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Official KWVA Notices and
Announcements
Annual Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Remembrance
27 July 1999
Washington, D.C. & Arlington, VA
Memorial ceremony on the mall
at the Korean War Veterans Memorial
10 am
Wreath Laying Ceremony
Arlington National Cemetery
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers
2 pm
followed by placing of mums at 2:20 pm
at the No Greater Love
Korean War Veterans Meditation Bench
The Korean War Veterans Gathering and their families will be at the Sheraton National
Hotel located at Columbia Pike in Arlington, VA. This will be our 11th year to be in Arlington,
VA, our 5th Korean War Veterans Armistace Day Memorial Ceremony, and the 15th year for
the Wreath Laying Ceremony.
Korean War Veterans across our nation are encouraged and invited to attend this special
tribute to our Fallen Comrades and to those who served our great nation with dignity and with
honor.
To obtain information about the KWV Gathering and activities at the Sheraton National Ho
tel 24-28 July 1999, and to be added to the mailing list, contact Jack E. Cloman, Chairman,
1999 KWV Gathering, 2702 Franklinville Rd., Joppa, MD 21085; or send an e-mail to ;
or a fax to 410-679-1074. Please include your name, address and phone
number with your message.
Your name will be added to the mailing list. Hotel reservations will be made only by reservation
cards. Mailings will be made by 15 April.
Graybeards for Sale
Back issues:
May -June 1995 March-April 1997 Nov-Dec, 1998
March -April 1996 Sept.-Oct. 1998 Jan-Feb, 1999
These issues are limited so get your order in early. $1 per copy plus $3.20 postage Make your
check to KWVA National and state in message or note on check “For Back Issues.” I suggest
minimum orders of 7 issues including the most current. Mix your issues as you want. Orders
of 50 of the above issues (except current) for gaining new members or just passing out at veteran
hospitials can be obtained at an reduced rate of $25 including postage. Send your orders
to Editor. See address on page 2.
The Graybeards
The Graybeards is the official newsletter of the Korean War Veterans Association Inc. It
is scheduled to be published six times per year. Views expressed in the newsletter do not
necessarily reflect the position of the KWVA Executive Board nor does the KWVA Inc.
assume any responsibility for errors of omission or commission. All articles, reports, and
items except those clearly marked Official KWVA Notices and/or Announcements may
be edited to conform to space, clarity, and format specifications without permission of
the authors. Expressions of opinion as in editorials and letters to the editor if printed, may
be edited only with the writer’s consent. Material used with permission from other
sources will identify and credit that source. The use of copyrighted materials must have
the permission of the copyright holder before being used.
Advertisements shown in this newsletter are not necessary KWVA Inc. associated unless
otherwise stated. We do suggest our members support our advertisers through purchases,
for the ads support the publication costs of this newsletter. KWVA Inc. and Editor are
not responsible for purchases. All claims of dissatisfaction must be made directly to the
distributor.
Book Review
You Can Call Me Irish
by Dick Burke
Dick Burke, of Westminster Maryland,
Korean War Veteran who served from 1951
to 1955 in the Navy, has written a book (his
first) called ‘You Can Call Me Irish’. It is
part history/part genealogy, starting with
his Irish ancestors and continuing forward
in time to include accounts of family members
in wars from the Civil War through
Vietnam.
Dick features four relatives who were
killed in action:
Lieutenant Charles Pfanne, Army Air C
orps, a B-24 navigator Lost over Ploesti in
1944; Fireman First Class Harold O’Neil,
whose ship LST 448 was sunk in
Solomon’s Islands action in 1943, Corporal
Floyd McDonald, killed in action August
1950 while serving with the 2nd Infantry
Division, 23rd Infantry Regiment in Korea;
and Lance Corporal Gregory Harris, a
Marine who was lost in 1966 along with
two other American advisers attached to
the 5th Battalion, Vietnamese Marine
Corps.
Dick contacted Vincent Krepps while
writing the book, and acknowledgment of
Vince’s contributions on the Korean War
portions appears in the book.
You Can Call Me Irish was published by
Pearce Publishers, Inc., Timonium,
Maryland, in soft cover. Book price is
$10.95, plus $1.00 for postage.
To order you can write to Dick Burke,
2807 Rainbow Drive, Westminster, MD
21157, or call him at 410-848-1975.
Unforgotten – Dedication of the
Memorial
By Daniel J. Meador
(Editor’s Note: The following is an extract
from a recently published novel entitled
Unforgotten. The author is a law professor
emeritus at the University of Virginia and is
a member of KWVA. The leading character
in this work of fiction is John Winston, who
served as an infantry platoon leader in
Korea in 1950-51. This extract is published
with the permission of the author and the
publisher, Pelican Publishing Company.)
Please turn to BOOKS on page 46
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