Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
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<strong>Sep</strong>tember/<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2005</strong><br />
COVER: The cover is the official poster for the<br />
national POW/MIA Recognition day, This commemoraton<br />
is set aside to honor the commitment and the sacrifices<br />
made by this nation’s Prisoners of <strong>War</strong> and<br />
those who are still Missing in Action, as well as their<br />
families.<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Business<br />
Executive Council Business: Minutes 6<br />
A Dues and Who Gets What Primer 7<br />
Thanks for Supporting “The Graybeards” 9<br />
KWVA 2006 Budget 13<br />
Features<br />
The Medal of Honor: SSgt William G. Windrich 18<br />
Unit on Parade: The 430th Engineers 20<br />
Old Letters Stir Up Memories 26<br />
On the Home Front 50<br />
The Mail Must Go Through 57<br />
A POW in Korea: Part III 64<br />
Topo Maps 70<br />
Images of Korea 76<br />
Departments<br />
From The President 3<br />
POW/MIA Update 10<br />
Last Call 11<br />
The Editor’s Desk 12<br />
Key Bills in Congress 14<br />
Report from Belgium 19<br />
Monuments and Medals 25<br />
<strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong>’ Mini-Reunions 32<br />
Chapter News 36<br />
Tell America 52<br />
Feedback/Return Fire 58<br />
Canadian Corner 62<br />
Recon Missions 68<br />
Reunion Calendar 69<br />
News & Notes<br />
Remembering Raymond Davis 5<br />
<strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong> National Museum and Library 8<br />
JPAC Commemorates POW/MIA Recognition Day 11<br />
Thank you, all 19<br />
A Pleasant Experience 22<br />
56th Amphibious Tank & Tractor Battalion 23<br />
Gents At The Gathering 24<br />
<strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong> Armistice Day 28<br />
Propaganda Corner 30<br />
Humor By Farley 31<br />
KWVA POW /MIA Coordinator Marty O’Brien<br />
Awarded UN Norwegian Peacekeeping Medal 48<br />
<strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong> Hero Receives Medal of Honor Belatedly 49<br />
An Honorable Discharge – 52 Years Later 51<br />
Anything But Jolly On Christmas Hill 54<br />
Sam Meets Audie–and a Few Other People and Creatures 55<br />
Forgotten No More 71<br />
Brothers in Death 72<br />
2006 Revisit Korea Tour Program 75<br />
Building on a Foundation of Freedom 78<br />
<strong>Sep</strong>tember - <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2005</strong><br />
The Graybeards
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