Part 2 of 2 PartsThe family of F1C Denis H. Hiskett, age 20, and the US Navy have invited the Patriot Guard Riders to attend the military honors 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.
NOTE: PLEASE BE AWARE OF COVID PRECAUTIONS, HAVE MASK AVAILABLE IF NEEDED
Time Table for Saturday, 11 DEC 2021:
1215 - Stage at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, 11160 Stranwood Ave., Mission Hills, CA 91345 https://goo.gl/maps/pQXcwYDuCp5bUpep8
1230 - Mission briefing
1250 - Flag Line for transfer of Hero from coach to graveside
1300 - Flag Line, Service and Military Honors
R/C Dave Eng
So Cal PGR Ride Captain
daveeng19@yahoo.com
(805) 208-1206
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.
