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Newsletter September 10, 2002Korean War Project
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
214-320-0342
September 10, 2002
In Memoriam: Shortly after the attacks in New York, we received a message from Mr. Paul Geidel of New York, stating that his son was missing at the World Trade Center. The news was grim... Each of us lost
someone.... Honoring Fireman Gary Geidel
FDNY Rescue 1
New York City
September 11, 2001Geidel, 44, was one of 11 firefighters
assigned to Manhattan's elite Rescue 1 who charged into the World Trade Center Towers and died while saving others. His father, Paul Geidel, is a retired New York City firefighter and a veteran of the 17th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb
Squadron in the Korean War. Lest We Forget
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September 10 2002 Newsletter
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Table of Contents
1. Pledge Drive for KWP - Thanks to All!
2. 9-11 (September 11th) A Day of Remembrance
3. Reunions
4. Bookstore and Books in Progress
5. 65th Infantry Regiment - Film Gala Sept. 14th
6. Imjin Scouts, post-truce Korea
7. Leadership in Battle: The Siege at Chipyong-Ni
8. Larry Jolidon, Writer, Former Marine - RIP 8/20/2002
9. Aug 20th - Remains of US Servicemen Recovered in Korea
10. How the KWP helped my family, a visitor comments!
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1. Pledge Drive for KWP - Thanks to all!
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Hal and I want to thank each of you who have participated
in our Pledge Drive for the Korean War Project.
The results have been very encouraging with online and
mail-in donations.
Our target audience for the drive is those who have never
contributed to the effort of the non-profit web site.
We would love to have non-members to join up with the
current donor base.
See: Aug 28th Newsletter for details.
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_august_28_2002.html
To Join: https://www.koreanwar.org/html/membership.html
Hal and Ted Barker
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2. 9-11 (Sept 11th) A Day of Remembrance
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Last September 12th, I wrote a
short entry for a newsletter that resulted in contact with thousands of persons who knew someone in the planes, the Pentagon, in the Twin Towers, or NYPD, NYFD or Port Authority who either perished or participated in
the rescue/recovery operations.
See:
www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_september_13_2001.html
All of us continue to Remember the events of that day and
the weeks, months that followed and the many people who
perished.
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3. Reunions
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We are featuring a few reunions here to promote our REUNION
section of the site.
To add a Reunion:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_data.html?com_url=add_reunion
To View Reunions:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/reunions.html
====a==== ASA Vets
Just a reminder the All Texas ASA Reunion is this coming
Saturday, Sept 14. 3:00-9:00 at the Village Grill in
Richardson, TX.
If you are planning on attending please go to
www.asavets.com and register so I can give the restaurant an
head count
Phil
214-718-8469
====b.==== USS Manchester (CL-83)
There will be a Sea Service Commemoration in Pusan, Korea on
30 May 2003 to honor all sea service veterans that served in
the Korean War. This will be the only Navy led commemoration
on the Korean peninsula during the 50th anniversary of the
war. More information on 50th Anniversary events can be
found at: https://korea50.army.mil/
USS Manchester (CL-83) was in Korea during the war and we
want to welcome her crew back to Pusan next year. Please
have someone contact us and we will provide them with
details about the commemoration. Additional information
will be provided as it becomes available.
Thank you,
Sea Power Day Planning Committee
Commander, US Naval Forces Korea
Seoul, Korea
====c.==== USS Cabot CVL 28
USS Cabot CVL 28 Association reunion on Oct 9th to 13th
2002. Reunion to be held in Mobile Alabama At the soon to
be Holiday Inn Conference center at
600 Beltline Hyway 1-800-752-0398
Call for information Host Barrett Frink
1-860-928-7437
Or e-mail Marie Stranaghan stranaghan@aol.com
====d.==== USS Essex CV,CVA,CVS-9, LHD-2 Inc.
Our next reunion is,
September 30th to October 6th, 2002
Four Points Sheraton Airport, Metairie, La.
Tel.501 885 5700
Mention Essex Reunion
Frank R O'Connor
USS Essex CV,CVA,CVS-9, LHD-2 Inc.
Vice Chairman/Membership/Publicity
2284 Commodores Club Blvd
St. Augustine, Florida 32080-9161
Visit our Web Site
www.ussessexcv9.org
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4. Bookstore and Books in Progress
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Note from Hal and Ted, we shall have our scanner updated by
next week so we can scan and introduce all of the new books
we have received since last spring.
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Korean War Memoir - Don Davison 5th RCT, an e-book.
Davison had been in Korea only a few days when the Chinese
Army entered the war, and he saw a lot of real action as a
platoon leader with the 5th Regimental Combat Team. His
descriptions of the war are realistic and thrilling, but not
deliberately grisly.
After months on the front lines, he was rotated to Service
Company, and his experiences there make for good reading
also. There's also an introductory section that identifies
his background and early experiences, and a brief, final
chapter that wraps up the "and then . . ." part.
Don Davison was a professional writer all his life, and the
e-book version of this fascinating, illustrated Memoir is
available online for only $4.95 at:
https://www.freelookbookstore.com
Ana Jorges, Senior Editor
www.Freelookbookstore.com
e-mail anageorges@aol.com
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AIR FORCE ONE by Robert (Bob) Dorr
Published by MBI Publishing Co.
excerpt: Author Dorr, Air Force veteran, retired diplomat,
and columnist for Air Force Times, gives a nuts-and-bolts
tour of Air Force One with help from Air Force experts who
described the aircraft and its features. But Dorr also
covers the part the Air Force didn't tell him about---the
hush-hush, defensive weapons system aboard Air Force One,
the mysterious C-20C Gulfstream III shadow aircraft that
stalks Air Force One on every mission, the arrangements for
security wherever the president travels.
No one else could have written this book. Dorr grew up near
Andrews Air Force Base, home of Air Force One, and has
visited the base for 50 years. He received help from the
base and from distinguished scholars and historians
In bookstores, everywhere and from the distributor at:
800) 826-6600 or at www.motorbooks.com
Cost: $29.95
Best wishes,
Bob Dorr
See KWP Bookstore at:
https://www.koreanwar.org/html/bookstore.html
Books By Visitors: If you have a book for sale, please send
us a copy for our library and we will list your book here at
no cost.
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58th Fighter-Bomber Wing on Toksan Dam
As the author of a book to be published next year on
historic missions by the Air Force, I am looking for
information on the raid by the 58th Fighter-Bomber Wing on
Toksan Dam on May 13, 1953. I am especially interested in
first-hand accounts by some of the pilots and crew members
on that mission.
Does anyone associated with that wing now or in the past
have such information, or could they lead me to a credible
source? I have some information but am anxious to include
the first-person descriptions from the pilots and crew
members so I can make the account complete and also give
sufficient credit to the men who flew the mission.
Thank you for any help you can provide in telling this story
of the 58th Fighter-Bomber Wing accurately and in giving the
men the recognition they deserve.
Bill Gilbert at:
bandlgilbert@msn.com
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5. 65th Infantry Regiment - Film Gala Sept. 14th
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From:
Noemi Figueroa Soulet, Executive Producer
El Pozo Productions
76 Dehaven Drive #5F
Yonkers, NY 0703
(914) 969-0118
PRSoldiers@aol.com
www.prsoldier.com
Dear Friends and Supporters:
We have been invited to conduct a presentation on the 65th
Infantry Regiment with a short video screening at a Gala
event of the Hispanic Professional Network of Hartford,
Connecticut. We encourage your participation in this
wonderful event honoring our Hispanic men and women in
uniform. Hope to see you there!
Saturday, September 14th 6:30pm-1:00am
HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL NETWORK'S
3RD ANNUAL AWARDS
AND NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
KICK-OFF CELEBRATION!
HPN's 3rd Annual Awards and Nat'l Hispanic Heritage Month
Celebration is scheduled to take place at the Bushnell's new
Belding Theatre and Autorino Great Hall, 166 Capitol Avenue
in Hartford, Connecticut on September 14th, 2002.
This year's theme is "Honoring Hispanic Men and Women in
Uniform". The event will feature the Latin Grammy nominated
musical group, Plena Libre recently featured in Banco
Popular's annual holiday video production.
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6. Imjin Scouts, post-truce Korea
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https://www.imjinscout.com
Hi Ted,
Really enjoy your newsletters so I wanted to send along a
short note of
appreciation.
I also wanted to update you on the www.imjinscout.com web
site. The site has come a long way over the past few months
so I finally did a newsletter. I am forwarding it to you.
The focus of the site remains the story of the post Korean
War veteran along the DMZ. Just recently, I have connected
with a number of Scouts who have made major contributions to
the site.
Don M. Lopez
CWO, Retired
Webmaster
www.imjinscout.com
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7. Leadership in Battle: The Siege at Chipyong-Ni
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Keith Landry writes:
The August issue of Army Magazine contains a story about
Task Force Crombez which may be of interest to your members.
https://www.ausa.org/www/armymag.nsf
Leadership in Battle: The Siege at Chipyong-Ni
Lt. Col. Keith Alan Landry
In one of the most bitterly contested engagements of the
Korean War, Col. Paul Freeman defended the surrounded town
of Chipyong-ni from the Chinese Communist Forces for ten
days. Col. Freeman's organizational leadership during the
battle is worthy of study by all officers.
LTC Keith Landry
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8. Larry Jolidon, Writer, Former Marine - RIP 8/20/2002
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Jan Curran and Lynn O'Shea report the death of noted writer
and friend, Larry Jolidon.
Larry was a friend of the Korean War Project and many groups
who have key interest in Korean War issues to include
the National Alliance of Families among others.
--excerpt from wire---
"He founded his own publishing company, Ink Slinger Press,
which produced his book, "Last Seen Alive," about Americans
missing in the Korean War, and "Turn Back Before Baghdad," a
compilation of journalists' dispatches from the Gulf War."
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9. Aug 20th - Remains of US Servicemen Recovered in Korea
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Excerpt from DOD Press Release
No. 429-02
(703)697-5131(media)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 2002
(703)697-5737(public/industry)
REMAINS OF U.S. SERVICEMEN RECOVERED IN NORTH KOREA
Remains believed to be those of seven American soldiers
missing in action from the Korean War will be repatriated in
formal ceremonies on Tuesday in Korea.
The remains will then be flown on a U.S. Air Force aircraft
from Pyongyang, North Korea, under escort of a uniformed
U.S. honor guard to Yokota Air Base, Japan, where a U.N.
Command repatriation ceremony will be held.
A joint team operating near the Chosin Reservoir in North
Korea recovered six sets of remains believed to be those of
U.S. Army soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division who fought
against Chinese forces November-December 1950. Additionally,
a second team recovered one set of remains in the area along
the Chong Chon River near the junction of Unsan and Kujang
counties, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang. The area was
the site of battles between Communist forces and the U.S.
Army's 1st Cavalry and
25th Infantry Divisions in November 1950. Approximately
1,000 Americans are estimated to have been lost in battles
of the Chosin campaign.
The 28-person U.S. contingent was composed primarily of
specialists from the Army's Central Identification
Laboratory Hawaii (CILHI).
The Defense Department's Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel
Office (DPMO) negotiated terms with the North Koreans in
June, which led to the scheduling of three operations this
year. This repatriation marks the end of the first of this
year's three operations. The remaining two operations are
set for Aug. 24-Sept. 24 and Sept. 28-Oct. 29.
Full details:
www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2002/b08192002_bt429-02.html
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10. How the KWP helped my family, a visitor comments!
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Hal and I don't always hear about what the Looking For,
Remembrance or KIA/MIA entries do for our visitors.
From: L M Vila
To: <hbarker@kwp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:03 AM
Subject: Subject Matter for Newsletter
To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to share a personal story for possible inclusion in your newsletter.
I have been busy researching my family tree. My grandmother
had always spoken about her brother who died in the Korean
War. As she was in her late 80's, her memory was fading. She
could remember the name of the ship that he served on. Based
on that name, Bonhomme, I started my research. The
ship was spelled incorrectly and the name had been used on
several subsequent ships! During my research, I stumbled
upon your web site. I entered a few parameters, and BINGO,
found my late great uncle, including his important ID
numbers. I had already written to St. Louis for copies of
his files, but were told that they were destroyed in the
great fire of the 70's. Without a service ID number, the
microfiches records could not be searched.
As my husband is a member of the military, I had read about
the awarding of the Korean War Medal to family members or
service members of the war. I thought that this would be a
great application of my research. Since my grandmother was
the matriarch of our family, I wanted to present the medal
to her.
Based on the data that I uncovered on your web site, I
resubmitted my documents for microfiche retrieval. Months
later, I finally received the copies of the documents
necessary for submission to the Award committee.
With these documents, I was able to submit an application
for the Korean War Medal. I enclosed a letter asking that
the medal be sent to my home in order for my husband to
present the medal to my Grandmother in full uniform.
I then received an e-mail from another visitor of your site
whose Grandfather was best friends with my late great uncle.
This gentleman was kind enough to retrieve many old old
photographs from his Grandparents and also went to the
actual cemetery where my uncle was buried to take a photo
of the headstone. He e-mailed all of this to me, along with
his grandparents personal recollections.
Finally, the medal was received. We planned a birthday
celebration for my grandmother in November and surprised her
with a complete album of the history of her brother. Her
eyes teared up at the sight of the first photo.
She was so pleased to be presented the medal from my
husband. She boasted to anyone who would listen that my
husband is the highest rank possible in the Army Reserves!
My grandmother passed away this April. The memories that we
shared with her were and are priceless. I could not have
accomplished this feat without the benefit of your web site
and all that it entails! Words cannot express my appreciation.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Teresa Vila
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Hal and Ted Barker
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