Staff Sgt. Jonathan Turner was a true American hero. He volunteered to serve in the United States Marine Corps and did an excellent job while with the organization. He endured seven tours of Iraq and later relocated to California, where he died from a combat-related injury at the young age of just 41-years-old.<\/p>\n
Because the Staff Sergeant died thousands of miles from his family, who lived in Georgia, the United States military planned to send his remains in a brown UPS box via ground shipping.
\nOne veterans\u2019 group heard about the military\u2019s plans and decided that Staff Sgt. Turner deserved better than to be shipped across the country in a brown UPS box. They gathered their group of bikers and decided to do something that no one asked them to do but was very much appreciated.
\nTheir network of bikers found a way to carry Turner\u2019s remains from where he died in California to his family\u2019s home in Georgia, so his loved ones could receive the honorable veteran in a way that was becoming of such an American hero.<\/p>\n
The Patriot Guard Riders were the group that offered to help. The group invites everyone to join their clan \u2013 not just veterans and motorcyclists. However, members of the group have a \u201cdeep respect for those who serve our country.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t care what you ride or if you ride, what your political views are, or whether you\u2019re a hawk or a dove,\u201d the group wrote on their website.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where you\u2019re from or what your income is; you don\u2019t even have to ride. The only prerequisite is Respect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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