Vote! Vote! Vote! - Korean War Veterans Association

Life-sized photo of Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery statue is carried
on Ray Torok’s IN Woolybear Day Parade in Vermilion, OH (parade is
held every October)
Maria Garza , Director of
Ohio Western Reserve
National Cemetery
The speakers at the ceremony and their roles included Bob
Howes (Pledge of Allegiance), Chuck Benzon (Invocation), Frank
Aleksandrowicz (Introduction and Blessing of the Statue), Maria
Garza (Welcome), David L. Deming (Comments), and Richard
Seelbach (Thank You).
On the statue, the vet eran is performing a salute to all veterans
buried in the cemetery, all those who served, and all those who will
serve in the future.
Anyone who wants to contact Francis Aleksandrowicz can reach
him at 343 Canterbury Road, Bay Village, OH 44140-2404, (440)
871-5081
McAllen, TX
The Veterans Memorial at McAllen, TX is the largest and most
beautiful Memorial that I have seen in my travels around the U.S.
It includes ALL wars, from the Revolutionary War through the
Korean War, with space for ALL wars to follow.
The entire Memorial is 130‘ across; it has 104 large flag poles
around the perimeter and an underground automatic watering system
in all of the grass area which is not covered by paving stones
or paving bricks. Families of living service men have their names
on the bricks in dedication.
A broad view of the McAllen, TX Memorial
Frank Aleksandrowicz,
in WWII uniform,
stands by statue in
Ohio Western Reserve
Cemetery
The KIA record on the McAllen, TX Memorial
There are also many granite benches that have been donated in
memory of those fallen service men—especially around the
Korean Memorial.
At the Korean Memorial there is a large 8-sided grouping of
granite slabs containing various stories of interest of battles fought,
such as Heart Break Ridge, Naktong Bulge, and the Inchon
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The Graybeards
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