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The Enterprise — Michael Koff

“Prepared and Loyal”: Ken Bailey greets his many admirers. Bailey fought in World War II, earning five major Battle Stars and a Bronze Star. He trained on motorcycles and ended up driving officers in an armored car. Today, he rides on a motorcycle with the Patriot Guard Riders, escorting others on Honor Flights and marking solemn occasions like funerals. Describing the Battle of the Bulge, Bailey said earlier, “We never ran out of gas or ammunition but we ran out of food.” The American soldiers lived for weeks on black bread and hunted deer as they watched out for food that was booby-trapped to explode, he said.