Motorcycle riders visit Lufkin veterans for Veterans Day

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Motorcycle riders left Southland Rehabilitation Healthcare Center in Lufkin to visit other veterans across the area and present them with gifts.

The riders departed after a ceremony at the center. Attendees heard a rendition of the national anthem and remarks from speakers, including Lufkin Fire Chief Jesse Moody, who is a veteran. Veterans received special coins and certificates.

Veterans share their service

Don Frisbie is a four-year Navy veteran. He said he spent most of his time at a facility in Norfolk related to planes that worked with aircraft carriers.

Frisbie said events like this are good for the community.

“It’s very nice. I mean, it’s nice to see the public have an interest, you know, in remembering those that served,” he said.

Dennis Rich is an Army veteran.

“I was in the military approximately 28 years. Got drafted in ’65 and retired in ’92. Made a career out of it,” Rich said.

Rich said he considered leaving the military after 10 years, but the longer he stayed, the more friendships he made, which convinced him to stay.

Interest in motorcycles

Rich and Frisbie both have an interest in motorcycles.

“I sure wish it wasn’t for my walking disability. I would have definitely been on them,” Rich said.

Rich had a message for the public on Veterans Day.

“Everybody be thankful for all they got,” he said.