Part 1 of 2 PartsThe family of F1C Denis H. Hiskett, age 20, and the US Navy have invited the Patriot Guard Riders to attend the homecoming of their Hero, 80 years after his death aboard the USS Oklahoma on the "Day that will live in infamy" December 7, 1941.
Fireman First Class Denis Hubert Hiskett entered the U.S. Navy from Nebraska and served on the USS Oklahoma. On December 7, 1941, the battleship USS Oklahoma was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when attacked by Japanese forces. The Oklahoma suffered multiple torpedo hits, causing it to capsize. Four hundred and twenty-nine sailors and Marines were lost, including F1C Hiskett. In the days, months, and years following the attack, remains of men lost aboard the Oklahoma were recovered. Those remains that could not be identified were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Honolulu, Hawaii (NMCP). In 2015, the DPAA received authorization to exhume unknown remains associated with the Oklahoma and reexamine them using advances in forensic technology. From June through November 2015, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel, in cooperation with cemetery officials, exhumed all remaining caskets associated with the USS Oklahoma at the NMCP and transferred the remains to DPAA laboratories. Laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established one set of these remains as those of F1c Hiskett.
F1C Hiskett is survived by family members who have never forgotten him, now they will have some closure with being able to bury him on his native soil. RIP F1C Hiskett, Fair Winds and Following Seas.
NOTE: This mission posting is to facilitate your voluntary participation in honoring this American Hero. For those interested, and all are welcome, we will be accompanying the hero and his family from the airport to the mortuary, a distance of approx 26 miles. Please see the time table if you would like to participate. If you prefer to meet us at the mortuary we will see you there.
NOTE: PLEASE BE AWARE OF COVID PRECAUTIONS, HAVE MASK AVAILABLE IF NEEDED
DETAILS FOR PART 2 on SAT/11 DEC will be posted when confirmedTime Table for Monday, 06 DEC 2021:1830 - Stage at Carl's Jr., 5625 W Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
https://goo.gl/maps/yRBZ5Mi2WFUuEDSw81845 - Mission briefing
1915 - Move to arrival location
1945 - Est KSU to San Fernando Mission Cemetery, 11160 Stranwood Ave., Mission Hills, CA 91345
2030 - Est arrival at mortuary
R/C Steve Blumenfeld
aka Captain Chaos
So Cal PGR Ride CaptainUSAF, SSgt, 1970-74
steveb507alrpgr@gmail.com
661-212-2284
This mission involves an aircraft arrival. Arrival times can change at the last minute so please check this thread for any last minute changes
before leaving.
You do not have to be a Veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. All PGR members are welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend in your car. If this will be your first mission go to the initial staging area and you will be briefed there by the R/C (Ride Captain). Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually if you are driving a cage (car). Please feel free to attend any portion of this mission you can. Please ride/drive safely.
