Marine Corps Stories - Rolling Thunder
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- Vietnamese At Rolling Thunder
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Hanging out with Pat and the Vietnamese at Rolling Thunder. This group is from Philadelphia. Gunny James Gregory
- Rolling Thunder 2002
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As you all know, Darlene and I have just returned from the Memorial Day Ceremony known as Rolling Thunder. This gathering of military veterans and their families takes place annually in Washington D.C. It is a very large and meaningful grouping which involves hundreds of thousands of veteran motorcyclists from all over the world. It is almost a holy pilgrimage for most of the people attending and it attracts people from all over the country and even many foreign military veterans. The ending of this pilgrimage takes place at the …
Read More - Rolling Thunder 2002: The Parade
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The actual parade formation began leaving the Pentagon parking lot, on a hot sunny day at 1200 hours. However, due to the tremendous numbers of people involved, many were still forming in the parking lot after 4 in the afternoon. The veterans clubs were given 1st priority for leaving early. The first group to leave were the veteran organizers of the Rolling Thunder Parade. They were followed by the group named RFTW, (Run for the Wall). This group consisted of several hundred veteran bikers who had ridden across the country …
Read More - Sunday morning May 25, 2003
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I just wanted to share this picture I took on Sunday morning May 25, 2003. I was riding in the annual ride to the wall in Washington D.C. known as Rolling Thunder. I can tell you that I have never been so proud to be able to call myself a Marine, as I was when I saw this lone Marine standing in the middle of the street. He was standing there at attention, saluting until each and every motorcycle that participated in this event had gone by him. I don't …
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