The Memorial Day motorcycle ride to highlight U.S. soldiers missing in action and suicides among veterans had not launched from the Pentagon in recent years.
, Shelby said. At the Wall, he was “welcomed home.” Energized by the experience, he’s made the trek to D.C. by motorcycle every year for decades.
Jonathan Hatch, 38, who retired from the U.S. Army in 2019 after almost 10 years of service, works as a mechanic in Maryland — the same job he had in the military. “You can barely scrimp by as a veteran in Maryland,” he said. “No veteran should be going through the crap I’m going through in my home state.”
“The bills get behind,” he said. “They can’t handle that level of stress. The demons — that’s what gets them.”Reando said he served in the Army National Guard from 1984 to 1990 — a time where “nothing was going on,” he said. He joined Amvets in 2007 to give back, including with a program that provides free wood to veterans who are struggling with their heating bills.
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