July 13, 2002 Newsletter

Korean War Project
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Table of Contents

1. Membership Drive, Thanks to all!
2. Books | Bookstore
3. Korean war USAF fighter pilot gear needed
4. Royal Leisceter's in Korea - poem
5. Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway-Colorado (38th N)
6. Connecticut Air and Space Center-Sikorsky HO5S-1
7. Public Notice: TROA legislative alert
8. 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion - PUC awarded
9. National Korean War Veterans Memorial- cleanup!

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1. Membership Drive, Thanks to all!
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Folks, as you are all aware, the KWP continues to have a
membership and sponsors drive. This is part of the landscape
of being a small non-profit. Our warm "Thank You" continues
to go out to those who help make this web site initiative
work.

Our tribute to our Member|Sponsors and to those they
Remember and Honor can be seen on the bottom of each page
and on the Members page of the site at:

https://www.koreanwar.org/members.html

Consider joining our the combined effort if you are not
currently a member/sponsor.

Hal and Ted Barker

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2. Books | Bookstore
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===a.===

Book on B-29 in Korea

I am writing a history of B-29 operations in Korea, to be
published next year by Osprey. The book will be a companion
volume to my title on the B-29 in World War II, which is
being published later this year. I need to hear from
anyone who can help with personal recollections, documents,
and especially the loan of photos.

One purpose of this book will be to recognize every unit
involved in B-29 operations in Korea. To achieve this, I
need your help. If you have photos to lend, I will treat
them with great respect. Please note, however, that I am
looking for the loan of real photos: I can't use digital
images.

Robert F. Dorr
3411 Valewood Drive
Oakton VA 22124
tel. (703) 264-8950
fax (703) 264-1295
robertdorr@aol.com

===b.===

179th Infantry Rgt: "Deep Regrets"
by Chuck Herring
G Co 179th IR 45 Inf Div

Will be featured on the Bookstore, shortly.

Contact:
Chuck Herring lv2write@whidbey.com
P.O. Box 1232
Freeland, WA 98249

Send check or money order (No credit cards) to this
address.

Puchase $19.85 includes shipping & handling.

1/2 of all proceeds are to be donated to the
City of Hope in Duarte, California

===c.===

The Dandelion Ranch: A Love Story
Annie and Her Cowboy Marine during the Korean War's Chosin
Reservoir Campaign

by Kyung Ae Jeon / Paperback / 1stBooks Library /
June 2002

Kyung Ae Jeon kejeon@unitel.co.kr

Available at Amazon.com

===d.===

Patton's Bulldog: The Life and Service of General Walton H.
Walker

by Wilson Heefner heefner@attbi.com

White Mane Publishing Company, Inc., Shippensburg, PA.

Retails for $29.95

Approximately one-half of the book's 348 pages deal with
Walker's command of the Eighth Army in Japan and Korea. The
book is available through local Barnes and Noble dealers,
and through Amazon.com and the Barnes and Noble website
(www.bn.com ).

Sincerely,

Wilson A. Heefner, M.D.
COL AUS (Ret)
7205 Park Woods Drive
Stockton, CA 95207-1409
(209) 951-4748

Note: Col Heefner will be in Arlington, TX July 19-20
for a book signing at Barnes and Noble. Then at Los Colinas
for more of same, per Dick Predmore of the Walton Walker
KWVA Chapter DFW area.

Contact Dick at: dpredmall@bigplanet.com

Dick reports that Gen Sam Walker, son of Gen W. Walker will
be in attendance.

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3. Korean war USAF fighter pilot gear needed
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Purchase of equipment for Museum Display:

meridiajets < meridiajets@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10 2002
Subject: FLIGHT GEAR FOR DISPLAY

This is a list of items that we need for our display on
fighter pilots of the Jet Age which includes the 1950s ,60s
70s,80s,and present era pilots and their gear.

Korean war USAF fighter pilot gear needed
1--flight suit
2--flight helmet [p1 thru p-3 any one will do ]
3--B-5 life vest.
4--parachute for pilot
5--boots
6--gloves ect.

THANKS WAYNE
CONTACT 571-331-0605

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4. Royal Leicester's in Korea - Poem
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One of our email pals' writes:

I was in the Royal Leicester's in Korea and would like to
contact a chap I knew in "B" company. I cannot remember his
surname but he was called Ron and was a budding poet. I can
remember the last verse of a poem he wrote about
the war. It went:

When this war is over, and the battle has been won,
No more to hear the sound of the mortar and the gun.

We'll bend our heads in prayer, for the lads who fought and
fell,
and are buried in Korea neath the six foot of hell.

I would love him to send me the full poem.

My name is Joe French French449@aol.com
37 Whitestone Drive
Huntington, York. YO31 9HY

(Ed note: If anyone can help do contact Joe)

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5. Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway - Colorado (38th N)
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Bruce Salisbury writes:
"bruce" <bsalisbury@acrnet.com>
Friday, May 24, 2002 8:39 AM

I wanted to share with you, the recently decided upon
Memorial Highway (in Colorado). It is nice to see another
recognition for those who fought and those who died in
Korea.

...Of even greater interest to me is that, the proposed
Memorial Highway crosses the 38th Parallel, near to the
little town of Moffat, Colorado which sits at 38.1 degrees
North Latitude.

....more...

Colorado State Senator Lewis Entz, R-Hooper, has set the
wheels in motion to commemorate the fact that Colorado's San
Louis Valley and the Korean Peninsula, are both crossed by
the 38th Parallel.

Entz, from Hooper, Colorado, sponsored Joint Senate
Resolution 019, which will rename Colorado Highway 17, near
Moffat Colorado, and near to U. S. Highway 285 (the
Gunbarrel) "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway". State
Representative Carl Miller D-Leadville sponsored the
Resolution, which passed with just one dissenting vote.

It is of interest that the tiny town of Moffat sits at 38.1
degrees N. Latitude.

Anyone wishing to say thank you to Senator Entz, a Marine
Corps, Korean - Era Veteran, can email to
lewisentz@qwest.net

His Postal Address is:

Senator Lewis Entz
Colorado State Senate, district 5
200 E. colfax, Room 274
Denver CO, 80203

(Ed note: Bruce had sent letters to each State in 2000
asking that such a program be put in place for each state
marked with Purple Heart symbols. .. Ted Barker)

Bruce L Salisbury
Aztec, New Mexico

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6. Connecticut Air and Space Center - Sikorsky HO5S-1
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Dick Evans writes:
From: revans@ctairandspace
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002
Subject: Marine Corps HO5S-1 Medivac Helicopter

The Connecticut Air and Space Center will be receiving a
Sikorsky HO5S-1 Helicopter from the USMC for restoration and
eventual display. This HO5S-1 was delivered to the USMC in
August 1952. The Bu # is 128610.

Would any of your members have any history on this aircraft?

In the HO5S-1's medivac role, were any of your members
airlifted or had their life saved because of the HO5S-1?
If possible would they have any pictures of the HO5S-1 being
used in Korea?

Could anyone give us a list of units that flew the HO5S-1 in
Korea?

Any help that you might provide would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,

Dick Evans

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7. Public Notice: TROA legislative alert
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Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002
Subject: Special TROA legislative alert, 06-24-02
From: Clyde Broome CBroome201@aol.com

NEED SOME HELP ON THIS ONE!

(Ed note: Excerpt, see details on TROA web site)

Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) are
sponsoring amendments to the FY2003 Defense Authorization
Bill that would significantly improve the Survivor Benefit
Plan (SBP). Action is expected any day. See below for
details on how you can help.

Please take a moment to use TROAs Web site to ask your
senators to support these amendments.

Visit https://www.capwiz.com/troa/home/ , click
on the "Thurmond SBP Amendment" and "Nelson SBP/DIC
Amendment" alert links, then enter your ZIP code and click
the "Go" button.

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8. 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion - PUC awarded
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Guy McMenemy RedDevilBn@aol.com
Sec/Treas/Editor 92nd AFA Bn.-Korea

Ted & Hal,
It may be newsworthy to announce that the 92nd Armored Field
Artillery Battalion "Red Devils" has just been awarded the
Presidential Unit Citation for their action in a battle 52
years ago.

They were recognized for their participation in keeping the
pass open at Chinhung-Ni for the 7th Infantry Div and 1st
Marines to exit the Chosen Reservoir.

This action was recently brought to the attention of the
Dept Of The Army by a veteran of this Unit and a member of
Congress. After a lengthy investigation by several
committees ie; Military Awards and Military History, the
Army Chief of Staff authorized the award.

A formal presentation will be made at their annual reunion
in Asheville,N.C. October 15, 2002.

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9. National Korean War Veterans Memorial - Cleanup!
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Hal and I keep hearing from email pals that the Ntl Memorial
continues to need help with it's appearance and cleanliness.

Neither of us have been to the Memorial since July 1995, so
cannot attest, in person. But, several recent email indicate
that there is an ongoing problem.

We are suggesting that a volunteer group of concerned
citizens in the DC area might form up to assist, possibly
wearing some easily identifiable cap, shirt or vest to
garner interest to the "cause".

Here are excerpts from concerned persons:

a. Mike Bender (a vet)

excerpt... However, on 31 Mar 02 I finally saw the above
subject memorial, which I had wanted to see since its
dedication. Maybe my expectations were too high, but what I
saw did irritate me.

The impression I received was everyone just walked off the
job before the memorial was completed, or since it was
completed, there has been little upkeep.

The Pool was empty, part of the memorial was taped off for
unknown reasons, the tile floor was cracked, some junipers
had died, trash and leaves were mixed among the junipers,
and the whole area just appeared to be unkempt.

From pictures I had seen, I was expecting to see a great
memorial. And it could be great, if it were properly
maintained.


b. Martha M. Boltz
Vienna, VA 22181

Gentlemen -- please, please, please -- let's find a way to
do something about the Korean Memorial here in DC. I was
there on Father's Day -- the shrubbery is almost all dead
and gone; the care is lacking; the fountain(s) I vaguely
recall are no longer operative. I wish -- and wishin' is
free -- that there was a way of listing the dead or missing
from Korean War in some fashion there. If it were
personalized in some way, people might come. People tend
to pay attention to something where their loved one is
listed.

...I'm not a veteran, only a Marine and Navy Mom, someone
who cares. I do not know the answers and some would say
should not bring up the problem without
one. But the disparity between the two monuments, so close
together yet so dissimilar in appearance, maintenance, and
attention, was striking.

c. Mike Mankin via Joyce Jett JJett35329@aol.com

excerpt:...

I received this email from a lady friend of mine who lives
outside Washington, D.C. She is a Marine Mom and devoted to
the Corps and us. I have copied her letter here, with her
permission. After reading it, we started talking about the
Korean Memorial and the poor up keep at that memorial and
the way that the Korean Vets are truly forgotten. It has
taken our Nation these many years to remember us. We think
that the Viet Vets should should help the Korean Vets
receive more recognition. We, the Vietnam Era Veterans,
need to bring them along with us. Some how we need to
bring them into the sunlight with us, so they can receive
the well deserved gratitude and rememberance of our Nation.

Joyce writes:

These are contacts for the KOREA WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL in
Washington, DC.

My understanding is: these are the people responsible for
its upkeep.

Email them or call, make yourself and your wants known.
Park Service: national_mall@nps.gov

write to
Korean War Veterans Memorial
900 Ohio Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20024

phone
Visitor Information
202.426.6841 Headquarters
202.485.9880

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Thank you for making the Korean War Project a success!

Hal and Ted Barker

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