"Korean War Project Newsletter - July 27th, 2003 Commemorates Truce"

[Mike Yared <mikeyared@yahoo.com>]

Korean War Project Newsletter - July 27th, 2003
Commemorates Truce 
To: mikeyared@yahoo.com 



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

http://www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_july_25_2003.html
("_" is an underscore not a "-" hyphen)

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Newsletter for July 25th, 2003
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Table of Contents

1. July 27th, 2003 Marks the 50th Year since the Truce
2. Membership Pledge Drive continues
3. Some of My Remembrances - Russell Baugh 
4. Brattleboro Vermont Seabee Veterans 
5. This Mailing List Subscribe | Unsubscribe
6. Bookstore | Film
7. Book in progress - Hungnam Evacuation
8. Book in progress - DMZ Stories
9. Camp Kaiser Vets Reunite

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1. July 27th, 2003 Marks the 50th Year since the Truce
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The Korean Peninsula has been in the news on a regular
basis 
over the past few months. We recently reviewed our
salute for 
US Veterans Day 2002 and find much of the sentiment
voiced 
then, to be valid today.

http://www.koreanwar.org/html/newsletter_november_11_2002.html

The siren sounds of the end of World War II had hardly
ended 
when turmoil boiled up along the Asian Rim. Unsettled 
business both social and political tore apart the
struggling 
governments leaving huge opportunities for future
violence.

Countries exhausted from more than seven years of war 
would not or could not deal properly with the cauldron
of
problems.

Occupation of both Japan and Germany, the world-wide 
rebuilding of war's aftermath did not help the Asian 
countries. China devolved into more civil war.
Tensions 
loomed.

June 25th of 1950 saw and end to that period of
political 
ineptness, some say negligence.

Forces were called upon to aid a small country in dire
need. 
They responded.

>From June 25th,1950 through July 27th,1953 fighting
and 
bloodshed held sway over Korea and the waters
surrounding 
the jutting peninsula. The final few months of war
were 
bitter. Huge and horrible artillery battles raged.
Hills 
with numbers and names became focal points of infantry

assaults and night-time probing.  Casualties on both
sides 
mounted, the war was getting worse. 

The end came with messages, orders, fireworks, relief
and 
confusion. Release of POW's and repatriation of
civilians 
continued to be huge problems, surging well into late
1954. 

Many recollections of the end have been recorded or
shared 
at reunions and on websites like this. 

But, all along the DMZ after the truce, blood has been

spilled in anger. Even this week live fire has been
reported 
between ROK and DPRK military personnel.

The sacrifices made by those who have injured or
killed by 
the war should not be considered in vain. Veterans who

return to South Korea are always met with great
enthusiasm.

This month, indeed, all summer, South Korea will be
inundated by 
returning veterans and family, all looking for
answers.

Those seekers will find a vibrant culture, robust
economy 
and people who have no trouble voicing opinions.

South Koreans have NOT FORGOTTEN. 

The Korean War Project Salutes those who served and
the 
families who waited. For those who gave their lives,
we all 
pay continued tribute. For those unaccounted for, we
all 
shall be vigilant.

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2. Membership Pledge Drive continues
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Official Commemorations come to an end on Nov 11th,
2003.  
However, the Korean War Project will be here providing
continued 
links to history and the people who made this history.

Once again warm thanks go out to all persons and 
organizations who continue to make this project a
living
tribute to all those who served in combat and in
support of 
theater operations.

The Korean War Project continues our Pledge Drive for 
Member/Sponsors. Our Member/Sponsors continue to make
this 
site one of the longest running Veteran oriented sites
on 
the Internet. 

For over 8 years (Feb 15th, 1995) the KWP has been
pleased 
to provide key information relating to the Korean War
and 
the DMZ Forces still in Korea.

Please consider assisting the Korean War Project as
you use 
our pages. We invite you to join up or renew as
members, see 
below.

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

Here is more info on current Member/Sponsors.

Members:
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/nonprofit/member.cfm

Sponsors/Organizations: 
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/nonprofit/sponsor.cfm

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3. Some of My Remembrances - Russell Baugh 
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Over the years that I have been receiving the Korean
War 
Project information, I have enjoyed reading the
Newsletter 
from start to bottom. It has brought back a lot of
cherished 
memories.

But, it suddenly caught my attention that a lot of
very 
dedicated enlisted personnel who served as aerial
observers 
in that war had not been singled out for their
outstanding 
performances of duty during the Korean War. What you
are 
about to read is what I Remember while in the 7th
Infantry 
Division from September 1951 until February 1952.

Each of the divisions and some subordinate
headquarters all 
had some aerial observers assigned to them. Their
duties 
required that they be on call for flights over the
battle 
lines to find the enemy positions and to direct
artillery 
fire on enemy personnel, and on the enemies
headquarters, 
artillery, and other essential targets in the enemies 
forward and rear areas.

Theirs were not easy tasks because, though we had
sufficient 
pilots to fly our L-19's, we did not have many
observers so 
those personnel had to fly multiple missions daily. It
was 
not unusual for each of our aircraft to fly up to
three or 
four missions per day, each of which were for at least
two 
and one half hours in the air and sometimes much
longer. I 
never heard any of our observers complain and all of
them 
were cheerful. That made the pilots job much easier.
None of 
our observers ever complained and I will never forget
any of 
them. I am still in contact with two of them, one of
whom is 
my daughter's Godfather. The latter kept my spirits up
with 
his quick wit. If you read this Dan, I will never
forget the 
100 enemy troops dug in!

I will list those whom I remember and apologize to
those I 
do not remember.

They were: Sgt Dan O'Keefe, Andy Joe Byers, Lt. Huff,
Lt. 
Spahr, Lt. Francis C. Bennett  (He later became an
Army 
Aviator)
 
If anyone of our old group reads this and can remember
me 
and some of what I have forgotten, please let me know.
I am 
Colonel Russell Baugh, USA (Ret.)

Email: ruslbaw@comcast.net

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4. Brattleboro, Vermont Seabee Veterans 
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As the new Commander of The Navy Seabee Veterans of
America, 
White River Junction, Vermont.

I am gathering Seabee Veterans to join me in attending
the 
Korea truce 50th Anniversary celebration and parade in

Brattleboro, Vermont August 3rd 2003. 

We are a small but dedicated group who are all proud
of our 
service in the Navy Seabees in WWII Korea, Vietnam,
Desert 
Storm, Afghanistan and Iraq.

We also served in many areas for humanitarian and
relief 
duties in and out of the United States.

Thanks

Fred Simon seabeefred@hotmail.com

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5. This Mailing List Subscribe | Unsubscribe
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We began this newsletter mailing in December of 1998.

This list is a private list for our visitors and
members. 
A person may join or leave the list at will. It is
compiled from our Guestbook and is for public service
messages of general interest to veterans and families.

To join or leave the list: email to:
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friends.

Many of our older newsletters can be found below:

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

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6. Bookstore | Film
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===a.===

Never Die, 999th Field Artillery Bn
Kraft Litho Printers
by Tracy L. Sperr

The Battalion members worked with Tracy to put the
book 
together.

Order info:

Tracy L. Sperr
5567 Central Drive
Monroe, MI 48161-3677

Email: tlsperr@yahoo.com

===b.===

Korea (Our War) 1950-1953
by Peter W. Cuthbert

Trafford Press http://www.trafford.com

Pete is a retired Tank Platoon Leader, historian and
teacher
35th Inf Rgt Tank Company, Charlie Company


===c.===

'West Coast Support Group' (Task group 96.8 Korea 1950
- 
1953) 
by M.P.Crocker.

Whittles Publishing of Scotland have just produced 
'West Coast Support Group' (Task group 96.8 Korea 1950
- 
1953) by M.P.Crocker.

This book of 162 pages and over 100 photographs
details the 
activities of all the British, Commonwealth and Allied

Nations that took part in the Korean War.
 
90 United States ships are also mentioned in the text,
with 
an index to them.
 
This book will be of great interest to all concerned
with 
the history of the war particularly those who were
involved 
in the waters of the West Coast. Even those who spent
all 
their time on the East Coast and wondered what the
Brits 
were doing on the other side!

Whittles Publishing can be found at 
http://www.whittlespublishing.com
 
Derek Polgrean (Royal Navy Korean Veterans) 
  
Stateside Publisher: John Wilson Associates
Wilson & Associates
P.O. Box 2569
Alvin, TX 77511
 http://www.thebookdistributor.com/whittles

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DIVIDED KOREA, FACE-OFF ALONG THE DMZ

National Geographics, July 2003

Norm Callahan, C/1/1, alerted us to the new issue.

It has a fold-up map inside that if very definitive.
The 
article in 26 pages. On page 26, at the bottom of the 
article, it has a page for "website exclusive" about
the DMZ 
concerning the world's most dangerous golf course at 
http://nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0307

===e.===

KOREAN WAR POW DOCUMENTARY 

Principle photography has just been completed on THE
EAGLE 
CRIED a documentary about American POWs abandoned in
N. 
Korea after the war by The Eisenhower administration. 

THE FILM PRESENTS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT SOME OF THESE
POWs 
MAY STILL BE ALIVE IN N. KOREA.

Hollywood film maker, Bill Dumas, has spent the past
two 
years filming a powerful documentary regarding these
missing 
POWs.

THE EAGLE CRIED examines the story of these men and
poses 
serious questions about their abandonment, especially
the 
question of why the US government hasn't made freeing
these 
POWs a top priority.

THE EAGLE CRIED also chronicles the amazing 53 year
search 
by Bill's uncle, Bob Dumas, for his brother, Roger;
one of 
the missing men. The film details Bob's tireless
campaign to 
find Roger and uncover the truth of what happened to
him and 
the hundreds of other POWs who were left behind on the
day 
of repatriation when they were forcibly escorted away
from 
the trucks that would have taken them to freedom.

Bill has interviewed government officials, surviving
POWs 
and many, many others for this important film.

The highly regarded actor, Peter Coyote, has consented
to 
narrate THE EAGLE CRIED.

Bill Dumas will be in Washington, DC July 24-30. He
will be 
attending the Pentagon DPMO meeting for families of
Korean 
War POW/MIAs where he will be screening a promo video
of the 
documentary. He will also be attending/filming Korean
War 
50-year anniversary events. 

Bill is available to answer questions.

To schedule an interview or to screen the trailer,
e-mail 
him at bdprod@earthlink.net
or call 213.948.9998

As the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War 
approaches, learn more about this important issue and
help to bring the 
POWs home. 

To view the promotional video and read more about this

documentary please visit: http://www.EagleCried.com

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7. Book in progress - Hungnam Evacuation
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 I'm a writer seeking stories for a book about the X
Corps's 
evacuation of Hungnam, with 98,000 civilian refugees,
in 
December 1950 -- a forgotten event of the "Forgotten
War." 
Whether your experiences were on the ground at Chosin
and 
farther north or east, along the MSR, on the
Hamhung/Hungnam 
perimeter, in the harbor itself, in the air overhead,
or 
on the ships, if you passed through Hamhung that
Christmas 
season, I would like to hear from you. I'm especially 
curious about X Corps HQ events, civil affairs
operations, 
and port logistics, but all related stories are of
interest. 

Contact me by phone or email:
ph: (202) 686-3920
email: mmkatz@aya.yale.edu

Thank you very much.
Mandy Katz
Washington, DC

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8. Book in progress - DMZ Stories
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From: <mikeslee@flash.net>
To: "Ted Barker" <tbarker@kwp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:46 AM
Subject: Looking for DMZ Vets.


I'm searching for Korean War Veterans that want to
tell 
about the time they spent on the DMZ. Hopefully any of
then 
men that were involved with major or minor incidents,
the 
ones we heard about and the ones we didn't.

Note: I'm trying to locate a David L. Bibee. He would
have 
been a SP4. he was the only survivor of the Nov 2 1966

ambush.

Michael Slee mikeslee@flash.net

PH: (909) 899-5588

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9. Camp Kaiser Vets Reunite
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We have had a flurry of email and web links for Camp
Kaiser 
veterans. Here is a sampling:

I made up a web page with Camp Kaiser part of it.

http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ckaiser.htm

Check it out, and add any information or pictures you
have.

Bruce Richards

++Camp Kaiser,Korea Reunion 2004++

The reunion will be May 19-23 2004 at the Sunrise
Suites 
Hotel in Tinton Falls(Fort Monmouth Area) Tinton
Falls, New 
Jersey. 

The activities include a trip to Atlantic City
Casinos, a 
visit to the most highly decorated Battleship in the
US, (USS 
New Jersey) a Cruise across New York Harbor to
Manhattan 
Island (NYC), the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

The Banquet reunion dinner will be held at Bahrs
Famous 
Seafood Restaurant in Highlands,N.J. (Great river and
Ocean 
views) http://www.Bahrs.com 

This reunion is open to all Army and civilian personal
and 
their families who served at Camp Kaiser,Korea between
1954 
and 1971.  10th Cavalry,17th Infantry,2nd B .G. 3rd 
Infantry,18th M P's 127th Sig,17th Trans, 13th
Engineers( 
7th Infantry Div) .    

For a complete list of the reunion plans and
registration 
forms please send me your mailing address.         

Camp Kaiser Reunion c/o  
George Patterson 
PO Box410
Navesink, N.J. 07752
EMAIL: NorthPoleBox1@aol.com

See More Reunions at: 
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/reunions.html


Thanks to all who have made this possible.

Hal and Ted Barker
Korean War Project


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