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4 November-December 2008 COVER: PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 24, 2008) A tugboat assigned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor assists Republic of Korea Ship (ROKS) Yang Manchoon (DDH 973) as she transits Pearl Harbor. Yang Manchoon and ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH 976) are in Pearl Harbor to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foeh 26 30 50 76 CONTENTS Business KWVA Membership Report ..............................................................7 Bumper Stickers, Recruiting, Fundraisers and Patches ..................8 Ask the Secretary... ............................................................................9 Call for Elections ............................................................................10 Thanks for Supporting The Graybeards ....................................................11 KWVA Management Information Services ..........................................12 KWVA Bylaws Committee Project For 2009 ........................................13 KWVA National Furnished Websites For Departments and Chapters 14 Minutes: KWVA Board of Directors Meeting ......................................16 Annual Association General Membership Meeting Minutes..............20 Korean War Veterans Association, Inc 2009 Budget ............................24 Features & Articles 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion: Part IV ..........................68 Departments From The President ..........................................................................3 The Editor’s Desk ............................................................................6 Parades as Recruiting Tools............................................................26 Tell America ....................................................................................28 Monuments and Medals..................................................................30 Mini-Reunions ................................................................................34 Thanks ............................................................................................37 Chapter & Department News ........................................................38 Last Call ..........................................................................................53 Members in the News ....................................................................56 Reunion Calendar............................................................................59 From our Chaplain ..........................................................................59 Feedback/Return Fire ....................................................................60 Recon Missions ..............................................................................64 Book Review....................................................................................66 Welcome Aboard..............................................................................67 Membership Application Form ......................................................74 Mystery Photos................................................................................79 News & Notes CID 51 Member Director of Ohio Veterans Services ..........................10 Reception Held to Honor New KWVA President................................15 Tour News: Revisit Korea ......................................................................24 Korean War Highway Dedicated in Washington State........................50 Memorial ceremony held for MOH recipient Dick Shea....................54 US Postal Service: Above and Beyond the Call of Duty ................57 One of Ours Returned ....................................................................58 The Best Con Job I Ever Witnessed ..............................................72 There are Words to ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ ..............................73 Memorial Day in California ..................................................................76 November – December 2008 The Graybeards
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Page 1 and 2: To Korean War Veterans Everywhere..
Page 3: From the President William Mac Swai
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Page 9 and 10: Ask the Secretary BUSINESS Stringin
Page 11 and 12: MEMBERSHIP from page 7 Members from
Page 13 and 14: KWVA Bylaws Committee Project For 2
Page 15 and 16: Reception Held To Honor New KWVA Pr
Page 17 and 18: MINUTES: KWVA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ME
Page 19 and 20: MINUTES: KWVA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ME
Page 21 and 22: BUSINESS ANNUAL ASSOCIATION GENERAL
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Page 26 and 27: Parades as Recruiting Tools As we h
Page 28 and 29: The Where, When, and Why of the Kor
Page 30 and 31: Monuments and Medals Korea: the For
Page 32 and 33: experiences with any other veterans
Page 34 and 35: Korean War Veterans’ Mini-Reunion
Page 36 and 37: Korean War Veterans’ Mini-Reunion
Page 38 and 39: Chapter & Department News 19 GEN. R
Page 40 and 41: 105 CENTRAL NEW YORK [NY] Tony Fall
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Page 44 and 45: Painting the Hansung Church are CID
Page 46 and 47: Keith and Marilyn Roberts receive a
Page 48 and 49: Life Member William Furey sang the
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Memorial ceremony held for MOH reci
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56 Members in the Richie Alexander
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58 ONE OF OURS RETURNED By Davis E.
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Feedback/Return Fire This section o
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62 I was there as a soldier, and I
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Recon Missions 64 1 Cav., 7 Reg., 2
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66 Book Review One Came Home Americ
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70 Mariano Arrendondo, A Btry KIA 2
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72 Battalion Commander reconnoitere
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Official Membership Application For
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76 One of the more impressive natio
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APPLICATION FOR KVA SEOUL REVISIT T
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