57 Years Ago Today, 27 July 2002, the Korean War Ended.... "The Forgotten War"

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Shipmates,

57 Years Ago Today, the Korean War Ended....

http://www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_july_27_2002.html

Korean War Project
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
214-320-0342

July 27, 2002 Newsletter

 

Table of Contents

1. Day of Remembrance - July 27th
2. Memorial Service and Prayer
3. ANGLICO Association - History search
4. Letters Found - Louisville, KY
5. USS Benevolence (AH-13) Sinking
6. Tribute to Lucie Marx Titus of AUSA
7. Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway
8. Membership Drive

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1.  Day of Remembrance - July 27th

52 years ago, today, the war in Korea stopped under an  uneasy truce. This truce continues today, filled with tension and conflict. US military forces continue to man garrisons in South Korea to assist Republic of Korea forces to maintain that uneasy peace.

Today, we pause to Remember those who served during the war and those who died in combat and as civilian casualties.  Korean civilians, North and South suffered severe deprivations, injury and death as a result of the invasion by North Korea on June 25th 1950.

Military personnel from 22 countries served, bled and died helping to stem the tide aggression in the South.

South Korea has been transformed from the ruined country those military personnel saw at war's end, July 27th 1953.  The annual Revisit program for veterans shows clearly that South Korea now ranks as a vibrant and successful member of the international community. 

The Korean War Project; Jan Curran, Hal Barker and  Ted Barker wish to thank those veterans for their service to a small country in need, so far away.

2.  Memorial Service and Prayer

Rev. Charles "Preacher" Knappenberger, Chaplain, ASA Korea, sends this for everyone.  Email: PreacherK@aol.com

Remember the Armistice signed on July 27, 1953, thirty-seven months after the United States committed its troops in support of the Republic of South Korea?

During those 37 months over 36,000 Americans were killed-in-action; more than 100,000 were wounded; and 8,100 are still listed as missing-in-action. 

Our "one nation under God indivisible" suffered a terrible loss in the mountains and valleys of South and North Korea. .........."lest we forget"......

As we reflect on what took place in Korea, we are reminded of that inscription found in a military cemetery on Gibraltar:

"God and soldier, all men adore,

In time of war, and nevermore.

In time of peace, when all is righted,

God is forgotten, and the soldier slighted."

 

For many years our battles in Korea were called "the forgotten war."  During the past couple of decades that word 'forgotten' has taken on less sting, as Korean War Veterans Memorials have sprung up all over our "land of the free and home of the brave"; not only in Washington, DC but in states and counties and cities and towns throughout America.

But all the memorials in the world will not ease the pain of Gold-star Mothers and Wives, or return broken bodies to pre-war condition, nor relieve the unknown of those MIA.

To paraphrase the Duke of Wellington, "If you have but seen one day of war, you would pray Almighty God never to see any such thing again."

We are at war again, and we have been involved in several wars since the "police action" of our youth. Let us pray Almighty God to intercede in the craziness of those peoples who wish to wage war and destruction on their neighbors and nations in other parts of their world. 

Let us be reminded of the word from the prophet Micah:

"He hath showed thee, O man, what is good;
and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly,
and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"

May these thoughts from God's Holy Word abide with us and with all members of God's Creation, through Christ our Lord.
Amen and Amen.
 

Editor note: the Reverend will be attending a service on the 28th put on by The Korean War Veterans Association of Greater Philadelphia and the Council of Korean Churches of Greater Philadelphia.

3.  ANGLICO Association - History search

To all Korean Veterans:

I am the Historian for the ANGLICO Association, representing so many who did not return, and the few that did.

Trying to gather history on our unit.  If any of you out there, can help me with information, it would be most appreciated.

Please, anyone who knows someone, or something, please forward it to me:

ANGLICO Assoc. 
H. Johns Historian Pta00095@gbis.com
PO Box 669, Carson City, NV 89702

Thanks,

Semper FI
H. Johns, GySgt

 

4. Letters Found - Louisville, KY

Found a box of letters from 1950 

Posted by: annkellogg@execs.com
Date: 07/03/02 

Please contact me if you know a Kenneth W. Potter or know of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Potter that lived at 117 42nd. ST. Louisville, Ky. around the 1950,1951 era.

I found a box of letters written by Kenneth the son to his parents that span his career in the service during the Korean war.

Please contact me annkellogg@execs.com  

I would like to pass them on to a family member.

5. USS Benevolence (AH-13) Sinking

Retired naval historian seeks survivors aboard USS BENEVOLENCE (AH-13) on 25 Aug. 1950 when rammed and sunk by a commercial freighter with loss of 23 lives within the Golden Gate at San Francisco, Calif.

Includes all medical personnel and others reassigned to USS HAVEN (AH-12) for first cruise to Korea.

Also seek contact with descendants and others with personal history, artifacts, etc.

Purpose is  collect of oral history leading to publication of a long overdue book and dedication of a memorial near the Golden Gate.

Please contact Dusty Rhodes
PH: 850-671-3832
Email:  dlrgad@aol.com

6. Tribute to Lucie Marx Titus of AUSA

Ray Walton writes of the recent California tribute to Korean War Veterans

Ted / Hal ,

I would like to have you print into the next newsletter about a member and a Grand / Great Special Lady.

Lucie Marx Titus, wife of General Walter Titus put on one of the BEST Korean War programs honoring hundreds of Korean War Veterans in conjunction with a fantastic Korean Troupe from Seoul and other parts of South Korea put on the greatest tribute to all of us that attended.

Lucie Marx Titus, President of the Northern California Chapter of the Association of The United States Army (AUSA) put in hundreds of hours of organizing, doing countless hours on the computer, many hours on the phone and speaking at many functions to explain what it was all about.

Lucie's final remark at the end of the program, "KOREAN WARS VETERANS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN".

Afterwards, all the Korean War Veterans were presented this enormous and magnificent Gold Medal with a Red - White and Blue Ribbon.

My wish is that,  Lucie Marx Titus be recognized through this great Newsletter of her dedication to all Veterans, especially the Korean War Veterans on it's 52^nd Anniversary.

Thank You,

Ray & TOSHA Walton

7. Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway

Our last newsletter featured a notice about the Colorado Memorial Highway. Email from pen pals started coming in with notices of several other similar projects around the country:

 

===a.===
Yesterday 7-12-02 our Assembly Woman Pat Bates of Orange County unveiled a sign in Dana Point commemorating the Pacific Coast Highway from Huntington Beach, Ca.. to Capistrano Beach, Ca. as the "Orange County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway". A number of signs will be placed along this stretch of highway showing the new designated name.

Orange County veterans groups raised $8,000 dollars to accomplish this fine deed and Assembly Woman Pat Bates wrote the resolution for the new designation.

Hats off to these very fine people.  "Our war" is not totally forgotten.

Gunnar Osterberg
Dana Point, Ca.

===b.===
Also wanted to let you know that we also have had a Korean
War Memorial Highway in California for quite some time.
Our hiway is well posted and is California highway 126 which
starts just north of Los Angeles at Interstate 5 and runs
west to highway 101 in Ventura, CA.  It is a nice highway
running through California agriculture country.

George "Ed" Coleman
E Co/35th Infantry Regiment (CACTI)
Korea   8-50/8-51

===c.===
My state of Alabama also has dedicated a highway and named it the "Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway". The section of Interstate highway 59 north from Birmingham, Alabama to the state line at Georgia just south of Chattanooga, Tennessee and south from the Georgia state line back to Birmingham has been named the "Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway". The signs are up at several well placed high visibility locations for everyone to see.

Take care,

James Roberts

Submitted,
SCPO Don Harribine, USN(Ret)
NCPOA
NAVetsUSA