 and Expert M/16.
Pre-Stage: 0920 at Bowman Road Chevron, Cottonwood
KSU: 0930 to Halls Funeral Home in Corning
Stage: 1000 at Halls, 902 Fifth St., Corning
Briefing: 1015
KSU: 1030
Service: 1100 at Tehama Co. Cemetery, 7772 Woodland Av, Gerber
Bob Prosser
530 472-3350
bvprosser@yahoo.com
Monday November 18, 2024 at 2:00 pm
U S Army, Korean War Veteran, Sgt Santiago Rodriguez Rodriguez - Anderson / Igo, CA
The family of United States Army, Korean War Veteran, Sgt Santiago Rodriguez Rodriguez,
have requested an escort to the Northern California Veterans
Cemetery in Igo, CA.
Sgt Rodriguez served honorably from 1957 to 1954 during
the Korean War. He was awarded the United Nations Service
Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge and two (2) Bronze Stars.
Stage: 1245 at Allen and Dahl, 2030 Howard St, Anderson
Briefing: 1300
KSU: 1315
Service: 1400
Bob Prosser
530 472-3350
bvprosser@yahoo.com
Thursday November 28, 2024 at 2:00 pm
U S Navy Veteran, Wave Photographer's Mate, Airman Huldah Ann Mundell - Redding / Igo, CA
The family of United States Navy Wave Photographer's Mate Airman
Huldah Ann Mundell have requested an escort to the Northern California
Veterans Cemetery in Igo, CA.
PMA Mundell served honorably from 1954 to 1955 at the Navy Training Center
in San Diego, CA. She was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Pre -Stage: 1230 CVS Pharmacy. Placer @ Buenaventura Blvd., Redding
KSU: 1245 to family residence.
Stage: 1250 residence
Briefing: 1300
KSU: 1315
Service: 1400 Shelter/ Urn / Fred Loveland to transport
Bob Prosser
530 472-3350
bvprosser@yahoo.com
Friday December 6, 2024 at 2:00 pm
U S Navy, WWII Veteran, KIA, F2C William Paul Kubinec - Palo Cedro / Igo, CA
The family of United States Navy, WWII Veteran, KIA, F2C William Paul Kubinec,
have requested an escort to the Northern California Veterans
Cemetery in Igo, CA.
F2C Kubinec served honorably from September 4, 1940, to
December 7, 1941, aboard the USS West Virginia when it was
sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Through DNA he was
recently identified from his living sister aged 96.
F2C Kubinec was 21 when he was KIA.
Stage: 1230 at Allen and Dahl, 21853 Honor Ct, Palo Cedro
Briefing: 1240
KSU: 1250
Service: 1400 Chapel/Urn.
**Possible escort from Sacramento Airport to Palo Cedro,
**Date/Time TBD
Bob Prosser
530 472-3350
bvprosser@yahoo.com
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and their families.."
NOT about Personalities, Clubs or Bike Models . . .
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