Jan/Feb 2008 - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

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New Chapter receives charter
Chapter 142 has succeeded in getting a new Chapter founded
in Hagerstown, MD! Welcome to Chapter 312, Antietam, and
Commander Edward A. Stahl. He can be reached at 12777
Gearhart Road, Greencastle, PA 17225-9102, (717) 597-4660,
EAS@pa.net.
This startup is particularly praiseworthy. There are 40 charter
members; 35 of them became members AFTER July 2007 when
the startup began. That is the way recruiting and chapter startups
are supposed to work in expanding our membership. Sadly it did
not often happen that way in the past. So this is a great accomplishment
for 142 AND for the members of the new chapter.
19 RAYMOND G. DAVIS [GA]
The City of Atlanta Veterans Day Parade featured six members
of the Chapter: Robert Hendershott, Thomas Harris, Ronald
Clark, Robert McCubbins, Thomas Woods, and James Conway.
The Chapter experienced a sad couple of months. Four members
died in that period: Jason G. Hoffman, Phillip D. Marsden,
CID 19 participants in the City of Atlanta Veterans Day Parade (L-R) Robert
Hendershott, Thomas Harris, Ronald Clark, Robert McCubbins, Thomas
Woods, and James Conway (behind the camera)
Martin R. Gruber, Jr., and Joe Anastasia.
James Conway, 1184 Fourteenth Place NE,
Atlanta, GA 30309-3505, conatlanta@aol.com
30 INDIANA CHAPTER 1 [IN]
Chapter members participate in approximately seventeen
parades each year. We always have a great turnout, due largely
to the large number of enthusiastic veterans in our Chapter and
Bernard (“Ski”) Wisniewski, Pastor Han, Jim Martino, Soonji Han, and
Eunjun Han (L-R) gather at the CID 30/45th Inf. Div Golden Corral gettogether
their spouses. One of the things that boosts our numbers is our
wagon, which is often accompanied by a Chevrolet Corvair
painted red, white, and blue. It is owned by Chapter members
Jim and Irene Winnie.
We also host the 45th Infantry Div. reunion held each
September when they are in town for their own reunion. The
closeness and fellowship that we all share is wonderful, and we
have so much fun.
On September 9, 2007 approximately 45 veterans from the
Chapter and the 45th Inf. Div. got together for another fun
reunion. Dinner was held at the Golden Corral Restaurant here in
Ft. Wayne. This is the 8th year that we have enjoyed doing this,
and we plan to do it as long as the health of all of us allows it.
This year we had the privilege of having, at Jim’s request, our
Korean Community Pastor Ran, his wife, Soonji, and son Eunjun
in attendance. We’re all looking forward to next year.
Several of our members visited our local VA Med. Center and
passed out Valentines to the patients and the hard working staff.
This is a wonderful project for any KWVA organization. We also
visit nursing centers. It blesses us as much as it does them. I
would highly recommend it. We visited on a very cold, windy,
snowy day, but the sunshine inside made it all worth being out in
the cold.
Many ladies in our organization attend all the meetings and
activities in support of their husbands. They are a great bunch of
gals and are so willing to help in any way. One is our Secretary,
one is Entertainment Chairman, one handles our newsletter alone
and our Veterans Affairs, and I do our publicity. Our newsletter
January-February 2008
The Graybeards