The Graybeards - Korean War Veterans Association

Tall Corn Chapter of Iowa
Maryland Chapter #33
Officers shown in photo are Robert Sutfin 2nd VP, Leland Staker 1st VP, Bill
Hartsock Judge Advocate and Sam Naomi President. Not in photo was
Secretary/Treasurer Laverne Padget.
Maryland Chapter, KWVA Color Guards at Republication National
Convention. The Guard posted the Colors at the beginning of the program
on August 10, 2000. Shown left to right are Harley Coon National
President, Sam Fielder, Vincent Krepps, Ed Ilgenfritz, Jack Cloman, Leroy
Thornton, Ray Glock Captain and Earl House. It was an honor to make the
KWVA known to America for we were shown on most major TV networks.
Hudson County Chapter #94 of New Jersey
Group photo of all members and officers that attended the chapters 2nd
meeting. (Thank you Sam for photos and update. I will be listing new
chapters from Jerry Lake’s report. We both thank you for your efforts. We
also hope to do a new chapter listing including addresses when it is
mailed to me by Nancy Monson.)
The Elk River Chapter of West Virginia
1st. Row (l to r) Virgil Eagle, Sgt. at Arms; Tom Martin, President; Bob
Smith, Director; Bob Parsons, VP; Charles Harley, Chaplain. 2nd row (l to
r) “Chet” Fleming, Director; Hoyt Newman, Director; Gene Bevell,
Secretary; Jack Hardman, Treasurer. This newest chapter to be organized
in W. VA came to life in June 2000. The chapter name is “Elk River
Chapter” and meets in Clendenin, W. VA. on the third Thursday of each
month at 7:00 pm. (Thank you for sending photo and letter. We wish all
your members much success. We look forward to seeing more photos.)
Korean War Veterans at groundbreaking ceremony for the New Jersey State
Korean War Monument in Atlantic City. Shown left to right in rear are Art
Colacino, John Fallon, Bob MacKnight, Al Czarnecki, Steve Mangione,
Frank Koelsch and John Ormsby. Front left is Joe Cassella, President.
Kneeling is Lou Giovanni then Dave Cata. (Thank you Larry Barulli for photo
of great looking veterans.)
Nassau County Chapter #1 of New York
The Korean War Essay Contest winner was Mary Kate
Castellani, of Massapequa High School. The contest, “The
Korean War: Turning Point in American and World History” was
sponsored to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the beginning
of the Korean War. The contest was first announced at the
Long Island Council for Social Studies convention in October of
1999. Mary Kate Castellani is an eleventh grader honor student
and wants to major in communications when she attends college.
The Committee of judges consisted of Irwin Braun, Lou
Valeo, Mario Maggiulli, and Jack Sauter. The committee was
very impressed with the essays and the first prize was a unanimous
decision on the part of the judges. Jack Sauter, an author,
wrote, “I liked all the entries ...the mere fact that some students
took the time and energy in the research to explore what must
seem like the dark ages to a high school student, is remarkable
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