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Newletter April 2001Korean War Project
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
214-320-0342
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_april.html
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April 2001 Newsletter - April 7, 2001
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Table of Contents
1. General Walton H. Walker Chapter KWVA meeting 3/17/01
2. Finding the Families | The Search For Korean War MIA
Family DNA
3. Books in Progress or Bookstore
4. Film in Progress | USMC Chosin Reservoir
5. CILHI team at C/1/1 Horseshoe Ridge battle site
6. Memberships | Sponsors
8. Newsletter, Subscribe | Unsubscribe
Welcome back to the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation as a major sponsor of the Korean War Project. A recent donation was made
through a $2 to $1 grant by the Foundation
Direct thanks go to Mr. Charles T. Brumback, our mentor and former CEO, of the Chicago Tribune Companies.
Mr. Brumback served in Korea with the 37th Field
Artillery Battalion and dedicated his Looking For entry to 1st Lt. Luke Lefevre who was KIA on June 10, 1952.
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1. General Walton H. Walker Chapter KWVA meeting 3/17/01
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On Saturday, March 17, 2001, Hal and I attended the second
meeting of the new North Texas Chapter of the Korean War
Veterans Association. The meeting was held in Arlington, TX.,
with about 35 persons in attendance.
We had the opportunity to meet several of our
long-term email pen pals and to make a brief presentation to the assembled members and guests. All service branches were represented at this new group.
Hal and I offered to help spread the word to veterans in North
Texas via our web site.
The next meeting is mid May 2001. Everyone interested should contact Ed Buckman who is in charge of Recruiting and
Publicity.
Ed Buckman
636 Lewis Drive
Hurst, TX 76054-3105
PH: 817 498-0198
Email: ebuckman@gte.net
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2. Finding the Families | The Search For Korean War Family DNA
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The Department of Defense has been unable to find family members of over 6000 of the servicemen originally declared MIA from the Korean War.
Since
August 2000 the Korean War Project has identified these 6000 servicemen in our databases and we are actively seeking help finding these families. This is an exclusive free service of the Korean War Project
By May
1st 2001 we will have a special page arranged by state and county so that visitors can immediately identify the names of those MIA's for whom DNA samples are needed from family members.
We will be issuing a
press release in anticipation of Memorial Day and ask our visitors and friends to notify their local news media to provide the names of those servicemen.
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3. Books in Progress or on Bookstore
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Continued posting of books and research by our site visitors:
Editor's note: Quick thanks to the Naval Institute for
forwarding several new and important books on the Korean War.
These titles can be found on our Bookstore section of the site.
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Army: 62nd Engineer Topographic Co
For any former
member of the 62nd Engineer Topographic Co. who served in Korea between October 1950 and January of 1952. Please contact
Roland Turley (former Sgt.)
RR #1 BOX 223-2
WEST DECATUR, PA 16878
PH: (814)765-8910
Email: rturley@iqnetsys.net
Object, trying to write some history of the 62nd and it's service in the Korean War.
Note: My son-in-law is an archivist at the Maxwell AF Base in
Montgomery, AL. He has been trying to research those two
operations: Albany and Zebra.
He has had a little success in that Albany was the removal of
thousands of the Chinese and North Korean prisoners to Koje-Do
SW of Pusan.
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Fighting on the brink: Defense of the Pusan Perimeter,
Brigadier General Uzal W. Ent
From General Ent via email:
A portion of the sale price of this important book about the
defense of the Pusan
Perimeter will be donated to the Korean War Project per email from General Ent.
Each copy sold is personally autographed by Gen. Ent
The book is a big 8 1/2 X 11 inches, with 700,000 words, 413 pages, 121
pictures and 59 maps. It is the definitive and most accurate account of the Pusan Perimeter campaign ever written. It includes the recollections/experiences of some 500 Army and Marine veterans of the campaign.
Currently available at Amazon.com and on the Bookstore as soon aswe have a book cover scanned the book will appear on our Bookstore section.
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Publishing alert: May 15 2001, through Scribner's, pre-release
notice
Legacy Project, Andrew Carroll, author of the best selling
-- Letters of a Nation -- (see Bookstore)
New Release Title:
War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
The preliminary announcement by Scribner's is 200,000 copies hardcover, a major printing.
Andy tells us that the new book is due out in
mid May and we will certainly alert our site visitor's to the firm date of availability. Some of you will immediately recognize some of the men featured in the book. Many of the letters are from the Korean War.
Editor's note: Andy Carroll is a major sponsor of the Korean War Project.
Thank you, Andy Carroll, for your support of the Korean War Project. Hal and I want to wish you well on sales of
current and pending works.
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4. Film in Progress | USMC Chosin Reservoir
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Mr. Barker,
I am a student at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls, and am trying to put together a documentary film based on my grandfathers experiences at the Chosin Reservoir.
I would love to have a
chance to interview you or have commentary on the Korean War. I am also looking for photos and footage, so if you or you colleagues could direct me to source, I would be deeply grateful. I can be reached at:
gwenevere8@msn.com.
Thank you so much for putting this incredible site out
there, and inspiring my project.
Gwen Heyn ( grandaughter of Bud Heyn, USMC)
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5. CILHI team at C/1/1 Horseshoe Ridge battle site
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Per info sent by Norm Callahan, Dallas, TX from communication with Bob Brokish, both of C/1/1.
In the summer of 1999 CILHI or Central Identification Lab went to South Korea to the site of Horseshoe Ridge (see John Welch book on Bookstore) battle of April 1951. This work and the battle is featured
in the April 2001 edition of Leatherneck Magazine.
Bob sent us email in March of the pending April forensic work that will be a continuation of all the efforts to find remains of brave Marines
who died or went missing in the fierce fighting.
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6. Memberships | Sponsors
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As always, our
Membership Drive really needs your help. We are still behind in our goal to reach 5000 members.
The Korean War Project is free to all visitors, but our members keep us online.
If you are not a
member, please consider joining. It only costs $15.00 per year and helps keep the Korean War Project online.
To become a member, go to:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/membership.html
Note: those who wish to use online credit card may
now do so thanks to AOL Foundation's Helping.org. Click on the graphic "Donate now" in the Membership page and follow the form instructions.
Standard mailing address is the same, see Membership page.
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Help keep the Korean War Project alive.
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Thanks to all of you for helping make the Korean War Project
successful.
Regards,
Hal and Ted Barker
hbarker@kwp.org tbarker@kwp.org
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