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62<br />
Joe Mongoi<br />
Tony Fallico, a member<br />
of Chapter 105 in<br />
Syracuse, NY, and Joe<br />
Mongoi were buddies in<br />
the 73rd Combat<br />
Engineers in Korea in<br />
1954. Mongoi was a<br />
commo chief. Tony<br />
made a pizza for Joe<br />
when he was being<br />
rotated home.<br />
Tony has built a successful<br />
bakery business.<br />
He has donated cakes<br />
and other good things to<br />
many veterans organizations,<br />
churches, and<br />
charitable organizations<br />
for their functions. He is<br />
highly regarded by<br />
these clubs and organizations<br />
as a generous<br />
benefactor. But, he has<br />
lost contact with Joe.<br />
Joe Mongoi and Tony Fallico, Korea, 1954<br />
Tony would like to hear from Joe, or learn want has happened<br />
to him. If anyone has information about Joe’s whereabouts,<br />
please contact Tony at Mary/Fremont Bakery, 42015@cnymail.com<br />
or KWVA, CNY Chapter, P.O. Box 5118, Syracuse,<br />
NY 13220-5118.<br />
Robert W. Cogswell<br />
Captain Robert W. Cogswell was my B-17 pilot in the 303rd<br />
Bomb Group during World <strong>War</strong> II. Returning from our 14th mission<br />
against a Nazi submarine base in Occupied France on 26<br />
September 1943, we had to bail out over the south of England as<br />
our bomber began to disintegrate. Injuries were minor among the<br />
10-man crew, with the exception of the pilot, who was last to<br />
jump. The opening of the chute tore ligaments in his back.<br />
He never flew another mission during WW II, but went on to<br />
train and serve on B-29s during the <strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong>.<br />
I was based in Pusan in 1951-52 as commander of a detachment<br />
of the 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group. Bob and<br />
I had exchanged letters, when one of mine addressed to him at his<br />
air base in Okinawa came back stamped MISSING IN ACTION.<br />
I learned later that Major Cogswell’s B-29 was returning on 23<br />
October 1951 from a mission to hit a North <strong>Korean</strong> air base when<br />
it was attacked by MIG fighter planes. His B-29 crashed in the<br />
Yellow Sea.<br />
His body was never recovered, and on 28 February 1954 the<br />
US Air Force declared him Killed in Action.<br />
If any readers of The Graybeards knew Bob Cogswell, or have<br />
more details about that fatal mission, I would appreciate hearing<br />
from you.<br />
Eddie Deerfield, 3552 Landmark Trail<br />
Palm Harbor, FL 34684, ED303fsra@aol.com<br />
KORWALD Loss Incident Summary<br />
This is the summary of the event in which Captain Cogswell’s<br />
plane and life were lost.<br />
Date of Loss: 511023<br />
Tail Number: 44-61940<br />
Aircraft Type: B-29A<br />
Wing or Group: 307th Bmb Wg<br />
Squadron: 372nd Bmb Sq<br />
Circumstances of Loss: Damaged by MiGs near Namsi airfield,<br />
crashed 6 mi off coast of Chinnampo, 3rd ARSq SA-16 Dumbos<br />
participated in SAR effort, a total of approx 233 SAR missions<br />
flown, surface vessels impeded by rough seas<br />
Crewmembers Associated With This Loss<br />
• BEISSNER, JR., Fred L. 1LT USAF RSC Rescued by the Aus.<br />
Destroyer Murchison NW of Chinnampo<br />
• BLACK, Wayne F. 1LT USAF MIA<br />
• BOTTER, William J. SSGT USAF POW<br />
• COFFEY, Arthur G. SGT USAF RCV Remains recovered by crash<br />
boat near Taehwa-do<br />
• COGSWELL, Robert W. CAPT USAF MIA (Hq & Hq Squadron)<br />
• FOULKS, JR., James A. CAPT USAF KIA<br />
• FUEHRER, Alois A. SGT USAF MIA<br />
• JONES, James H. SGT USAF RMC RMC Big Switch<br />
•KISSER, Kenneth E. SSGT USAF RMC RMC Big Switch<br />
• MACCLEAN, Gerald C. LTCOL USAF RMC RMC Big Switch<br />
• MOORADIAN, Ara NMI 1LT USAF MIA<br />
• STRINE, John T. SSGT USAF RMC RMC Big Switch<br />
• WENTWORTH, JR., Lloyd G. 1LT USAF RMC RMC Big Switch<br />
461st Inf. Bn BN/88th Inf. Bn. Heavy Mortar<br />
We are looking for members of these units that were successor<br />
units of the 2nd Chemical Mortar Bn. We have a reunion<br />
every year, and we would like to find more members to attend.<br />
Contact Bob McGeorge, 3296 Blueacres Drive,<br />
Cincinnati, OH 45239, (513) 923-4920.<br />
25th Inf. Div. Assn. looking for stories<br />
The 25th Infantry Division <strong>Association</strong> is undertaking a<br />
<strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong> oral history project. In that regard we are soliciting<br />
personal experiences of 25th Infantry Division veterans that<br />
occurred to them during their service with the Tropic Lightning<br />
in Korea.<br />
We ask that a contribution consist of a short narration of a specific<br />
event or closely related events. They can be of a combat or<br />
non-combat nature, either serious or humorous. Please include<br />
the time and place of the event and in which unit you served in<br />
the 25th Infantry Division.<br />
Dave McDonald, an <strong>Association</strong> member who served with the<br />
14th Infantry in Korea, has agreed to serve as the editor of this<br />
March-April 2008<br />
The Graybeards
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