|
Newsletter - July 27, 2002 Korean War Project
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
214-320-0342 Member and
Sponsor Last Name Search
===========================================================
July 27, 2002 Newsletter
===========================================================
Table of Contents
1. Day of Remembrance - July 27th
2. Memorial Service and Prayer
3. ANGLICO Association - History search
4. Letters Found - Louisville, KY
5. USS Benevolence (AH-13) Sinking
6. Tribute to Lucie Marx Titus of AUSA
7. Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway
8. Membership Drive
To quickly subscribe or unsubscribe to this List, send email
to tbarker@kwp.org with Subject: Subscribe or Unsubscribe
==========================================================
1. Day of Remembrance - July 27th
==========================================================
49 years ago, today, the war in Korea stopped under an
uneasy truce. This truce continues today, filled with
tension and conflict. US military forces continue to
man garrisons in South Korea to assist Republic of Korea
forces to maintain that uneasy peace.
Today, we pause to Remember those who served during the war
and those who died in combat and as civilian casualties.
Korean civilians, North and South suffered severe
deprivations, injury and death as a result of the invasion
by North Korea on June 25th 1950.
Military personnel from 22 countries served, bled and died
helping to stem the tide aggression in the South.
South Korea has been transformed from the ruined country
those military personnel saw at war's end, July 27th 1953.
The annual Revisit program for veterans shows clearly that
South Korea now ranks as a vibrant and successful member of
the international community.
The Korean War Project; Jan Curran, Hal Barker and Ted
Barker wish to thank those veterans for their service to a
small country in need, so far away.
==========================================================
2. Memorial Service and Prayer
==========================================================
Rev. Charles "Preacher" Knappenberger, Chaplain, ASA Korea,
sends this for everyone. Email: PreacherK@aol.com
Remember the Armistice signed on July 27, 1953, thirty-seven
months after the United States committed its troops in
support of the Republic of South Korea?
During those 37 months over 36,000 Americans were
killed-in-action; more than 100,000 were wounded; and 8,100
are still listed as missing-in-action.
Our "one nation under God indivisible" suffered a terrible
loss in the mountains and valleys of South and North Korea.
.........."lest we forget"......
As we reflect on what took place in Korea, we are reminded
of that inscription found in a military cemetery on
Gibraltar:
"God and soldier, all men adore,
In time of war, and nevermore.
In time of peace, when all is righted,
God is forgotten, and the soldier slighted."
For many years our battles in Korea were called "the
forgotten war." During the past couple of decades that word
'forgotten' has taken on less sting, as Korean War Veterans
Memorials have sprung up all over our "land of the free
and home of the brave"; not only in Washington, DC but in
states and counties and cities and towns throughout America.
But all the memorials in the world will not ease the pain of
Gold-star Mothers and Wives, or return broken bodies to
pre-war condition, nor relieve the unknown of those MIA.
To paraphrase the Duke of Wellington, "If you have but seen
one day of war, you would pray Almighty God never to see any
such thing again."
We are at war again, and we have been involved in several
wars since the "police action" of our youth. Let us pray
Almighty God to intercede in the craziness of those peoples
who wish to wage war and destruction on their neighbors and
nations in other parts of their world.
Let us be reminded of the word from the prophet Micah: "He
hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the
Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God?"
May these thoughts from God's Holy Word abide with us and
with all members of God's Creation, through Christ our Lord.
Amen and Amen.
Editor note: the Reverend will be attending a service on the
28th put on by The Korean War Veterans Association of
Greater Philadelphia and the Council of Korean Churches of
Greater Philadelphia.
==========================================================
3. ANGLICO Association - History search
==========================================================
To all Korean Veterans:
I am the Historian for the ANGLICO Association, representing
so many who did not return, and the few that did.
Trying to gather history on our unit. If any of you out
there, can help me with information, it would be most
appreciated.
Please, anyone who knows someone, or something, please
forward it to me:
ANGLICO Assoc.
H. Johns Historian Pta00095@gbis.com
PO Box 669, Carson City, NV 89702
Thanks,
Semper FI
H. Johns, GySgt
==========================================================
4. Letters Found - Louisville, KY
==========================================================
Found a box of letters from 1950
Posted by: annkellogg@execs.com
Date: 07/03/02
Please contact me if you know a Kenneth W. Potter or know of
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Potter that lived at 117 42nd. ST.
Louisville, Ky. around the 1950,1951 era.
I found a box of letters written by Kenneth the son to his
parents that span his career in the service during the
Korean war.
Please contact me annkellogg@execs.com
I would like to pass them on to a family member.
==========================================================
5. USS Benevolence (AH-13) Sinking
==========================================================
Retired naval historian seeks survivors aboard USS
BENEVOLENCE (AH-13) on 25 Aug. 1950 when rammed and sunk by
a commercial freighter with loss of 23 lives within the
Golden Gate at San Francisco, Calif.
Includes all medical personnel and others reassigned to USS
HAVEN (AH-12) for first cruise to Korea.
Also seek contact with descendants and others with personal
history, artifacts, etc.
Purpose is collect of oral history leading to publication
of a long overdue book and dedication of a memorial near the
Golden Gate.
Please contact Dusty Rhodes
PH: 850-671-3832
Email: dlrgad@aol.com
==========================================================
6. Tribute to Lucie Marx Titus of AUSA
==========================================================
Ray Walton writes of the recent California tribute to Korean
War Veterans
Ted / Hal ,
I would like to have you print into the next newsletter
about a member and a Grand / Great Special Lady.
Lucie Marx Titus, wife of General Walter Titus put on one of
the BEST Korean War programs honoring hundreds of Korean War
Veterans in conjunction with a fantastic Korean Troupe from
Seoul and other parts of South Korea put on the greatest
tribute to all of us that attended.
Lucie Marx Titus, President of the Northern California
Chapter of the Association of The United States Army (AUSA)
put in hundreds of hours of organizing, doing countless
hours on the computer, many hours on the phone and speaking
at many functions to explain what it was all about.
Lucie's final remark at the end of the program,
"KOREAN WARS VETERANS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN".
Afterwards, all the Korean War Veterans were presented this
enormous and magnificent Gold Medal with a Red - White and
Blue Ribbon.
My wish is that, Lucie Marx Titus be recognized through
this great Newsletter of her dedication to all Veterans,
especially the Korean War Veterans on it's 49th
Anniversary.
Thank You,
Ray & TOSHA Walton
==========================================================
7. Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway
==========================================================
Our last newsletter featured a notice about the Colorado
Memorial Highway. Email from pen pals started coming in with
notices of several other similar projects around the
country:
===a.===
Yesterday 7-12-02 our Assembly Woman Pat Bates of Orange
County unveiled a sign in Dana Point commemorating the
Pacific Coast Highway from Huntington Beach, Ca.. to
Capistrano Beach, Ca. as the "Orange County Korean War
Veterans Memorial Highway". A number of signs will be placed
along this stretch of highway showing the new designated
name.
Orange County veterans groups raised $8,000 dollars to
accomplish this fine deed and Assembly Woman Pat Bates wrote
the resolution for the new designation.
Hats off to these very fine people. "Our war" is not
totally forgotten.
Gunnar Osterberg
Dana Point, Ca.
===b.===
Also wanted to let you know that we also have had a Korean
War Memorial Highway in California for quite some time.
Our hiway is well posted and is California highway 126 which
starts just north of Los Angeles at Interstate 5 and runs
west to highway 101 in Ventura, CA. It is a nice highway
running through California agriculture country.
George "Ed" Coleman
E Co/35th Infantry Regiment (CACTI)
Korea 8-50/8-51
===c.===
My state of Alabama also has dedicated a highway and named
it the "Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway". The section
of Interstate highway 59 north from Birmingham, Alabama to
the state line at Georgia just south of Chattanooga,
Tennessee and south from the Georgia state line back to
Birmingham has been named the "Korean War Veterans Memorial
Highway". The signs are up at several well placed high
visibility locations for everyone to see.
Take care,
James Roberts
==========================================================
8. Membership Drive
==========================================================
Please consider assisting the Korean War Project as you use
our pages. If you are new to the site, read our "About the
Project" to get an idea of who we are.
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/about_the_project.html
Do read our original mission in the "Non-Profit" section at:
https://www.koreanwar.org
We invite you to join up or renew as members, see below.
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/membership.html
Here is more info on current Member/Sponsors.
Members:
https://www.koreanwar.org
Sponsors:
Thank you for making the Korean War Project a success!
Hal and Ted Barker
Korean War Project |
