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Korean War Project
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
214-320-0342Special Alert - We have discovered Korean Language
Email Spam is an international problem. The Korean War Project has decided to take point on
this issue. It is time to fix this problem. We need your
help. Please call or fax the following numbers and tell
them how you feel. Korean Embassy Washington, D.C. PH: 202 939-5605
Fax: 202 232-0117
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April 26, 2002 Newsletter Special Alert Supplement
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1. Ham Operator's Saturday CQ 9am EST
2. Korean Language SPAM Email Update - URGENT
3. Veterans Insignia Web
4. "Ride to the Wall"
5. Membership
6. KWVA Tell America, another Chapter, 270
7. Bravery Gold Medal of Greece for Colors of 1st Cav Div
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1. Ham Operator's Saturday CQ 9am EST
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Update from Hank Sherman < hsherman@cybercomm.net>
5th RCT URL: ~https://www.cybercomm.net/~hsherman/
Genealogy, Ham radio, computers & Korea.
Begins Saturday April 27th, 20 Meters.
9AM Eastern Standard Time, between 14,319 and 14,321,
wherever it is clear.
Will call and listen for 1 hour. I will call for an hour
with "this is K2KAB looking for 5th Regimental Combat Team
Veterans wishing to sign into the net".
Call up for the 5th Regimental Combat team Korean
veterans. We moved to Saturday as many have said they go to
Church.
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2. Korean Language SPAM Email Update - URGENT
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Important update:
Since the notice about Korean or Asian language spam went
out on the 21st, Hal and I have heard from people all around
the world. It appears to be a universal problem and not
limited to just Korean War theme web sites.
Hal found a news article in the Korea Herald, dated Jan 18th
of which no mention was made to me (Ted) in my many
discussions with Korean officials.
https://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/01/18/20
0201180024.asp
Many of you have asked to be removed from our site and I
have complied. But, your email has already been grabbed.
This Korean spam mess is seriously affecting our mission, to
communicate, freely, on the Internet with those of you who
visit the site. For this we are sad and very mad at the same
time.
Hal and are deeply humiliated with this horrible turn of
events. Professional hackers are far beyond our ability to
defend against. The same is true for any web site, however.
Dozens, if not hundreds of you, have been following our
instructions to reply to the spam and send to Mr. Terry Lee
at KISA, in Korea.
Many of you have written directly to the Embassy and have
asked for the phone number to the Washington, DC Embassy.
Please revisit our web link about Korean Spam for updates
at:
In USA:
Embassy: Ms. Fiona Gaze, secretary to the Republic of Korea
Ambassador, the Honorable Mr. Sung Chol Yang.
PH: 202 939-5605
Fax: 202 232-0117
In Korea:
Dr. Seungtaik Yang
Minister of Information and Communication, ROK
Email: minister@mic.go.kr
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3. Veterans Insignia Web
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Cloyd Greer reports about a great website to obtain insignia
that you may otherwise have to wait to get from the Govt.
See:
https://www.vetsignia.org
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4. "Ride to the Wall"
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Hi Hal & Ted:
I'm sure, as veterans, you are aware of the annual Memorial
Day motorcycle "Ride to the Wall" otherwise known as
"Rolling Thunder" where more than 250,000 bikers meet at the
Pentgon parking lot and ride to the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial. This ride is primarily to bring attention to the
lack of action concerning the return or accounting for our
POW's and MIA's and to urge the government to get off their
duffs and do something about this situation.
For the last couple of years I have been trying to form an
annual ride to the Korean War Memorial during the weekend of
June 25. This ride would be to honor and show our respect
for our comrades that never returned. Unfortunately,
either there are not that many Korean War veterans that are
bikers or they just don't have an interest in a project of
this nature...perhaps there hasn't been enough publicity
about the ride. In that respect, I'm hoping that you may be
able to provide some assistance.
I have emailed various organizations with no luck, so, I'm
seeking your help. Perhaps you can suggest who and how to
contact certain organizations that can be of some help.
My hope is to make this not "The Forgotten War" anymore, but
make the public aware that it was one where thousands of our
courageous men have given their all.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I thank you
also in advance for whatever assistance you may be able to
provide.
Sincerely,
CHARLES V. (CHRIS) CHRISTIAN <CSXIAN97@msn.com>
Korea 1950-1951
Co. A, 35th Inf Regt, 25th Inf Div
5536 Plainfield Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21206
Phone: 410-483-2581
Fax: 41o-483-2632
E-mail: csxian97@msn.com
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5. Membership
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Ongoing Pledge Drive, keeps us moving along:
Many thanks to all who have assisted the KWP with their
donations, memberships. Keep us in mind. If you have not become a
member or sponsor, it really helps, we invite you to join
up!
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Go to: https://www.koreanwar.org/html/application.html
A BIG THANK YOU FROM Hal and Ted:
for all of the new and renewed Members/Sponsors.
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6. KWVA Tell America, another Chapter, 270
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We have an active program at KWVA 270 in the DFW Metro-
Plex also. See our report:
Korean War Vets Tells High School Students How it Was
About a dozen members of KWVA Chapter 270 joined about forty
other veterans from other service organizations at a special
program at Bryan Adams High School in Dallas to honor
veterans and to give students an opportunity to hear from
vets themselves about their military experiences.
Shown in the photograph is Charles Smith pf KWVA Chapter 270
telling his story as youngsters listen intently and take
notes for their classes. (photo not included here)
300 students sat in groups of 3 to 6, rotating with 3
different veterans during a two-hour period, listening to
the vet's story of how they came into the military and their
experiences. KWVA members told about the so-called
"Forgotten War" so the youngsters would learn the truth and
never forget.
The program was designed by Bryan Adams history teacher
Diane Birdwell and ROTC instructor Lonnie Clark.
Thanks,
Ed Buckman <ebuckman@gte.net>
President 270
Dallas, TX
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7. Bravery Gold Medal of Greece for Colors of 1st Cav Div
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In our last newsletter, April 21st, I mentioned the notice
of The Bravery Gold Medal for the Colors of the 3rd Inf Div.
Marty O'Brien wanted me to make sure that the site visitors
knew that the 1st Cavalry Division was also a receipient of
the very same tribute.
The First Cavalry Division also received the Bravery Gold
Medal streamer. The Greeks were attached as the 4th Bn of
the 7th Cav Regt, 1st Cav Div for most of the war.
Then they were attached to the 3d Inf Div from April 1953
thru the end of the war in July 1953 (and perhaps a little
time thereafter I believe).
Marty O'Brien
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Many of our older newsletters can be found on the site at:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_archive.html
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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