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September – October 2010 COVER: The official 2010 Veterans Day poster provided by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The poster has been modified to fit. CONTENTS Business From the Secretary ..................................................................6 Call For Elections....................................................................8 Minutes: Annual Board Meeting ..........................................12 Minutes: Annual Association General Membership Meeting ......16 Thanks for Supporting The Graybeards....................................64 Official Membership Application Form ..............................74 Features & Articles 60th Anniversary Memories ..................................................20 Korea: My Army Life (1951-1953) ..........................................66 Father Kapaun ......................................................................70 4 26 28 30 76 Departments From the President..................................................................3 The Editor’s Desk ..................................................................9 Reunion Calendar ..................................................................15 Chapter & Department News ..............................................32 Korean War Veterans’ Mini-Reunions ..................................44 Monuments and Memorials ..................................................46 Thanks! ..................................................................................48 Tell America ..........................................................................52 Book Review..........................................................................57 Recon Missions ....................................................................58 Welcome Aboard....................................................................59 Members in the News ..........................................................60 Feedback/Return Fire ..........................................................62 Last Call ................................................................................65 Aloha Chapter [144] Continues Memorial Day Ceremony ..76 News & Notes What Are the Real Korean War Casualty Numbers? ..................7 Korean War Bonuses By State ....................................................10 Flea Mart Recruiting ............................................................11 Another Homeward Bound Story?........................................24 Atlanta goes all out to celebrate 60th Anniversary ....................26 Chosin Few honored with new monument at Camp Pendleton..28 KWVA Directors Visit Troops At Walter Reed Army Medical Center ..........................................................................30 Little kid, big mic ..................................................................31 Rescuing North Korean Refugees ............................................47 POW/MIA Investigation Team Returns From China ..............68 Korea War vets still remember ..............................................72 Task Force Smith Honored ..................................................73 Revisit Korea News ..............................................................79 September – October 2010 The Graybeards
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