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Newsletter - June 18 2002Korean War Project
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
214-320-0342
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June 18, 2002 Newsletter
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1. Korean Abductee's Web Site - Must See!
2. Membership and Pledge Drive
3. IRS Information-Contributions exceeding $250.00 per year
4. About Hal and Ted Barker
5. DMZ Service - post July 27, 1953
6. Reunions | Memorials
7. Posting Reunions, Memorials, Web Sites
8. Newsletter archive
9. Books | Web Sites
10. Recollections from Korea - Looking For
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1. Korean Abductee's Web Site- Must See!
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A recent email brought to our attention a new initiative,
inside Korea, to account for and honor those Korean
civilians who suffered horribly during the wartime.
Here is an excerpt from the well done web site:
https://korwarabductees.org
"Nearly 35,000 Americans died in action and more than
100,000 wounded.
There are about 32,000 of dead or wounded among the other
U.N. forces.
But the losses of South Korean civilians were greater. It
was a tragic war that suffered 990,968 civilians; broken
down as follows:
Death 244,663, massacre 128,936, wounded 229,625, abducted
84,532, and missing 303,212 (page 77, White Paper on
Separated Families, Korean National Red Cross, published in
1976 and see Graphics #1).
There were around 200,000 children who lost both parents.
Thousands of mothers with small children became widows,
numbering around 300,000.
The White Paper in its page 81 recorded that there were two
major series of abduction to the North Korea: the first wave
at the end of July 1950 followed by the second one taking
place in the middle of August 1950."
Korean War Abductees' Family Union (abbreviated as KWAFU)
Sent in by: C. Y. Lee mrcylee@unitel.co.kr
Volunteer for Korean War Abductees' Family Union
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2. Membership and Pledge Drive
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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:
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:
Sponsors:
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3. IRS Information-Contributions exceeding $250.00 per year
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The Korean War Project just completed a mail out to those
who have sent in donations/contributions in excess of
$250.00 per year. That mailing was to more fully comply with
IRS regulations and for any audit concerning charitable
donations made by our member/donors.
Thanks to all individuals and groups who have participated
in supporting the KWP. - Hal and Ted
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4. About Hal and Ted Barker
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We have so many new web site visitors and pen pals that it
seems useful, today, to give a brief biography on Hal and
Ted Barker.
We are the son's of a career Marine Aviator, Ret. LTC USMC,
Edward L. Barker, of Houston, and later, Crockett, Texas.
Dad retired at MCAS New River (see Camp Lejeune) North
Carolina in the summer of 1965 after a long career as a
pilot. Dad flew with VMO-6 and HMR-161 in Korea.
Ted was born May 24, 1945 at St. Lucie County Hospital, Fort
Pierce, FL while Dad was rotating back to Pensacola for
duty. He was house-sitting for a Nabisco exec at the
time. Ted was close to being born on a train from Montreal,
Canada, whew!
Hal was born, a native Hawaiian, at the Naval Hospital at
Kaneohe, HI on Nov 3, 1947 while Dad was stationed there
1947-49. That was just after Dad rotated back from
China duty with the "Peping Tom's".
Duty stations followed at El Toro MCAS, living in Newport
Beach, Laguna Beach, CA. Then, off to Florida, Virginia,
back to CA, Kingsville, TX (NAS Kingsville).
In Texas (1957-58), Dad trained former German Luftewaffe
pilots and we housed several of them for periods of time, in
our home.
Camp Lejeune, NC and the 2nd Marine Division became home in
1958-60 where Hal and Ted attended schools at Camp Lejeune.
Both boys attended Jacksonville, NC High School after Dad
rotated to Japan in 1961.
Mom was a Canadian, born and raised in Regina, Sask. Dad met
her there when he served with the RCAF as a enlisted pilot
instructor after leaving Texas A&M in 1941, to get into the
war.
Hal began the Korean War Project in 1979 while trying to
get Dad to discuss his military service.
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5. DMZ Service - post July 27, 1953
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We got an email from a vet who served in Korea during a very
dangerous time, 1968-69. The email indicated that the KWP
was not giving awareness to those who served post-truce.
The DMZ Veterans section of Looking For on the KWP features
thousands of messages for and about those who served in
Korea and Japan through today's date.
The seminal article "The Forgotten DMZ " by Retired Major
Vandon E. Jenerette is posted on our DMZ War section of the
site. Van sent us that article which has been read many
thousands of times via our site.
Van lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He ran for
Congress in the last election.
After publishing that article in the early days of the KWP,
Hal and I found a whole new range of pen pal to include
Retired Major, David Davis, who serves US Senator,
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) as military affairs officer.
Dave was a JSA officer in Korea.
Contact with David Benbow of Statesville, NC and many
hundreds of his contacts soon followed.
The KDVA first popped up on our radar via Norm Jensen who
has put countless hours into obtaining recognition for those
who served and continue to serve in Korea.
Cpt. Clark, the MP in the photo on the DMZ page, has been
made somewhat of a celebrity from that photo. Many former
MP's in his unit to include himself have commented over the
years about the photo.
The booklet by Colt Denfield (our Bookstore), American
Military Camps In the Republic of Korea, 1866-1996, has
brought hundreds upon hundreds of comments. Sadly, we lost
contact with Colt and reprints of the booklet cannot be
found.
Please visit our DMZ War links and Looking For sections on
this site at:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/dmz_war.html
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6. Reunions | Memorials
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Here is a sampling of notices that we receive via postings
to the Reunions and to the Unit pages (Looking For).
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From: William Holinger
Reply-To: koreaDMZ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [koreaDMZ] Re: Robert Bisbee
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:18:14 -0400 (EDT)
Does anyone know how to contact the Bisbee family?
Just this past Memorial Day, we dedicated a memorial bench
to DMZ Vets in Charlestown, MA. Robert Bisbee's name is on
it. I would like to let his family know. The bench is
located at the Massachusetts Korean War Veterans Memorial,
which is on a little knoll near the water, not far from
where the USS Constitution is docked. Steve Harris, an
officer aboard the USS Pueblo when it was captured, was the
featured speaker at the Memorial Day ceremony.
Thanks, guys. You're the best.
Bill Holinger
e-mail: holinger@fas.harvard.edu
HHC, 1/31, 7th ID, 1968-69
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To: tbarker@kwp.org
Re: Little Gibraltar
Dear sir:
I am John Andrew Prime, a reporter with The Times, a
newspaper in Shreveport, La. The national convention of the
Congressional Medal of Honor Society (they use
"Congressional" in their organizational name) will be held
in Shreveport in September, and as part of a package we plan
to do in tribute, we intend to look into the case of one
Courtney Stanley, a local man who was awarded the DSC for
heroism exhibited in a March 17, 1953 action on "Little
Gibraltar." Apparently the senior officer at that action
initially recommended Stanley for the MOH but this was
downgraded, if such a word is appropriate, to the DSC. I
would love to hear from any veterans who were present at
this action, or who have knowledge of the situation and the
process that led to Courtney Stanley's award.
Sincerely,
John Andrew Prime
The Times at Shreveport
(800) 462-6436, ext. 250 (voice)
(318) 459-3301 (fax)
japrime@shreve.net (home email)
japrime@yahoo.com (work-access email)
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From: <
Hmuleym@aol.com>
To: <tbarker@kwp.org>
50th Anniversary Bash in Oklahoma City, OK ..
ALL Korean War Veterans Welcome...
3rd. Aug. 2002, 1000hrs. in Brick Town, Down-Town
Oklahoma City... Ya'll Come!
H. L. Mulhausen (Muley)
Pres. Oklahoma Chapter
Korean War Veterans Assn...
hmuleym@aol.com
(405) 632-7351
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To: KWP
Please send this out to all veterans of the 3rd Infantry
Div.
On August 17th, in Colorado, a plague ceremony will be done
to honor Maj. General Harris who led the 65th Infantry
Regiment during Korea.
If anyone wants info, please visit the web page.
www.boriqueneers.com
It would be an honor to have some of the vets who served
there.
Thank you ,
Alfredo Quinones
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7. Posting Reunions, Memorials, Web Sites
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Thanks to all who post reunions, memorial notices
- Ted and Hal
To post a notice for Reunion:
a) Post to Looking For under the unit at:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/looking_for.html
b) Post to Reunions at:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_data.html
To post a Web Site
a) Post to Looking For under the unit (see above)
b) Post to Add URL at:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_data.html?data=03
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8. Newsletter archive
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Many of our older newsletters can be found below:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_archive.html
Note: Ted is working on a database update to include all of
our newsletters which commenced in Dec of 1998.
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9. Books | Web Sites
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To: KWP
Did I tell you that I have my poetry and pics from my
service with the 17th Infantry RCT in 1951-52 at the Punch
Bowl and at Heartbreak Ridge on one of my web sites? You
might let your readers know about it. The site is
https://www.tjbooks.com
Thanks!
John T. Jones, Ph.D. Author of Taylor Jones
Detective and Western Novels
www.tjbooks.com
www.airwater.biz
www.magicwater.biz
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10. Recollections from Korea - Looking For
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Daily, Hal and I receive email such as the one that follows.
This is what keeps us focused.
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I wanted to share this email with you. I received it "sort
of out of the blue" on May 8th. My husband died almost 6
years ago and is buried here at ANC. If he could have ever
seen this when he was living, I am sure he would have been
very proud.
After receiving this,I have started a correspondence with
Wilson Blankenship who is a retired Sergeant Major who lives
in Knoxville.I am really forwarding this to you because if
other veterans who have similar nice memories of former
cohorts were to try to make contact with them,it would be
very meaningful to them.
As I said, I am so sorry my husband never got to see this.
Yours sincerely, Evelyn Vance
Arlington,VA
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From: Wilson Blankenship
Sent: Wed, May 8, 2002 10:14pm
To: Mrs. Vance
Subject: Cpt Jasper C. Vance
Dear Mrs. Vance:
Captain Vance was my company commander at Co B, 728th MP Bn
in Suwon, Korea in 1952-53. I remember his famous expression
"dad gummit". He was a great officer. Of all the officers I
had in the military, he was my favorite. At that time I was
a young naive, inexperienced 18 year old corporal. Cpt Vance
had a great influence on me at the time and I never did
forget him. If I remember correctly, he was from Tennessee,
which I was also. Is he still with us? I would sure like to
know his current status. I last heard he was at Fort Bragg
back in the seventies. I would greatly be appreciative if
you could be so kind to let me know.
Sincerely,
Wilson Blankenship
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Thanks for helping make the Korean War Project a success
Hal and Ted Barker
Korean War Project
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