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4 January - February 2010 COVER: KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea--1st Lt. Elizabeth Combs, 8th Fighter Wing, walks down a flight of stairs wearing an explosive ordnance disposal suit.... Lieutenant Combs, an aerospace physiologist, went out with EOD to experience daily stressors that EOD goes through. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen) 8 26 50 54 CONTENTS Business Thanks for Supporting The Graybeards............................................7 From the Secretary... ..............................................................9 Minutes: Annual Membership Meeting, Irving, TX ................10 Membership Report ....................................................................15 KWVA Bylaws Committee Project For 2009 ........................16 Official Membership Application Form ..............................74 Features & Articles A moving ‘Welcome Home’ for Sgt. Wilson ..............................50 Father Kapaun ......................................................................70 Departments From The President ................................................................3 The Editor’s Desk ..................................................................6 Mystery Photos......................................................................29 Thanks! ..................................................................................30 Chapter & Department News ..............................................32 Tell America ..........................................................................42 Monuments and Medals........................................................45 Korean Veterans’ Mini-Reunions ..........................................46 Book Review..........................................................................57 Recon Missions ....................................................................60 Welcome Aboard....................................................................61 Feedback/Return Fire ..........................................................62 Reunion Calendar..................................................................66 Last Call ................................................................................67 Members in the News ..........................................................73 News & Notes Code of Conduct ..........................................................................6 Parades as Recruiting Tools ................................................................8 DD-214s are now on line..............................................................15 Bonus Round................................................................................18 Veterans Administration: News and Notes................................19 When is a war not a war? ............................................................20 A Lion in a Foxhole ..............................................................23 Christmas 2009 ............................................................................25 Punchbowl to Achieve National Shrine Status ....................26 Korean War Veterans Gather to Salute Fallen Commander 48 A nation so grateful ..............................................................54 An Invitation to be Honored ................................................58 Have You Tried The Google Connection?............................59 Tootsie Rolls ..........................................................................59 My First View of Pusan ........................................................66 Battery B, 49th Field Atrillery, 7th Division..........................68 The ‘Yalu Sweeper’ ................................................................72 Havana Radio Relay Site ......................................................73 The First Lady of South Korea Cooks for Troops ..............76 Revisit Korea News ..............................................................79 January – February 2010 The Graybeards