GENERAL RAYMOND G. DAVIS - Korean War Veterans Association

Governor Bob Riley, and
a Korean War Veteran
Coy Cannon during
Commemorative program.
(Thank you Paul E. Riley
for photos and letter.
Pease do not fold photos
and photo paper
would give me a better
quality.)
Michigan Remembers
On Sunday, 27 July, 2003---the 50th Anniversary of the end of
the Korean War, KWVA Chapter #251 dedicated its new 12 ton
black granite Monument. We had over 500 persons present.
We have a 9-man Council called “Saginaw County Veteran’s
Memorial Plaza” at Hoyt Park, Saginaw, Michigan. The beauty of
the dedication of the KWVA Monument is that our Council worked
for over 2 years with the Saginaw City Council and the Saginaw
County Board of Commissioners to acquire land at this Hoyt Park
and transfer the WWI and WWII existing monuments to this common
Plaza.
The Vietnam Vets are now generating a project to earn money to
build a Vietnam Monument. The KWVA #251 will donate $1,000 to
help them. Our total Plaza cost will exceed $344,000 and to date
most labor and material is in-hand donations by contractors. We will
have 3 flag poles, benches, flood lights, partial retainer walls and
over 26,000 paver bricks---most of them already purchased with
names engraved to honor ex-service people, and regular donors.
Besides letters and contributions, we sold over 15,000 of Roses
of Sharon for this project. We are further purchasing an audio system
for the Plaza to tell a few minutes of each War. (Education
approach)
(Thank you Bob Simon for photos and letter. Some photos will be
shown in the Chapter Affairs section.)
Historical marker in Lauderdale County and KWVA members.
Left to right Bob Norris, Jack Counts, George J. Ellis, Olon R. Patterson,
Paul E. Riley, John T. Green, Carmel D. Olive, Ralph C. Dula, Eric Plunk (red
cap), Bobby N. Bray, John T. Magazzu, Virgil Miles, Chester B. McClure,
James C. Murphy, Bill Adomyetz.
Wheeler Rifles Drill Team
with Erica Presley.
Clockwise from top left, (1) Front
side of Korean War Memorial, (2)
Back side of Korean War
Memorial. (3) Cutting of ribbon (l
to r) are Jacob Klemm, Mayor
Ham and Fred Bauer (4) Stan
Bozick (L) and Ralph Parlburg
with wreath to be placed and
dedicated to those that did not
return including POW Dallas
Mossman. (5) From left, Lisa
Balmreuter (Bugler for Taps), Bob
Simon and Harry Boesenesker.
Marker.
(Thank you Paul E. Riley
for letter and photos.)
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