Jan/Feb 2010 - Korean War Veterans Association

Recon Missions
Anyone know these two folks?
Does anybody know these two members of the 6154 Air Police
Squadron in Seoul, Korea in 1951?
If so, please let me know.
Gerry Speicher Scott, 2121 Kathryn Way, Placentia, CA
92870-1604, gerrydolly@sbcglobal.net
Boston, and we lived in Lanesville between Rockport and Gloucester,
MA at that time.
LEFT: George David
Moore and comrades in
Korea
BELOW: George David
Moore
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Who were these members of the 6154 Air Police Squadron?
Douglas/Morris
I am looking for two officers with whom I served in Korea. They
were featured in a story in the September 2002 issue of The
Graybeards, p. 30. (It is reprinted partially below.)
They are LtCol Robert Douglas, U.S. Army (Ret) and Lt Charles
B. Morris. (LtCol Douglas was not a Colonel at the time.)
Henry G. Winter, 1538 W. American
Freeport, IL 61032, (815) 233-1572
Incident on Heartbreak Ridge
While serving as 1st Platoon Leader, Fox Co., 160th Regt on
Heartbreak Ridge, I was witness to an incident that will forever be
etched in my mind. Twin soldiers were assigned to my platoon and
an adjacent platoon. Irwin and Edward Rietz of Rock Island, Illinois
were conscience objectors and were assigned as Medics. It was not
unusual for twins to spend time together in my area or that of Lt.
Charles B. Morris who was Edwin’s Platoon Leader.
One afternoon Lt. Morris called my Platoon CP and asked “Have
you seen my Doc? I have a man down and need a Medic.” I sent Irwin
to assist Lt. Morris. Later I learned that upon reaching the scene that
Irwin rolled the casualty over and discovered his twin brother, Edwin.
A National news magazine called this incident “Encounter of the
Week”
Lt. Col. Robert Douglas. Ret.
George Joseph Moore
I have been trying to find my dad, George Joseph Moore. He and
my mom were divorced in the early 1960s. He was a truck driver in
Dad was a Barman with the 7th
Hourglass Division up around the
Punchbowl-DMZ-Pork Chop Hill in
1951-53. The last known location
where I saw him and where I knew
he lived was in the
Gloucester/Riverdale MA area
before we moved west.
George Joseph Moore was born
in Charlestown, MA, in either 1929
or 1930. He was 25 years old in
1955 when I was born St Elizabeth’s
Hospital in Somerville, MA on
6/25/1955—five years to the day
after the Korean War started.
After the war he was assigned in MA to Hyannis Port. He was discharged
sometime in 1953-52?? I know he had Corporal’s and
Sergeant’s stripes on old uniforms.
I have provided a couple photos from the war zone. I am just trying
to find out if he is alive or moved on in life, and to bring me some
closure.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I am retired USAF
1978-1998 and have almost 24 years here in South Korea, both active
and as a retiree, stationed at K-55 Osan, -K-2 Taegu, and Kwang Ju.
David J. Moore (S-55/Ret USAF)
moores55@hotmail.com
Homer Shultz
I am the niece of CPL Homer Shultz. My cousins and I are trying
to find out anything we can about him. We think he was married, but
don’t know his wife’s name or where they were married. He may
have had children we don’t know about.
He was assigned to 38th Infantry Regiment, L Co, 2nd Infantry
Division, U. S. Army. Date of Loss was 2/13/1951. Date of birth
10/13/1928, Service Number ER17195652.
All of his siblings are deceased. Only one older cousin (age 70)
has any memories of “Hoover.” However, an aunt and another cousin
provided DNA in 2003, so we’re covered there should his remains
ever be found.
January – February 2010
The Graybeards