Carry The Flame is honored this year to have Tim Chambers a Marine of 14 years traveling with them. SSgt Chambers’ grew up in Silverton, Oregon. His Great Uncle died serving his country in WWI; his grandfather served in WWII; and his dad served in Vietnam. Chambers moment of truth came on 9/11 at the Pentagon. His courage on that day was commended by the Secretary of the Navy with a Navy Commendation Medal. Chambers tireless dedication towards the spirit of volunteerism, lands him speaking at military funerals, teaching about military history, as he was a partner with the Korean War Commemoration Committee, and it was 8 years ago he had a permit and set up his display on the national mall educating Americans and giving long overdue appreciation to the Korean War Veterans. That is when he learned about Carry the Flame, Rolling Thunder, and Run for the Wall.
The next year he reached out to Veterans in his dress blues, and ended up jumping in the middle of the road at the Rolling Thunder Demonstration and held a salute till every last motorcycle passed. This feat lasted over four hours. He received such an outpour of emotion from Americans all across the country that he made it his annual trip to D.C. The longest salute was 6 1/2 hours as over 600,000 motorcycles drove by. Chambers does this mostly out of his own pocket and he has returned the past six years

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