Rolling Thunder Veterans and Wounded Warrior Athletes Honor 9/11 Victims at Pentagon Memorial

Event:  

Rolling Thunder/USO 2010 Warrior Games Send-Off

When:

Wednesday, May 5, 2010//3 p.m. EDT

Details:

Rolling Thunder veterans and Warrior Games athletes will honor the victims of September 11 with the laying of wreaths at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. Rolling Thunder, on their second leg of their transcontinental trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado, will continue their trek west transporting five American flags that flew over the U.S.S. Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; the Korean DMZ, Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan; Balad Air Base, Iraq; and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany in honor of the Inaugural Warrior Games. The arrival of these flags will kick off the Warrior Games at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Rolling Thunder began their journey in New York City at Ground Zero on May 4.

Held May 10-14, 2010, the Warrior Games is a joint effort between the Department of Defense and U.S. Olympic Committee, and is part of an effort to promote the recovery and physical fitness of America's wounded warriors, and to provide them with new opportunities for growth and achievement.  

For more information, please visit: www.Defense.gov/WarriorGames or www.USParalympics.org/WarriorGames.