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December 2000 NewsletterKorean War Project https://www.koreanwar.org
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
214-320-0342
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_december.html
Dec 19, 2000
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December 2000 Newsletter - By Hal and Ted Barker
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Table of Contents
1. Dedication to our Veterans and Holiday Greetings
2. Membership.
3. Kitchen Table Gang - helping hospitalized Vets
4. Korean War Children's Memorial
5. VA GOES ONLINE FOR BENEFITS and HEALTH
6. Interactive Korean War Timeline
7. DMZ Veterans Resources
8. For Our Newest Visitors - Tips
9. Site Navigation Tips
10. Reunions Add|View
11. KWP Newsletters
12. Screen Saver - 50th Commemoration
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1. Dedication to our Veterans and Holiday Greetings
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We would like to dedicate this issue to our pen pals who
have serious illness as we write. Hal and I wish each of
you a swift and rapid recovery.
A special thought goes out to the families and friends
of those men who have passed this life during the time
that Hal and I have been online these past 5 years. Each
death makes our work that much more special to us.
Let us pause for a moment in our day to honor and to
reflect upon our Veterans who did not come back or those
who have passed this life since returning from Korea.
For those veterans who have lost wives or family members
during this time, we shall be thinking of you this
Holiday.
We wish all of you the very best for this Holiday
Season.
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2. Membership
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As always, our Membership Drive really needs your help.
We are still behind in our goal to reach 5000 members.
As always, 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:
Buy a bunch and take them to give out at your next
reunion.
Help keep the Korean War Project alive.
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3. Kitchen Table Gang
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From: Charles R. Taliaferro <crtnjt@pacbell.net>
Subject: THE KITCHEN TABLE GANG
We are having trouble getting the word out about the
Kitchen Table Gang and its project of providing a little
"R & R" to hospitalized veterans.
We don't have bulk email facilities nor would we want
it, we depend on a grass-roots effort to get the word
out about us. To this end, I would greatly appreciate it
if you would visit our web site at:
We just wanted to tell you about our project to assist
our military veterans with something to pass the time
away while they are in a VA hospital.
If you were ever wounded or had an illness and spent
some time recovering in a VA or military medical
facility, then you know of what we speak. Please visit
our new web site at:
https://www.kitchentablegang.org
SEMPER FI
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4. Korean War Children's Memorial
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www.koreanchildren.org
I will soon be posting on our Korean War Children's
Memorial web site over 300 newspaper articles and
hundreds of photographs on the relations of the GIs in
Korea and the children.
I have found a fantastic collection of Korean War
material, all of which will be posted to the web site.
Yesterday I posted 54 "love letters", letters written to
Korean War Veterans by Korean adoptees in America.
To fellow Korean War Veterans and friends:
Look under "Memories/War Child Remembers". The web
site is dedicated "To Those We Could Not Save" and
honors the compassionate, humanitarian aid rendered the
children of Korea during and following the war by
American Armed Forces personnel.
Sincerely,
George F. Drake, KWV, Coordinator, Korean War Children's
Memorial
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5. VA GOES ONLINE FOR BENEFITS and HEALTH
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Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000
From VA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
https://www.va.gov/pressrel/aponline.htm
November 3, 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Veterans can now apply for benefits
and health care online with the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA). Two new systems will allow veterans quick,
easy and secure access to apply for compensation,
pension, rehabilitation benefits and health care.
"This is the first step toward an electronic VA," said
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hershel W. Gober.
"We will use the best in the business world and the
latest in the high technology sector to deliver world-
class benefits and care to veterans. That's a promise."
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6. Interactive Korean War Timeline
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There is a brand-new, free download of a multimedia
"Interactive Korean War Timeline" available from the
U.S. Naval Institute available at:
https://www.usni.org/freestuff/koreanwartimeline.htm
The program includes a combined services timeline taken
from the Army and Marine Corps Web sites, and includes
Air Force and Naval ops. It has lots of pictures,
chapter selections from several Korean War books,
and some animated battle maps which make the happenings
of the war a little easier to understand. We think it
will be a great introduction of the "Forgotten War" to
anyone unfamiliar and a good resource for any Korean War
savvy computer user.
Sincerely,
Chris Nazelrod
Assistant Web Administrator
U.S. Naval Institute www.usni.org
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7. DMZ Veterans Resources
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Be sure to review the pages and contact information:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/dmz_war.html
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/history_and_reference.html
(under category; DMZ)
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8. For Our Newest Visitors - Tips
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Check links on our site that you may not have visited.
Note: a lot of our links have "_" or underscores between
the words rather than spaces or hyphens.
a. About the Project:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/about_the_project.html
b. Non-profit info:
https://www.koreanwar.orgnonprofit1.htm
c. Members and Sponsors:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/membership.html
This is a listing of Members, Sponsors and renewed
Members.
d. Reference | History:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/history_and_reference.html
e. Return to Heartbreak Ridge, Hal's online book with
photos 1989 -94 trips:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/chapter_one.html
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9. Site Navigation Tips
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Our main pages all have a column on the left side of the
page with text, click those to navigate. The same goes
for the text under the graphic at the top of most pages.
For example: click on the word "Memorials" and see where
you go.
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10. Reunions Add|View
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Click on the Add Reunion navigation bar: leave us your
updates for 2001 Reunions or, give us a review of your
1999 and 2000 successes for those who have not been!
Then, at any time Review Reunions at:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/reunions.html
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11. KWP Newsletters
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All of our recent email newsletters may be viewed from a
link on the main page. On the right-hand column just
We shall be adding many of the 1999 newsletters for our
new visitors. You will all be able to see that there
have been some tough issues faced since early 1999.
From the AP Story in March of 1999 that helped to garner
worldwide attention, to the solicitations to assist in
obtaining DOD information to the work of the CILHI
Laboratory, our visitors have played an integral role in
the process.
To Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this list to to:
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12. Screen Saver
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Notice from Fred Orcutt
Please be advised that our company has produced and is
making available at no charge to the public a special
Korean War 50th Anniversary Commemorative screen saver.
It is available for download in either 800 X 600 or 1024
X 768 (or higher)screen resolution versions, along with
other screen savers we make available at no cost, at our
Website: https://www.enterprise-technology.net
Regards,
Fred Orcutt
System Integrator
Enterprise Technology, Inc.
Boise, ID, USA
1+208-367-0552
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Happy Holidays
Hal and Ted Barker
Telephone - 214-320-0342
EMAIL :hbarker@kwp.org and tbarker@kwp.org |
