The Graybeards - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

PRESIDENT from page 2
with ballot and have not voted I have
endorsed the following members to be
reelected to office. They have the experience
and are dedicated to KWVA. Jack
Edwards for president, Don Byers for 1st
Vice President, Mike Mahoney 2nd Vice
president, Directors Ken Cook, Harley J.
Coon, Jack DeLap and Paul Sutphin. I
have worked with these people and they
have done a good job.
The most important person I want to
thank is My Wife Sylvia. There are times
she could not go with me. She was always
in my thoughts. Because of her understanding
we celebrated our 50th anniversary.
God Bless,
Harley
KWVA Officers, Board and Committee Meeting
July Meeting Agenda
Best Western Executive Motel
2401 Needmore Road at Interstate 75
Dayton, Ohio 45414
(937) 278-5711
www.bestwestexexec.com 1-800-528-1234
July 24, 2004
Committee members check in.*
July 25, 2004
9:00am - Work session for committees.
July 25, 2004
Board members check in.*
July 26, 2004
8:30am - Executive Council meeting
8:30am - Opening ceremony.
8:45am - Auditor report.
10:00am till 12:00 noon - Committee Reports By Laws, Resolutions,
Membership / Chapter Formation
12:00 till 1:30 - Lunch
1:30pm - election results.
4:00 pm - Pass the Gavel.
5:00pm - Farewell dinner cost to be announced later if interested
July 27, 2004
Incoming President agenda
July 28, 2004
Check out.
If you are flying into Dayton airport please send us the time, flight number and airline.
We will pick you up at airport. The motel is approx 2 1/2 mile from airport
We can finalize recommendation for by-laws and resolutions to be passed on to next
administration.
NOTE: We have 30 rooms blocked off. Call Motel to make room reservation.
According to the by-law the reelected or new officer take office at 12:01 July 27.
The C P A will notify the candidates of the results.
*Not mandatory to attend.
Please RSVP if you will attend by notifying Howard Camp, Secretary (address on
page 2 of Graybeards).
Harley
Remains of U.S.
Soldiers Found
in North Korea
Nineteen sets of remains believed to be
those of American soldiers missing in
action from the Korean War were recovered
by two teams of U.S. specialists and will be
repatriated to U.S. control at Yongsan
Military Compound in Seoul on May 27.
The joint remains recovery work is the
result of negotiations with North Korea led
by the Defense Department’s POW/Missing
Personnel Office. The remains will be
returned overland across the demilitarized
zone for the first time since 1999. The
Honorable Jerry D. Jennings, who led the
negotiations with North Korea, will be the
ranking Department of Defense official participating
in the repatriation.
A joint team operating near the Chosin
Reservoir in North Korea recovered 12 sets
of remains believed to be those of U.S.
Army soldiers from the 7th Infantry
Division who fought against Chinese forces
from November-December 1950.
Approximately 1,000 Americans are estimated
to have been lost in battles of the
Chosin campaign.
Additionally, a second team recovered
seven sets of remains in Unsan County,
about 60 miles north of Pyongyang. This
area was the site of battles between communist
forces and the U.S. Army’s 1st
Cavalry and 25th Infantry Divisions in
November 1950.
The 28-person U.S. contingent was composed
primarily of specialists from the Joint
POW/MIA Accounting Command, Hickam
AFB, Hawaii, where the remains will be
flown to begin the forensic identification
process.
Since 1996, 28 individual joint operations
have been conducted in North Korea,
during which more than 200 sets of remains
believed to be those of U.S. soldiers have
been recovered. Of the 88,000 U.S. servicemembers
missing in action from all
conflicts, more than 8,100 are from the
Korean War.
For additional information about
POW/MIA recoveries, visit http://www.
dtic.mil/dpmo, or call DPMO at (703) 699-
1169.
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