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    Memorial Day 2012: 25 years later, Rolling Thunder still honoring our brave missing

    A highway filled with large motorcycles roaring by in a long procession, their riders decked out in black leather and jeans, is an intimidating — some would say frightening — sight. It's also quintessentially American. Twenty-five years ago the founders of Rolling Thunder decided to use their motorcycles and biker garb to get the attention of Congress on Memorial Day. Their mission: to force the U.S government to account for all POW/MIAs from the Vietnam War.

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