Korean War Project Newsletter Veterans Day 2019
Table of Contents:
1. Editorial November 11, 2019
2. Thank You For My Life
3. Membership | Sponsors
4. KWP Newsletter Delivery
5. MIAs from the "Forgotten War"
6. KWP upgrade details
7. Accessing the KWP website
8. This Mailing List Required Notice for Bulk Mail
9. Korean War 1950-1953
10. DMZ Veterans (post truce)
11. Bookstore | Film
12. Grady Crawford, MIA Repatriation, Dallas
1. Editorial November 11, 2019
Hello to everyone. We hope that this emailed newsletter finds you well on a day that is special for all of us who have served.
We also pay tribute to families whose members have served or are continuing to serve.
This day finds us pausing to reflect on wars or conflicts to honor those who have fought, bled and died to protect our freedoms.
Please find time to pay homage to the services and sacrifices of our allies around the world.
Hal and Ted Barker, Korean War Project, Dallas, TX
2. Thank You For My Life
We have not posted this wonderful letter from Korea in a very long time:
A letter from South Korea for our Veterans June 25,1999
The letter is still on our web site
See Link
Hi, I am Inyang Jo from Seoul, Korea.
50 years ago, Korean War broke out, and my mother was born three days after that.
My grandmother told me that when she was packing to escape, my aunt was so excited because she thought that her family was going to picnic. But we all know it wasn't that pleasant trip.
During that chaos, my mother was born, and my grandmother was so worried about her baby. Because nothing was unsure for her future.
Now she has a husband and two children who loves her very much. And she is a elementary school teacher.
I am her daughter who is about to graduate from university. I bought a shirt for her birthday, it is green. Green is great on her.
I am writing to you for saying how I am great for your being at that tragic war. Not only my country's young men but also young men from all over the world fought for justice, peace and
liberty.
Consequently, you got hurt and even killed. I am sure my mom has had happy life because of that sacrifice of yours.
I thank you for safety of my mom and her family. Because of you, I am here having my mother whom I love more than anything in the world.
Therefore I want you to know that as long as Korea exists, as long as my mother lives and I live and my kids (I don't have them yet, though) live, you can never be forgettable.
Love, Inyang Jo (no current contact information)
3. Membership | Sponsors
Consider supporting the mission of the Korean War Project by donations in the form of Membership/Sponsorship.
Membership: Link to Membership | Donor page
Our Pledge Drive is an ongoing process. We are recruiting from those who have not participated, so if you can, jump on in, it will be appreciated.
The site is free for all to use and those who participate help to ensure that we remain online whether the donation is $5.00 or more!
For those persons or groups who cannot participate, we certainly understand.
Donations/Memberships are tax deductible, if you use long form IRS reports. Our EIN: 75-2695041 501(c) (3)
Korean War Project
PO Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218
PH: (214) 320-0342
4. KWP Newsletter Delivery
The newsletter is available in three formats.
1. Direct from the KWP website in our News section
2. This version is this one which is sent directly to your email address.
3. Also available in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf), recommended).
Note: Acrobat allows the end reader to increase or decrease the size of the font for easier reading. It downloads via your web browser. Note to Hal, we need to add link here.
5. MIAs from the "Forgotten War"
55 boxes of remains were returned from North Korea during the month of June 2018. It turns out that the forensic scientists at the DPAA laboratories have been able to identify over 35 US servicemen from that onetime delivery. More identifications are announced weekly.
Working groups at the labs are divided to handle the work dating from 1992, another to handle the Punchbowl Cemetery disinterment, and another to handle the 55 boxes. Another grouping of technicians handle WWI, WWII, and Vietnam.
DPAA announced, during the 2018 annual Family Update in Washington, DC, that all the unknowns buried at the Punchbowl Cemetery will be exhumed over the next 5 to 7 years.
Significant advances have been made with scientific tools which has allowed previously difficult cases to be resolved or working towards a final determination.
6. KWP upgrade details
Hal and Ted continue to be the technicians handling the inner workings of the KWP website. The tasks are divided between them.
Upgrades to new operating system and website software rolled out in June of 2018. As with all upgrades, “glitches” were found soon afterward. Many visitors to the site experienced errors as well as overall site downtime.
The look and function of the website continues to be modified with a major emphasis on making it mobile device friendly.
Part of the work has been to attempt to resolve issues with delivery of email delivered newsletters. The issue with delivery began in the summer of 2008 as the major service providers started blocking mass delivery of emails, most of which were invasive, virus-laden, or denial of service attacks.
We were impacted immediately which resulted in most attempts to deliver email news being blocked or rejected.
New features at major service providers over the past 18 months may finally allow this “trial balloon” newsletter to be delivered.
Major work with the casualties from Korea continue. Hal has found many more men and women that have been added to our online database. He continues to unravel more cases and has a large working file.
7. Accessing the KWP website
Security updates for the KWP website that began in the fall of 2017 have created problems for visitors. We have had contacts from many visitors who use Apple operating systems and Safari browsers,
Visitors using Safari often get a warning notice about having a certificate or password to enter the site. There are several solutions but most require a good working knowledge of the Apple Operating system.
Some Windows 10 users have mentioned similar issues. These are usually easy to resolve by clearing browser cache to include cookies.
Then try this link: https://www.koreanwar.org
If you experience connection issues be sure to contact Ted Barker at: admin@kwp.org to get immediate assistance.
8. This Mailing List Required Notice for Bulk Mail:
Required Notice for Bulk Mail:
We began sending this newsletter mailing in December of 1998 The first issue went to just over 2000 persons.
This list is a private list for our visitors and members. A person may join or leave the list at will. It is compiled from our Guest Book and comprises public service messages of general
interest to veterans and families.
To join or leave the list: email to: Ted Barker tbarker@kwp.org
Place: Subscribe or Unsubscribe in the subject line.
Consider forwarding the Newsletter to your friends by email or print. Word of mouth is how we grow.
Thanks to all who have made this newsletter and the website possible!
9. Korean War 1950-1953
Caption: Major Edward L. Barker VMO-6, HO3S-1 Chopper
We began our work with Hal Barker’s research into our dad’s service as a Marine pilot in Korea from Sept 1951 to his return to Newport Beach and El Toro Marine Base in the summer of 1952.
Many of you began to find us during the early winter of 1995 after the website was published on February 15th. The site was the first on the internet to feature the Korean War which so many have called “The Forgotten War”.
What began as a book site quickly changed to what can be found online now.
Requests to assist in creation of websites for individuals or groups followed. We shared the technical tools to begin. Those tools were pretty rudimentary in the early days, not so today.
Our focus was and continues to be on the period from the assault by the North Koreans on June 25, 1950 to the uneasy truce of July 27,1953.
Along the way, Hal and Ted have made many acquaintances of KVETS, family, historians, media reporters, book publishers, film makers, DOD and Congressional staff.
Most of our KVETS were still working in 1995, most healthy and in age from late fifties to early seventies. As time has marched along, bringing us all with it, far too many of our pen pals have passed on.
Most of the reunion associations and websites for the KVETS have ceased operation in recent years. The Korean War Project will continue to feature our KVETS and their combined legacies.
Some very interesting online resources continue to expand the history and personal narratives of the Korean War. Among them are YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
The Korean War Project is among those who use these. Find us at @KoreanWarProject
10. DMZ Veterans (post truce)
It was not long after the creation of the KWP website that veterans who served after the truce began to inquire about their service in Korea and the continued presence of the US Forces to ensure peace and enforce a very uneasy truce.
David Benbow and Van Jenerette were two of the first to contact us and to interact with servicemen and women interested in the post truce period.
DMZ Veterans Center - Messages and Information
See: https://www.koreanwar.org/html/dmzvets.htm
The Forgotten DMZ,
Article by Major Vandon E. Jenerette, US Army Retired
See: https://www.koreanwar.org/html/dmz_war.html
Key topics have been the many incidents of infiltrators or live fire across the DMZ and into South Korea or the seas surrounding the peninsula. One of the chief topics has been exposure to toxic chemicals such as the agents, Blue, White, Orange and Monuron.
We continue to find more and more online resources for the post truce period. Facebook Twitter, Instagram.
On this topic is a brand new book, Last Three Soldiers Standing-Defoliation of the Korean DMZ: What the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Don't Want You To Know. It is written by Dave Rogers, Gary McGuire, and James Frugal. This book can be found by a quick Google Search.
The KWP also has many maps from this period.
Ted and Hal both follow and interact with several social media sites dedicated to the post truce timeframe.
11. Bookstore | Film
Be sure to visit the main index on the web site. The links toeach offering allow viewers to learn more about each book.or film. There are now 373 books featured with more to
add this week.
We did not include review blurbs with this newsletter due to the size of the newsletter. The Bookstore will have the basic blurb
Consider visiting the booksellers listed for each offerin.
See: Link to KWP Bookstore
Many of the books are self-published. | Included are DVD and film products.
Most titles may be found online using your favorite search tool. We also post to our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
During the past two years we have continued to receive books about the Korean War and post truce period.
20 Miracles, A Soldier's Story of Saving Grace Add
by Nathaniel Nicholson
Paperback January 15, 2004 by Robert Nicholson (Adapter), Nathaniel Nicholson
Nathaniel Nicholson
156 Reid St
Elizabeth
New Jersey 07201
Available on Amazon, Ebay, Google and more online booksellers.
A Shepherd in Combat Boots: Chaplain Emil Kapaun
of the 1st Cavalry Division
by by William L. Maher
Published in 2001 by Burd Street Press
Available: Amazon, Ebay, Google, and Barnes and Noble.
What History Failed To Record: A
Phantom Force - Lost To History
Ray C. Vallowe, 57th Field Artillery Bn, Chosin Reservoir.
Available online at KWP: what history failed to record
All Good Men, a Lieutenant's Memories of the Korean War
by Robert (Bob) Hallahan
The book has 13 maps and 32 photographs.
Published by iUniverse 2003
Available on Google, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.
Arkansas Valor: Charles L. Gilliland
by John A. Johnson
Medal of Honor Recipient’s life story
Ebook: Amazon.com Valor Books $4.99
Chapters: Confessions of a Military/CIA Retiree
by Ralph D. Hopkins
Publisher: AuthorHouse Publication 2004
Available at: Amazon, Ebay, Google, and Alibris
Chief: The Life of John P. 'Pat' Flynn, Jr., Marine Corps Warrior
By Sean J. Flynn, Ph.D.
Published by Sunflower University Press
Manhattan, KS 1-800-258-1232
Available on Amazon, AbeBooks, and other online sellers.
Cold Noses, Brave Hearts: Dogs and Men of the 26th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon
by Robert Fickbohm and Sandra Fickbohm Granger
Published by XLibris in both print and online book format.
Pricing: Hard Cover $29.99, Paperback $19.99, Kindle $3.99
Destination Evil: A Young Man's Journey from Short Creek to the Forgotten War
by Thomas Feltman,USAF Retired
Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble among other online sellers.
Destination Korea
by Dana Abbot Curtis, Jennifer R. Willand Dillard
Available on Amzazon, Google and Barnes and Noble.
Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar
by Alwyn T. Lloyd
Edition illustrated
Publisher; Ian Allan Publishing, 2005
Available at: AbeBooks, Amazon, and Google.
Forgotten Road Warriors
by Louis S. Diggs
Publisher: Louis S. Diggs, 2005
Available online at Amazon, and louisdiggs.com
From Stem to Stern A Fletcher's Story
by by Joe Galligan
The USS Colahan and sister ships.
Publisher: 1st Book Library (November 26, 2003)
Available at Amazon and used booksellers.
Frozen in Memory: U.S. Navy Medicine in the Korean War
Jan Kenneth Herman GS BUMED
available in hardcover through booklocker.com for
$28.95.
For additional information, contact Jan K. Herman at (301) 588-1626.
Also found on Amazon.com
Knights In Shining Armor - In Love And War
by Aubrey J. Sher
Published in 2003 and available at Google, Amazon, Barnes and Noble.
Love Letters to Pete, A Korean War Memoir:
January 1, 1953 to October 10, 1953
by Ron Freedman
Available online at Amazon and other sellers
Operation AVIARY, Clandestine Airborne Special
Operations, Korea, 1950-1953
by Doug Dillard
The book costs $20.00 total and may be ordered
from Douglas Dillard
12114 Longridge Lane
Bowie, MD 20715.
Available at Google, Amazon, and Ebay
Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea, 1950-1953
by Xiaoming Zhang
The book is presented by Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series Paperback October 30, 2003
Available on Amazon as a Kindle ebook or in paperback or hard cover
Sacrificial Lambs 24th Division Korea July 1950
by Raymond C. Colton, Sr
Ivy House Publishing Group
5122 Bur Oak Circle
Raleigh, NC 27612
1-800-948-2786
Available online at AbeBooks and via the Korean War Project as a download. (ask for details)
Striking Back: Combat in Korea March - April 1951
Edited by William T. Bowers
Second of three books by the Association of the United States Army.
Now deceased, Mr. Bowers is known for the following:
The Line: Combat in Korea January-February 1951
Black Soldier, White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea (co-author)
The University of Kentucky Press
To the Last Round: The Epic British Stand on the Imjin River, Korea, 1951
by Andrew Salmon
Available at GoodReads, Google Play Books, Amazon
YouTube special preview
Triumph at Kapyong: Canada's Pivotal Battle in Korea
Dan Bjarnason, Toronto, Canada
Available online via blog as well as Amazon and other sellers
Voices Almost Lost Korea: The Forgotten War
by Vickie Spring
Published by AuthorHouse and available inEBook, Hard and Softcover versions
Also available at Amazon and Google Books
by Burton F. Anderson
We Claim The Title Korean War Marines
by Burton F. Anderson
Available on Amazon, AbeBooks, Google Books
323 Days A Marine Battery Commander’s Firsthand Account of the Korean War, 1951-1952
Transcription and Editorial by John Harris
Published by Columbus Publishing Lab
Proving Press
Order from author: larry.amy.jones@gmail.com
A Time To Remember
by V.G. Gallagher (Vince)
Available online at Amazon.
Gifts from a Glacier
The Quest for An American Flag and 52 Souls
by Tonja Anderson-Dell
Published by Richter Publishing, LLC
The Battle of Turkey Thicket
The Journeys of an Orphan, Alter Boy, Runaway,and Teenaged Soldier from Washington, DC
by Christopher Russell
Published by Baritone Books
Available at https://turkeythicket.blogspot.com
and Facebook
The Yalu River Boys: The True Story of a B-29 Bomber Crews Combat and Captivity in the Korean War
by Dan King
Published by Dan King and Pacific Press
Available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Books as well as Facebook
The Men, the Unit and the War
by CSM Harold Hunt, Sr. USA Ret.
Another of CSM Hunt’s great books
Published by CSM Harold Hunt
The Bed I Made
A Journey of fulfilled hope, fifty years in the making
by Robert M. Lynch
Published by O’Loingsigh Press
Availble online tbimblog.wordpress.com
and Facebook
A Fair Share of War
WWII – Korea – Vietnam
by John . Burks, Colonel, US Army (Ret.)
Available at most online sellers and at:
www.colonelburks.com
Last Three Soldiers Standing-Defoliation of the Korean DMZ: What the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Don't Want You To Know
by Dave Rogers, Gary McGuire, and James Frugal
Available online at Amazon and other sellers
Find these men on Facebook as well
12. Grady Crawford, MIA Repatriation, Dallas
For decades, PFC Grady Jack Crawford, from Dallas, TX, was listed as Missing in Action at the Chosin Reservoir.
He was with M Battery 4th Battalion of the 11th Marine Regiment, the Artillery arm of the 1st Marine Division. He went missing on or about December 1, 1950 as his unit withdrew from Yudam-ni.
His family was notified of his identification in May 2019. The Marine Corps provided a full military funeral at the end of August of this year at Restland Cemetery, Dallas, TX.
Hal and Ted Barker attended the funeral.
For all these years, Grady had rested at the National Cemetery of the Pacific, the Punchbowl Cemetery.
Hal Barker contacted his high school, Woodrow Wilson, where Grady had been an ROTC cadet prior to graduation.
Hal also contacted the Dallas Morning News and NBCDFW to request coverage. He also reached out to Grady’s family after finding them via internet tools.
Both the Barker’s have been able to attend local funerals over the years. In this case, getting to meet the extended Crawford family who originally hailed from Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the same town where our Great-Great Grandfather was from.
It turns out that we may be extended cousins of the Crawford’s.
At the funeral, Ted noticed the Star of Koto-ri on one of the guests who turned out to be Lt. General Richard Carey, USMC and who fought at Chosin as a young Lieutenant. The general had served with the Marine Corps for many years, with distinction. He and other Marines attended the funeral, representing the Chosin Few Association.
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