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Defense POW/MIA Weekly Update August 17, 2001 Remains of U.S. Servicemen Recovered in North Korea Remains believed to be those of nine American soldiers, missing in action from the Korean War, will be repatriated in formal ceremonies scheduled for Aug. 21 in Japan. The remains will be flown on a U.S. Air Force aircraft from Pyongyang, North Korea, under escort of a uniformed U.S. honor guard, to Yokota Air Base, Japan, where a United Nations Command repatriation ceremony will be held. Ajoint U.S.-North Korean team operating in Usan and Kujang counties and along the Chong Chon River, in the Kaechon area, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang, recovered the remains during operations that began last month. The area was the site of battles between Communist forces and the U.S. Army’s 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions in November 1950. During this operation, teams also surveyed the site for a base camp about 15 miles south of the Chosin Reservoir where excavations will be conducted next month. The two 14-person U.S. teams operating in North Korea are composed primarily of specialists from the Army’s Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii (CILHI). The Defense Department’s POW/ Missing Personnel Office negotiated an agreement with the North Koreans last year that led to the scheduling of this year’s operations. This year’s schedule of operations in North Korea is the largest yet, with ten individual operations scheduled, including some near the Chosin Reservoir. Twenty-three operations have been conducted since 1996 in North Korea, recovering 127 sets of remains believed to be those of U.S. soldiers. Eight have been positively identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Another 10 are nearing the final stages of the forensic identification process. Of the 88,000 U.S. service members missing in action from all conflicts, more than 8,100 are from the Korean War. (This was the 3rd Recovery mission of 2001. The 4th is now under way and the 5th will be in the November 11th time frame. So far 20 remains have been recovered on the first three missions. This year’s work in North Korea promises to be the most productive yet, with 5 missions planned and two operations per mission for a total of 10 individual operations scheduled, including some near the Chosin Reservoir. Ed.) August 29, 2001 Hon. Jerry D. Jennings Appointed DASD AND DPMO Director The Honorable Jerry D. Jennings has been appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs and Director of the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office. Mr. Jennings is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for policy, control and oversight of all matters pertaining to missing personnel, and for establishing uniform policies and procedures leading to the fullest possible accounting of Americans missing in action from all conflicts. This mission includes the rescue of individuals who fall in harm’s way as a result of combat. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of the Phoenix Communications and Research Company in Vienna, Virginia. In 1990, he was appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate to serve as Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. While at FEMA, he served as its acting director and deputy director through 1992. He was responsible for the agency’s three directorates, the Federal Insurance Administration and the U.S. Fire Administration. Mr. Jennings was appointed by President Reagan in 1986 to serve as the Acting Director of the Selective Service system, and he also served as Deputy Director of that agency until 1990. From 1982 until late 1986 he served in the Executive Office of the President as the Executive Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. During that same period he also served as the Executive Director of the White House Science Council. He was advisor to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs under four presidents from 1973 to 1982. From the Nixon through the Reagan administrations, he was responsible for establishing and maintaining all programs and policies relating to security and domestic intelligence concerns of the National Security Council. He was the White House liaison with the FBI on criminal and intelligence matters requiring the attention of the President or his senior staff. He performed his military duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, and served as an intelligence officer with the CIA in Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1968. He was assigned to key posts in the Department of Justice 1968-72, including service as a Special Agent with the FBI. A native of Grand Blanc, Michigan, Mr. Jennings obtained his BS degree from Eastern Michigan University. He studied for a Master’s degree in public administration at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. He also completed the Senior Managers Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He and his wife Misako and three daughters reside in Fairfax County, Virginia. 2001 Family Update Schedule Date ..........................Location: Oct 20 ......................Orlando, FL Nov 17 ......................Little Rock, AR 2002 Family Update Schedule Date: .......................... Location: Jan 12 ........................ San Diego, CA Jan 15 ........................ Honolulu, HI Feb 23........................Amarillo, TX Mar 23 ......................Charlotte, NC Apr 20 ......................Portland, OR May 18 ......................Columbus, OH Jun (TBD) ................Washington, DC * Jul 26 ........................Washington, DC * Aug 17 ......................Kansas City, MO Sep 21........................Albany, NY Oct 26........................Salt Lake City, UT Nov 16 ......................Tampa, FL * Family updates held in conjunction with the annual government briefings. (Veterans - These reports come directly to me from DPMO by electronic mail. I do not control when sent nor how timely they are. I will not print from newspaper reports. Also The Graybeards when issued also adds to lateness of these reports. DPMO and I do our best to get updates to you as quickly as possible.) July/August, 2001 Page 13
Monuments and Memories Korea, The Forgotten War............. remembered Ohio Remembers Commemorative flag park along NY Route 441 Veterans Memorial on the Sandusky County Court House Lawn in Fremont, Ohio. Center WWII, Left Korean War, right Vietnam War. (Thank you Jim Rusher for the photo and letter. A great looking memorial.) New York Remembers Unique signs A very unique program was conceived and passed by a special resolution from the Monroe County Legislators in Rochester, New York. The special built 50th Commemorative Logo, has and will continue to be installed under all POW- MIA designated highways throughout the country. What an innovated way to thank and remember the Korean Vets. (Thank you Frank Nicolazzo for photo and letter. Due to your envelope being sealed to bottom of photo I had to trim that area..We get the idea and it was a great one. Many thanks to all.) Flag Park On July 28, 2001 the Chapter dedicated a commemorative flag park which it had built and landscaped along NY Route 441, a major east-west arterial in the Rochester area. The park’s central plaza is composed of stained pavers in the familiar Tae-Guk of the ROK flag. A flagpole rises from the center that carries the US and the POW Colors which when lighting is complete, will be on 24/7 all year. Thirty-five major trees and shrubs, including many species native to Korea, were selected and pre planted. During the dedication ceremony, Ambassador Kim and Mrs. Byoung Baek, President of the Rochester Korean American Association, participated in the planting of two Rose of Sharon trees, the national flower of Korea. That made a total of thirtyseven plantings, in remembrance of the number of months of the war. We hope that the Commemorative Parks presence on a hightraffic road will be a constant reminder to passersby of the service and sacrifices made by the thousands Monroe County men and woman, of which 165 never returned, during the early 1950’s. (Thank you Frank Nicolazzo for photo and letter. Your park is beautiful and equally needed to remind others of our Korean War Veterans sacrifices.) Kansas Remembers Our Korean War Memorial Assoc. Committee raised over $300,000 for construction of the Kansas Korean War Memorial. This memorial is located in Veterans Park, (West of 2nd Street & Waco on Greenway Blvd.), in downtown Wichita along the Arkansas River. The memorial took almost six years of fund raising and construction. Our mission was to obtain enough donations and support to build a fitting memorial to honor and pay tribute to those Kansas Korean War Veterans who were killed in action, missing in action, prisoners of war, and all Kansas Korean Page 14 The Graybeards
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