{"id":12095,"date":"2015-08-24T07:02:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T12:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=12095"},"modified":"2015-08-24T07:03:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T12:03:47","slug":"postal-veteran-helps-shield-families-of-the-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/08\/24\/postal-veteran-helps-shield-families-of-the-fallen\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal veteran helps shield families of the fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"link-subhead-full\">Postal veteran helps shield families of the fallen<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"entry-date\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2015-08-21T10:28:00+00:00\"><a href=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/2015\/08\/21\/war-stories\/\">USPS News Link<\/a> 8\/21\/15<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content full\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n<p><a title=\"Doug Lehman, who recently retired as a data collection technician in Kansas, honors fallen soldiers and their families.\" href=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kansas_soldier_largestory.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kansas_soldier_largestory.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Lehman, who recently retired as a data collection technician in Kansas, honors fallen soldiers and their families.\" width=\"264\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\">Doug Lehman, who recently retired as a data<br \/>\ncollection technician in Kansas, honors fallen<br \/>\nsoldiers and their families.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>Doug Lehman is still moved when he recalls how he and more than 100 fellow Kansas Patriot Guard members, riding U.S. flag-decked motorcycles, led a miles long funeral procession for a fallen soldier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in a rural area \u2014 the farmers and the kids stood along the road and waved flags,\u201d Lehman said.<\/p>\n<p>Lehman, who recently retired as a data collection technician in Wichita, was among the veterans who founded the Kansas Patriot Guard in 2005, responding to a group that disrupts the funerals of fallen soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all the families are going through, they shouldn\u2019t have to deal with disturbances at that solemn moment,\u201d said Lehman.<\/p>\n<p>At the cemetery, Patriot Guard members form a barrier between protesters and the grieving family.<\/p>\n<p>Lehman, who served 22 years in the Air Force, said he\u2019s driven by \u201ca little bit of guilt\u201d because he didn\u2019t experience combat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of those guys who lost limbs or lost their lives don\u2019t get to do all the things I\u2019ve done through the years,\u201d he said. \u201cAny comfort we can give the family to help them get through this tough time, I just feel that I owe it to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postal veteran helps shield families of the fallen USPS News Link 8\/21\/15 Doug Lehman, who recently retired as a data collection technician in Kansas, honors fallen soldiers and their families. 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