J. Robert Porter and Charles W. Elmore - FBI - Memorial Bottle
J. Robert Porter and Charles W. Elmore - FBI - Memorial Bottle
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Special Agent J. Robert Porter
Special Agent Charles W. Elmore
Federal Bureau of Investigation, El Central, California
End of Watch: August 9, 1979
The First Responder Whiskey Society has released this memorial whiskey bottle for fallen FBI Special Agents J. Robert Porter and Charles W. Elmore.
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Please allow approximately 3 weeks for your order to be fulfilled. We appreciate your patience, as the bottles are all handmade!
A 21+ or older adult must provide a signature at the time of delivery. UPS will attempt delivery three times. If no one is there to sign for the bottle at delivery, UPS will return it to the store. If you want us to send it back to you, we will charge a $25 reshipment fee. You can change your delivery with UPS after they leave the door tag on the first attempt.
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Special Agents J. Robert Porter and Charles W. Elmore were shot and killed inside the FBI office in El Centro, California, on August 9, 1979.
The two agents were assigned to the El Centro Resident Agency of the FBI’s San Diego Division and were alone in the office when a social worker, identified by the FBI as James Maloney, opened fire on them. Porter and Elmore returned fire and wounded the gunman, but both agents were killed in the attack. The assailant then took his own life.
Their deaths marked part of a tragic day in FBI history. On that same date, Special Agent Johnnie L. Oliver was also shot and killed in a separate incident in Ohio, making August 9, 1979, the first day in FBI history that three special agents were lost to adversarial action.
Special Agent J. Robert Porter was born in March 1935 in Heber, Arizona. He entered on duty as an FBI special agent in 1967, first serving in the San Antonio Field Office before being assigned in 1978 to the El Centro Resident Agency.
Special Agent Charles W. Elmore was born in May 1945 in Seattle, Washington. A graduate of the University of Washington at Seattle, he entered on duty as an FBI special agent in 1972 and was assigned in 1978 to the El Centro Resident Agency of the San Diego Field Office.
Both agents are memorialized on the FBI’s Wall of Honor, and the San Diego Field Office continues to remember their sacrifice. Streets in El Centro have also been named in their honor.
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Honor Bound Spirits in San Diego, California, creates this commemorative bottle. The company is marine-owned and a friend to all first responders. The bottle is superior to other engravings. It is sandblasted, not just etched, and pays true honor to every fallen first responder it is created for.
The whiskey is first aged in new 53-gallon, medium-charred American oak barrels for up to 8 years. Then, it is rested in-barrel with Chilean Amburana oak staves. It creates a uniquely sweet, yet spicy bourbon whiskey. It has hints of gingerbread and fresh vanilla on the nose. There is a pronounced sweetness on the palate. It shows touches of oak, spice cake, nutmeg, and light brown sugar.
The bottles can be shipped across the United States except for the restricted states of Alaska, Massachusetts, Michigan, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah.
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The First Responder Whiskey Society is a 501(c)(3) charity (EIN #87-3987483). Its mission is to support first responders and their families in need. The charity has 14,000+ members, mostly from the U.S. They are police, fire, military, and medical personnel, and their families. Our organization's values are camaraderie, loyalty, wellness, and responsible consumption. Our motto of "Service Through Spirits" is something we take seriously. We prioritize charity and our members above all else. We strive to act ethically, as it is the right thing to do.
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