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Letter from Braden Harrison Son of Colonel James W. Harrison, Jr.
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Patriot Guard: I just wanted to email and express my gratitude and thanks for the fine men and women that make up your organization. It is nice to know that there are people out there will to sacrifice their time to ensure that the sanctity of memorials and funerals is protected from people that spew a message of hate, the WBC. I recently had the privilege to meet the fine members of your organization from the State of Kansas. My father, Col. James W. Harrison Jr. was killed in Afghanistan on May 6, 2007. When we went to meet my dad's body at the airport almost 100 Patriot Guard met us there to escort it to the funeral home, where they waited outside. The following day they lined the streets of Leavenworth with the American Flag during the viewing and then for the funeral they escorted the body onto the fort, and then lined the last 100 yards of the walk to the committal shelter with the American Flag. I was deeply touched by the caring and compassion of these men and women. You are the true meaning of the word patriot, and with that I thank you. God Bless you all and continue to do what you do, it makes a lot of families feel proud that their loved ones are so respected by people they never met. With Great Sincerity, Braden Harrison |