Tour of Honor - 2023
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Tour of Honor - 2023 |
Tour of Honor - Benefiting Veterans Charities - A Ride to Remember
Tour of Honor is a great reason to hit the open road, honor our nation's heroes, and contribute to a few good
charities. The event is a season-long, self-directed ride to memorials and monuments around the continental U.S.,
Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning April 1, and ending October 31.
NEW IN 2023: Working with the DOD, a special tribute will be made to honor all
Vietnam War and Vietnam-era veterans and their families. See Vietnam 50th.
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Vietnam War Commemoration |
Vietnam War 50th Commemoration |
2023 ToH flag |
F-4 Phantom |
B-66 Destroyer |
2023 Rider Summary |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park, Angel Fire, NM |
Pardo's Push by S.W. Ferguson, '86 |
Pardo's Push by Beau Crosby |
Vietnam veterans memorials visted in 2012-2022.
CO3 - Fruita, CO Western Slope Vietnam Veterans Memorial - photo from 2012 |
NM2 - Angel Fire, NM Vietnam Veterans National Memorial - photo from 2013 |
MT5 - Bozeman, MT Vietnam War Memorial - photos from 2014 |
NM1 - Angel Fire, NM Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park - photo from 2016 |
NM1 - Angel Fire, NM Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park - photo from 2017 |
WY2 - Casper, WY Vietnam Veterans Memorial - photo from 2018 |
CO4 - Fruita Western Slope Vietnam War Memorial Park - photo from 2020 |
NE2 - Central City Heartland's Tribute to Vietnam Veterans - photo from 2021 |
NM1 - Angel Fire Vietnam Veterans Memorial - photo from 2021 |
CO2 - Durango Vietnam Veterans Memorial - photo from 2022 |
NM1 - Angel Fire Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park - photo from 2022 |
Colorado
CO1 - Alamosa Veterans Memorial 37.46774N 105.86527W |
CO2 - Craig Servicemen of World War II Memorial 40.51479N 107.54239W |
CO3 - Cripple Creek Pikes Peak Veterans Memorial 38.74964N 105.19178W |
CO4 - Gunnison POW/MIA Memorial 38.54459N 106.91949W |
CO5 - Joes Veterans Memorial 39.65649N 102.67379W |
CO6 - Loveland Vietnam-Era Veterans Memorial 40.40696N 105.07932W |
CO7 - Platteville Veterans Memorial 40.21793N 104.81212W |
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia
PA7 - York Vietnam War Memorial 39.95898N 76.7534537W |
TN1 - Athens McMinn County Veterans Park 35.44102N 84.59053W |
UT6 - Vernal Veterans Memorial Park 40.45591N 109.52597W |
VA4 - Damascus Wheel of Freedom 36.63174N 81.79093W |
UH-1 Huey and AH-1 Cobra Helicopters
67-15479, AH-1F Cobra Burlington, CO 39.301389N 102.261236W |
65-09541, UH-1M Huey Cripple Creek, CO 38.749750N 105.191933W |
68-16307, UH-1H Huey Fruita, CO 39.152923N 108.736070W |
68-15001, AH-1F Cobra Kremmling, CO 40.058839N 106.380294W |
66-15309, AH-1F Cobra Walsenburg, CO 37.600792N 104.832986W |
70-16406, UH-1H Huey Chickamauga, GA 34.874263N 85.285695W |
65-9742, UH-1D Huey Gettysburg, PA 39.848448N 77.183366W |
67-15642, AH-1F Cobra Collegedale, TN 35.062881N 85.069119W |
64-14179, UH-1C Huey Dunlap, TN 35.354789N 85.401493W |
66-15321, AH-1F Cobra Louisville, TN 35.811578N 84.007928W |
64-13786, UH-1D Huey Soddy-Daisy, TN 35.229450N 85.211050W |
68-17085, AH-1F Cobra Sweetwater, TN 35.591572N 84.439544W |
unknown s/n, UH-1C Huey Whitwell, TN 35.213671N 85.504255W |
78-23110, AH-1F Cobra Vernal, UT 40.455950N 109.526164W |
Searching for the Lost Generation - WWI Doughboy Statues
Manitou Springs, CO 38.85810N 104.91067W by John Paulding |
Knoxville, TN 35.97407N 83.92101W by John Paulding |
Golden, CO Service Dog Memorial 39.724547N 105.173839W |
York, PA Veterans Memorial Gold Star Healing and Peace Garden 39.953072N 76.710337W |
Knoxville, TN East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery 35.952461N 83.804227W |
Lamar, CO 38.115299N 102.61867W |
Soddy-Daisy, TN 35.229856N 85.210505W |
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO 39.645579N 105.052693W |
Sharpsburg National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD 39.469215N 77.741793W |
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, PA 40.419768N 76.57767W |
Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA 39.821655N 77.230045W |
Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN 35.033398N 85.286108W Myron G. Bishop (1841-64), my 5th cousin, 4 times removed, on the Edmund Munger side of the family, died in the Battle of Ezra Church west of Atlanta, GA. His father Dean Bishop (1821-64) was wounded and captured in the 3rd Battle of Winchester, VA, and died in a Confederate POW camp. He is buried in the Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury, NC. |
Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, TN 35.976078N 83.926502W |
East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery - Gov. John Sevier Hwy, Knoxville, TN 35.951613N 83.806945W |
East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery - Lyons View Pike, Knoxville, TN 35.925228N 83.993382W |
Staunton National Cemetery, Stauton, VA 38.140254N 79.049966W |
Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, VA 39.185084N 78.156229W |
Sea-to-Shining Sea Tour - Madonna of the Trail
Lamar, CO 38.0892952N 102.6190464W |
A story of courage, camaraderie and flying skill.
Artwork at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park, Angel Fire, NM.
The note on the print, which was signed by the four airmen: Pardo's Push. On 10 March 1967, as the last element of the 8th TFW, 433rd TFS,
was bombing the Thai Nguygen steel mills near Hanoi, North Viet Nam, Captain Earl Aman's F-4 was severely damaged by anti-aircraft fire.
It was certain the aircraft would run out of fuel and Aman and his backseater would eject over North Viet Nam. Squadron buddy, Captain
Bob Pardo did not accept that fate, and after critically analyzing their options, he gambled: He would push Aman's damaged Phantom by its
tailhook into Laos. Pardo's F-4 had also been hit, and it too ran out of fuel, two minutes after watching Aman and his backseater eject.
All four airmen parachuted into the jungle and were later rescued.
The note with the models: Pardo's Push. Capt Bob Pardo, 1Lt Steve Wayne, Capt Earl Aman and 1Lt Robert Houghton were assigned to the 8th
Tactical Fighter Wing, 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. On March 10, 1967 the sky was clear for a bombing run on a steel mill north of Hanoi
but both Phantoms were hit. Aman's aircraft lost most of its fuel. To avoid having Aman and Houghton bail out over hostile territory, Pardo
pushed the aircraft using its tailhook against his windscreen while struggling with a fire in one of his engines. The planes were able to reach
Laotian airspace, all four men ejected and were rescued. Pardo was initially reprimanded for not saving his own aircraft. However, in 1989 the
military reexamined the case and awarded both Pardo and Wayne the Silver Star. (Our models were made by Beau Crosby and the nickels on each
stand signify he was in boot camp with them.)