The Graybeards - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

For details contact Ken Buckley at 207 Forest Ave., Bangor
04401, tel: 1-207-942-2701 or by email
. Or Arthur J. Bonenfant, 169 Northern
Ave, #1, Farmingdale, ME 04344, tel: 1-207-582-3327 or by e-
mail .
A 47 year friendship
A family of friends: (left to right) Louis Flaclo and wife Marie, Rocky Marcarelli
and wife Jeannette, Peter Realmonte and wife Elena. Ralph Mei and wife Sue.
Sent by Rocky Marcarelli, 12 Getty Road, Stony Point, New York 10980-2708.
The year was January 1953, when four (4) strangers met in
Hwachon Korea, just below the Kumhwa Pass. While serving
with the 7th Ordnance (DS) Co. a friendship grew between them
and has lasted (47 years). We still meet and get together for a dinner
with our wives. It proves that when things are tough, good
can come out of it.
CILHI needs your help
Dear Dr. Goldman, Hello, I hope you are well. I am a physical
anthropologist from the Central Identification Laboratory,
Hawaii; we met at the AAFS meetings this year in Reno. We
IN MEMORY - LEAST WE FORGET
BY C. E. CASEY
The seconded addition, listing the men KIA/MIA in
Korea 1950 to 1953, is now ready for printing. Request info
on memorials in book. The Company has been added to
thousands of the men (Army 90 to 99% some Regts.) and a
few to the Navy/Marines and the Air Force.
Only the books ordered will be printed. There will not be
any printed to sell later so send your name, mailing address
and a check for $53.00 (postage paid) payable to:
KIA/MIA
2130 Franklin Dr.
Papillion, NE 68133.
Orders will close October 1, and mailed by 11/1/2000. If we do not
receive enough orders, refunds will be mailed in October.
were only able to talk briefly at the meetings, but I am very interested
in speaking with you more about mortuary-processing procedures
used during the Korean War. There are two cases here at
the laboratory from that era and we have been unsuccessful in
sequencing them for mtDNA. Both cases are represented by
complete skeletons and are in good condition, so the reasoning
behind the sequencing problems are mystifying. At this point, we
think it must have something to do with the way the bodies were
prepared at the overseas mortuaries.
It would be of great help to us in identifying these individuals,
if you could provide any information you may have on the processing
procedures. From archival research, I have discovered
that fungicides were poured on the bodies, but it has been difficult
discovering what types of chemicals were used in the fungicides.
There has also been concern that fluorescent light was possibly
used on the bodies, but we have not been able to find a specific
reference corresponding with that information.
There are approximately 800 unknown Korean War Veterans
buried currently in the Punchbowl Cemetery here in Hawaii. We
hope to overcome this problem with the mtDNA sequencing in
order to identify these individuals and send them home to their
families and friends. Any help you could provide us concerning
mortuary-processing procedures would be greatly appreciated.
Please feel free to call, write, or e-mail me; I look forward to
hearing from you. Sincerely, Gretchen A. Nelson, Physical
Anthropologist, (808) 448-8062 ext. 16 or nelsong@cilhi.army
mil
(“Doc” Goldman asked me to print this letter in hopes that others
out there may have answers to these questions and can
respond to Gretchen A. Nelson.)
“Keep The Memory Alive”
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Lapel pin / Hat-Pin
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