| Located in Rock Hill, SC, we are one of many Rolling Thunder® Chapters across this nation and one of four chapters in South Carolina. In addition to our Mission Statement, RTSC1 also supports Veteran and Active Duty organizations such as the Rock Hill VA Center, the Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia, SC, The Ride Home (for former POWS) and Rolling Thunder Charities.We invite you to attend our monthly meetings which are held on the last Saturday of each month at 10:00 AM. We meet at American Legion Post 34, 526 Heckle Blvd, Rock Hill, SC.
Rolling Thunder®, Inc. spends hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in financial support, food, clothing and other essentials to sanctioned veterans’ groups, veterans and veterans’ families in need, homeless veteran programs, women’s’ crisis centers, and toys for children. |
| In 2004, Rolling Thunder®, Inc. expended over $300,000 educating the public and increasing awareness about the POW/MIA issue and other injustices suffered by veterans from all wars, and to improve legislation that would rectify the POW/MIA situation and improve veterans’ benefits from all wars. |
| Rolling Thunder®, Inc. National sponsors search and retrieval missions into Southeast Asia for POW’s, MIA’s, and the remains of those killed in action. |
| Thousands of hours are logged in by members of the Rolling Thunder®, Inc. organization each year at local VA hospitals around the country; members visited with and provided moral support to nursing home veterans, patients suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and homeless veterans. |
| Rolling Thunder®, Inc. veterans often speak to youth groups about the honor of serving their country and educating them about the POW/MIA issue. |
| The organization regularly donates POW/MIA flags to local area schools, youth groups, non-profit organizations and special interest groups, and organizes flag raising ceremonies promoting public awareness about the POW/MIA issue. |
| Rolling Thunder®, Inc. helped facilitate the publishing of a POW/MIA U.S. postage stamp through the U.S. Postal Service that displayed dog tags with the declaration, “POW & MIA – NEVER FORGOTTEN.” |
| Rolling Thunder®, Inc. is on the Board of Directors of the Ride to the Wall Foundation, a veterans’ fund established through the sales of the musical C.D., “Ride to the Wall,” produced for Rolling Thunder® XIV by the legendary Paul Revere and the Raiders in cooperation with Rolling Thunder®, Inc. |
| Rolling Thunder®, Inc. participated in the dedication of the World War II Memorial in 2004 and assisted with organizing the World War II parade that took place on that historic date. |
| In 2005, Rolling Thunder®, Inc. united with the National Alliance of POW/MIA Families to petition the U.S. Government to use the designation “Prisoner of War” (POW) – a designation recognized by the Geneva Conventions – not “Missing/Captured” (MIA-C), to ensure that prisoners’ rights and protections remain consistent under the Geneva Conventions.
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Rolling Thunder® SC Chapter 1 