Deep South Military Vehicle Club: RUN FOR THE WALL

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Run for the Wall an event held at the HARLEY DAVIDSON SHOP here in Jackson, MS was another great success. This show was OUTSTANDING. I was told the reports were that approximately 22,000 people came to the show to see everything. There were over 500 motorcycle riders Monday that came thru on their way to Washington DC. The Static Displays were awesome... the details everyone created outside certainly made this one of the best shows ever. There were displays inside as well, and our own Greg Bingham displayed an impressive 1944 Harley Davidson motorcycle! One of the first old/military(Harley)bikes displayed...everyone was thrilled to see it.

Most of our club took on the Vietnam/Korea area. Daniel Boyd has a great display for Korea...a tent with lots of uniforms, weapons, and other items that were used during that time. He had maps and radios... his Duce and jeep. There was another Jeep parked near the Korea area... a wonderful Jeep. I did not meet the owner... but he did an impressive job. Thanks for sharing it with us.

In the Vietnam dislay, Jasper, Jimmy, Mike, Doug, Richard, and Steve helped with this. Jasper did a great job explaining what the "big gun" on Mikes mule was...then assisted in demonstrating...Mike had more fun setting off the recoiless than anything else! ...and...i might say EVERYONE coming to that area LOVED the blast! Now Jimmy, enjoyed having small detonators spaced out behind his tent... to catch the element of surprise.... IT WORKED! we all "jumped" everytime it went off.

here are a few other random shots of some other displays.

i also enjoyed seeing some of the "old" stuff. I would label them, but i am not sure i will get them correct. Let me say...i am grateful for "Maytag washers!"

oh...and my son played his horn...(i have to include that!) he played taps, reveille, and some other stuff.

oh... and the parachutes! awesome. if you missed this... man...you missed out. this was a great display of talent.

I also ran into a cub scout group from Pack 99 in Byram. This was the pack my son started in before he moved on to Troop 99 and earned his EAGLE. These boys looked like they really enjoyed there visit there. They were part of the opening ceremony and shot the cannon. GREAT JOB!

Inside the Harley shop were so many VIP's i can't begin to list them all. They had POW's, Pearl Harbour survivor, most decorated officer, congressional medal of honor... the list goes on. Here is a pic of 2 of the Congressional Medal of Honors...