53 Bikers Show Up to Honor a Vietnam Veteran Who Was Going to Be Cremated Alone
It began with a single phone call on a quiet Tuesday afternoon. A funeral director’s voice trembled as she spoke: a 71-year-old Vietnam veteran named Richard “Doc” Patterson was about to be cremated by the state — alone. No family. No friends. No flag ceremony. His own children refused to attend. Doc had served thirty-two…