PHOTO GALLERY: Cross-country motorcyclists stop in Columbia

May 21, 2012 | 11:30 p.m. CDT

The Run For The Wall motorcycle group stopped in Columbia on Monday on its ride from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.

Bob Hatcher, right, guides his fuel crew to the pumps they will be using for Run for The Wall, a biker event to remember past and present veterans. The fuel crew waits for the bikers to fill up. "We did this very fast. We did over 550 bikes," Hatcher said. | Robert Swain

Mike Gormedy and Bill Garcia take a break from Run For the Wall, a biker event to remember past and present veterans. The biker group rides from California to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. "We are like brothers, like family," Garcia said. "We are family." | Robert Swain