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6. Bookstore | Film
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MBI Publishing Company just sent us a fantastic suite of
books on the air war in Korea. All color photography with
great annotations and text.

Warren Thompson and Robert Dorr will be no strangers to
those of you who follow Korean War History.

From MBI Publishing Company - Osprey Aviation and MotorBooks

https://www.motorbooks.com
1-800 458-0454

a. Korean Air War, Dorr and Thompson (MotorBooks)

b. B-26 Invader Units over Korea, Warren Thompson (Osprey)

c. F-51 Mustang Units over Korea, Warren Thompson (Osprey)

d. F-80 Shooting Star Units over Korea, Warren Thompson
(Osprey)

e. F-84 Thunderjet Units over Korea, Warren Thompson
(Osprey)

f. F-86 Sabres of the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing,
Warren Thompson (Osprey)
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"Pipeline Korea" by Merlin "Mage" Magerkurth

A book of letters and photos from a soldier in Korea
-1951 to 1952- a Combat Engineer!

Mage's mother saved all his letters and he had a 35mm
camera while in Korea.

https://1stbooks.com
https://www.pipelinekorea.com

Email: magerkurth@281.com
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"Captain Red" by Russell Goldbaum

A non-fiction and fiction book about the first Sikorski
helicopters and William "Red" Slavin.

Mr. Goldbaum was a surgeon with the 45th Thunderbird
MASH in Korea.

1st Books Library https://www.1stbooks.com
Amazon and Borders
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"Winter's Road" by Donald C. Skinner

From Vernon, Tx, Retired CMSG USAF, Korea and VietNam
now living in Aiken, SC., Don sent in his book which
features a look at an Air Control Team. A fictional look at
the war based on composites of men Don served with.

Vantage Press
Hard cover, 281 pages. $17.00, includes postage.
Limited supply.

Order:
Donald C. Skinner
P.O. Box N
Aiken, SC 29802
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"The Quack Corps" by Arthur W. Wells

A Marine's War Pearl Harbor to Okinawa

Arthur forwarded the book on DUKW's in war. It is about
WWII but since I grew up living next door to a "live"
DUKW, in Newport Beach, we had to feature Art's work.

Available:
DolArt Published
1629 Sunset Ave
Chico, CA 95926
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"Sour M.A.S.H. At Sea - And Other Stories"
by Walter "Bud" Stuhldreher

I' thought you'd like to know I just published a book, Sour
M.A.S.H. At Sea - And Other Stories. The cover shows the
hospital ship USS HAVEN anchored at Inchon in 1954. I spent
9/53 - 9/54 on the Haven, almost all at Inchon. The book
contains funny experiences I had while on the Haven, plus
other stories. It can be purchased at any on-line book
seller plus at your local book seller. Better yet, no cash
required if you request your local library to get it in for
you. Every Korean veteran will get many laughs out of it.

Thanks.

Walter "Bud" Stuhldreher SourMASHatSea@aol.com
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7. Omaha Central High Korean War Casualties ~ 50th
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From Max C. Kennedy kenad@concentric.net

I thought you might be interested in this news release on a
Dedication Ceremony for a Korean Casualty plaque of our
Omaha Central High School. The program will be held on the
weekend of the 50th anniversary of the termination of
hostilities.

The fourth weekend of July, 2003 will be the 50th
anniversary of the end of hostilities in Korea. In 2001, Max
Kennedy, an Omaha Central alumni, and Ginny Bauer, a staff
member at the school, initiated their research to find the
Omaha Central alumni who were casualties of the Korean
conflict. Using the internet, school files and input from
other Central alumni they found ten Central Korean
casualties.

On Saturday July 26, 2003 at 1:00 pm in the Abbott Lecture
Hall at the Joslyn Art Museum, a ceremony will be held to
honor the casualties. Family members and friends will gather
at the Durham Cafi in Joslyn prior to the ceremony for an
informal luncheon. Relatives of the deceased are coming from
Texas, Georgia, Colorado, California, Wisconsin, Oregon and
Ohio for the dedication of a plaque with the ten names.

Either a classmate or a family member will give a
remembrance for each of the casualties. Other participants
in the program will include the Korea War Veterans
Association, Nebraska Chapter #1 (invocation); The
Epstein-Morgan Post, Jewish War Veterans (benediction);
Central's ROTC (posting colors); and Central's band (playing
taps).

The plaque was provided by a Central alumnus, Jack Kidwiler.
It has already been placed in the east entryway of Central
near memorials of Central casualties of World War I, World
War II and Vietnam.

For more information on the ceremony contact Max C. Kennedy,
402/398-1536 kenad@concentric.net .

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8. A Vet Returns to Korea for Remembrance
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Dear Korean War Project Readers and Friends:

After 50 yrs I am returning to KOREA for the (50th
Anniversary Commemoration of the Signing of the Armistice
Agreement 27th July 2003) Ending the Korean War .

My name is Oscar K Creasy my e-mail is kcesquire@msn.com

I was with the USAF 49th ftr bmr grp , 8th ftr bmr sqd
stationed at Tague (k-2),1952. I hope it possible to meet
some of you there that was a part of my outfit.

I was injured and sent back to the states and after many
operations and recoupment I returned to Korea to finish a
job I had started in 1952 when I first got there , this time
I was with the 8th ftr bmr wg, 35th ftr bmr sqd stationed at
(k-13) Suwon just south of Seoul. I am looking forward to
seeing what has happened to the country in the last 50yrs.

Best regards,
Ken Creasy

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9. Washington, DC 50th Anniversary Commemoration
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Department of Defense
50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee

For more information contact: Media Outreach Office
PH: (703) 602-5295/5793 FAX: (703) 604-0833

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release #03-18 Date: June 19, 2003
Nation, stars of screen and stage to honor veterans during
Korean War commemoration event.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  Randy Travis, Ed McMahon and James
McEachin will honor Korean War veterans during a national
commemoration event July 26, 4:30 p.m., at the MCI Center in
Washington D.C.

This event is one of many activities occurring July 25-27 as
the United States commemorates the signing of the Korean War
armistice, which took place 50 years ago, July 27, 1953.

Korean War veterans are true heroes, and history has proven
that what these service members did to halt communist
aggression 50 years ago not only saved a nation, but also
helped begin the downfall of that form of government rule
worldwide, said retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Nels Running,
former executive director for the Department of Defense 50th
Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee. This
commemoration event is our nations way of telling all
Korean War veterans thank you, and that we have not
forgotten what you have done for our country and all freedom
loving people in the world.

Travis, a country music star with more than 20 number one
singles including Three Wooden Crosses which topped the
charts in June, will perform during the event. Television
star Ed McMahon and actor and noted author James McEachin
are both Korean War veterans - McMahon a Marine Corps pilot
and McEachin an infantryman in the Army. McMahon will serve
as the Master of Ceremony and McEachin will be narrating a
special script about the Korean War.

Television actress Chea Courtney, who has had roles in
several shows such as Providence and Judging Amy, and
Tyler Hoechlin from the movie Road to Perdition will also
take part in the ceremony.

During the National Salute to Korean War Veterans, the
Department of Defense 50th Anniversary of the Korean War
Commemoration Committee will also sponsor a wreath laying at
the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery July
26 at 10 a.m. and an Armistice Day ceremony at the Korean
War Veterans Memorial on The Mall July 27 at 10 a.m.

All Korean War veterans, family members, next of kin and the
public are invited to attend the events to honor these
American heroes and let them know their sacrifices during
the Korean War have not been forgotten.

To order the free tickets for the MCI Center event, call
toll free 1-866-751-2403 or visit our Web site at
www.korea50.mil . For discount hotel reservations for the
weekend events, call 1-800-554-2220 ext. 102.

For more information about the Korean War or the DoD 50th
Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee, call
toll-free 1-866-KOREA50 or visit the official Web site at
www.korea50.mil

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10. USPS Bloomington, IN Honors Purple Heart recipients
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Jim Landrum writes:

Ted,here is an important Purple Heart stamp issued on 30 May
2003 by the US Postal Service. It is also available in an
envelope. (Graphic not displayed.)

The US Postal Department in Bloomington,Indiana will honor
the families and Veterans of the Purple Heart recipients at
a County wide banquet in June,2003 (this month).
Jim and Betty Landrum will be guests.

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11. Korea Veterans Association of Australia, Inc
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From our pal Allan Murray kvaallan38@hotmail.com

(Korea Veterans Association of Australia Inc)

G-Day Gentlemen,

Thank you for your news letters, I pass as much as I am able
onto our members, who are located all over Australia, and
some overseas.

I do it mainly through our news letter " The Voice " or on
our Web site - www.austkoreavets.asn.au ( through the
internet explorer address bar - only ) drop in you people
and enjoy some Aussie friendship.

We will be having our annual get together with the local
Korean community at their church in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia on 22nd June 2003. To remember the June 25th 1950
invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans which is Korea
Veterans day here.

We normally get about 150 Veterans and spouses attending who
mix so well with their hosts the local Australian/Koreans.

We will also be having a Commemoration Day and a Celebration
of the 50th Anniversary of the Cease fire day, both
together on the 27th July at the Magnificent Shrine of
Remembrance, in St Kilda Road , Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia. This event will be the final commemoration event
of the 3 year - 50th Anniversary recognition.

As I have stated before, any American ex Korea Veteran
visiting Australia (Victoria) who would like to make contact
with us then use my e-mail address or the web site contact
guestbook.

Thank God for the Cease fire -- we all know

" FREEDOM WAS NOT FREE "

Allan Murray


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12. "Thank you for saving my country." Revisit 2001
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Ted,

I had the good fortune to be able to return to Korea in
September, 2001 (yes, when the towers went down), on a tour
to visit some of the battle sites I was involved in fifty
years ago when I was Field Communications Chief in H
Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division.

The tour had many high points for me, but the real topper
happened one morning when we stopped for breakfast at Camp
Page, on our way to visit one of the battle sites. Our 2
bus loads of the group arrived at the mess facility and
immediately overloaded the service line and the GI's coming
in after us were not staying when they saw the long line.

Someone in the group suggested we make our line separate and
let the GI's cut to the front of the line when they came in.
As the tail end of our line moved around the corner and
away from the entrance, the later arriving GI's would see
the still long line and leave before we could tell them that
they could go to the front of the line.

I volunteered to wait by the door and tell them what we were
doing so they wouldn't miss their breakfast. I was alone
there only a short time when a side door to the kitchen area
next to me opened and a Korean kitchen worker, who had
obviously heard we were there, rushed out and saw my
identification tags and badges and hurried over to me and
with tears streaming down his cheeks, bowed, and took my
hand and said "Thank you for saving my country."

With that, he turned and disappeared back through the door
as quickly as he had come.

I don't know about other's experiences were here on their
return from Korea, but I remember it seemed that no one here
appreciated what we had gone through over there and it was
almost as if we had done a bad thing by having been there.

All those years since, I was reluctant to talk about what
had gone on there at least partly because of that perception
of having done 'something bad.' However, that Korean kitchen
worker changed all that for me and now I know that at least
some of the Koreans sincerely appreciate what was done there
and I don't care about what people here think about it.

I found out later that many others on the tour had similar
experiences.

I wanted to share that little story with you and anyone else
who couldn't be there to see for themselves how many of the
Koreans feel about what is referred to here as the
"Forgotten War", "Police Action", or "Conflict". For the
Koreans, it was truly a catastrophe of 'Biblical
Proportions' and what we helped do for them is still
appreciated by many of them and that is what counts.

Lloyd Miller
H Company, 38th IR
2nd Division
July 1951-April 1952

Thanks to all who have made this possible.

Hal and Ted Barker

Korean War Project

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