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The Graybeards is an official publication of the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA), Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Mailing address: 163 Deerbrook Trail, Pineville, LA 72360. Website: http\\:www.kwva.org. It is published six times a year for members and friends of the organization. It is not sold by subscription. In loving memory of General Raymond Davis, our Life Honorary President, Deceased. We Honor Founder William Norris Editor Arthur G. Sharp National DirectorsTerm 2002-2005 KWVA Liaison to KVA (Korea Veterans of America) 152 Sky View Dr James F Jones, Jr., Jeff Brodeur Rocky Hill, CT 06067 7507 Roswell Rd., Richmond, VA 23229 16 Bertson Ave, West Roxbury, MA 02132 PH: 860-563-6149 [email protected] Ph: 804-282-1481 [email protected] Ph: 617-323-6426 <[email protected]> William F Mac Swain KWVA Liaison to Canadian KVA: Publisher Finisterre Publishing Inc. 8452 Marys Creek Dr., Benbrook, TX 76116 Bill Burns 3 Black Skimmer Ct [email protected] Ph: 817-244-0706 105 Emann Dr, Camillus, NY 13031 Beaufort, SC 29907 Dorothy ‘Dot’ Wenzel [email protected] Ph: 315-487-1750 <[email protected]> 2137 W College Av, #612, Oak Creek, WI 53154 KWVA Envoy to UN Forces: Membership Nancy Monson, 414-761-5984 Tom Clawson Recording Secretary Warren Wiedhahn 953 Gorman Av, St Paul, MN 55118 P. O. Box 101238 4600 Duke St, Suite 420, Alexandria, VA 22304 [email protected] Ph: 651-457-6653 Arlington, VA 22210-4238 [email protected] Ph:703-212-0695 Chaplain: [email protected] Robert Personette PH: 703-522-9629 Term 2003-2006 7136 Oak Leaf Drive FAX: 703-528-5403 James E Ferris Santa Rosa, CA 95409 4311 Lazybrook, Cir. Liverpool, NY 13088 [email protected] Ph: 707.539.7276 National KWVA Headquarters [email protected] Ph: 315-457-1681 Public Relations: President 163 Deerbrook Trail Stanley J Grogan (Vacant) Contact Secretary Pineville, LA 71360 2585 Moraga Dr, Pinole, CA 94564 [email protected] Ph: 508-775-7776 [email protected] [email protected] Ph: 510-758-7534 National Director VSO/VAVS: PH: 318-641-8033 Larry McKinniss Charley Price 31478 Harsh Rd., Logan, OH 43138 [email protected] Ph: 407-221-6949 1st Vice President Dick Adams PH: 740-380-0181 P. O. Box 334 Paul Fitzsimmons, VAVS Coordinator Caruthers, CA 93609 Joseph Pirrello [email protected] Ph: 631-368-7020 [email protected] 70 Turf Rd., Staten Island, NY 10314 PH: 559-864-3196 718-983-6803 Committees 2nd Vice President Byron Dickerson Term 2004-2007 Nominations/Election Committee 314 S Horne St Lee Dauster Dick Adams, Chairman (see 1stVP) Duncanville, TX 75116 15444 Camino Del Parque, Sonora, CA 95370 Members: Dick Wainwright Ph:/FAX 520-298-1581 [email protected] [email protected] Ph: 209-588-1529 [email protected] 972-298-7462 Dean McClain Membership Committee Treasurer Richard E. Hare 521 Westgate Blvd., Youngstown, OH 44515 Dean McClain, Chairman (see Nat’l Directors) 1260 Southhampton Dr [email protected] Ph: 330-792-5928 Members: Sam Naomi (Field Organizer) Alexandria, LA 71303 Bob Morga [email protected] Ph: 641-772-4393) [email protected] PO BX 835, Bayport, NY 11705 Nancy Monson (Admin Ass't) 318-487-9716 [email protected] Ph: 631-472-0052 Budget/Finance Committee [Director Position Vacant pending appointment of James Ferris (see Nat’l Directors) Asst Treasurer Clyde Durham Members: Bob Morga, Lee Dauster 1016 Highway 3128 the 5th highest receiver of votes in the 2005 elec- Pineville, LA 71360 tion] Resolutions Committee: [email protected] Lee Dauster, Chairman (see Nat’l Directors) 318-445-3247 Appointed/Assigned Staff Members: Ted Trousdale, Roger Haas, Larry Judge Advocate (Acting), Legislative Director, & VSO: McKinniss Secretary Don Duquette Bylaws Committee 41 Overlook Dr Charley Price 126 Dirkson Dr., DeBary, FL 32713 Bill Mac Swain, Chairman (see Nat’l Directors) Centerville, MA 02632 Members: Roger Haas, James F Jones, Jr. KWVA [email protected] [email protected] Ph: 407-221-6949 508-775-7776 Assistant Judge Advocate: Reunion Committee Jake Feaster Byron Dickerson, Chairman, (see 2ndVP) Asst Secretary Richard E. Predmore 22731 N Hwy 329, Micanopy, FL 32667 Members: Dick Predmore, Don Duquette, Bill Doyle, 1309 El Camino Real #158 [email protected] Ph: 352-466-3493 Stanley Grogan, Marty O’Brien Euless, TX 76040-6054 [email protected] Sergeant-at-Arms: (ex officio) Tell America Ph: 817.399.0103 John Sonley Dick Adams, Chairman (see 1stVP) 4477 E. La Costa Dr, Chandler, AZ 85249-7104 Larry Kinard, Coordinator, [email protected] Interim Asst Sec. Frank E. Cohee, Jr. [email protected] Ph: 480-705-8038 682-518-1040 4037 Chelsea Lane Revisit Committee: Lakeland, Fl 33809-4063 Aide to President (ex officio): Jake Feaster Tom Clawson, Chairman (see KWVA Envoy to UN) Ph: 863-859-1384 Warren Wiedhahn, Coordinator (see Nat’l Directors) [email protected] 22731 N Hwy 329, Micanopy, FL 32667 [email protected] Ph: 352-466-3493 Ethics and Grievance Committee Webmaster Jim Doppelhammer POW & MIA Coordinator: (Art III, Sect 7A & 7J, Bylaws [email protected] Marty O’Brien Sim W. Goodall, Chairman 2 Administrative Nancy Monson 27 Meadow Rd, #202, Augusta, ME 04330 5026 Pointclear Ct Assistant 703-522-9629 [email protected] Ph: 207-623-1103 Arlington, TX 76017 P. O. Box 101238 [email protected] Ph: 817-483-4443 Arlington, VA 22210 From the President Louis T. Dechert Friends, Members, and Veterans, in cutting funding. These local success- I am certain that you were thinking “this Graybeards is es are serving to spur our intentions and different” before you even got to this page! You are right— efforts for a FEDERAL CHARTER different front and back, and all points in between. this year! You will hear more on this I recently completed a whirlwind trip through two later. Departments and Chapters in five states. Our members in There was also great interest and much talk about the MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, NEW Director ELECTIONS now underway. Don’t forget to vote! YORK, and FLORIDA were almost 100% in PRAISE OF In this issue, please carefully examine the pages concern- THE NEW GRAYBEARDS—AND EDITOR ART ing the KWVA ANNUAL CONVENTION, October 2-5, in SHARP—as well as looking forward to the future of the Bossier City/Shreveport/Barksdale Air Force Base, KWVA. Louisiana. We expect the Convention to be outstanding. With As you read my remarks, and other news throughout the the SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, THE HON- magazine—indicating how we are serving the five million ORABLE R. JAMES “JIM” NICHOLSON KEYNOTING veterans who have served in Korea, 1950 until this very A BANQUET where we will all be honored, attendance of up hour—I ask that you stop and reflect on the fact that we do it to 900 is expected. The Barksdale Annual Luncheon honor- all with one paid, part-time employee, a great editor, a great ing the PURPLE HEART VETERANS held May 20th webmaster, a great Return Visit program, and with dedicated attracted several hundred, many of them Korean War wound- Directors, Officers, Appointees, Departments and Chapters ed. The same hosts, Barksdale Retired Activities Office and of the KWVA. Col Steve dePyssler, USAF, Ret, are hosting our Convention. Another program receiving very high marks was the Finally, don’t miss two great presentations in this issue MEMBERSHIP, CHAPTER AND DEPARTMENT besides those already mentioned. The KOREAN WAR VET- RECORDS MANAGEMENT effort of Jake Feaster, ERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION is the custodian of Supervisor of Membership Records, and Jim Doppelhammer, our heritage and that of those who will yet serve in our the Webmaster at www.kwva.org. Jim is one of our newest nation’s wars, wherever situated—Soldiering is cumulative. I members. He joined as an Associate Member last month as quoted on the website something that I read years ago which we launched our new “Membership Recruiting sums up this cumulative nature of soldiering, as I watched Committee.” RETURN VISITS also drew praise as the first some of our young men soldiering in Korea today: As they trips this year approach. There was much interest in the are, we were; and as we are, they will one day be. Our BYLAWS REVISION process. And there was excitement MEMORIAL has great plans. They need our help; read fel- over the MEMBERSHIP GAINS (six new chapters since low member Bill Weber’s pages concerning the MEMORI- July 27th of last year, and 495 new members since January AL. He will have space in every future issue to discuss and 2005; eight new chapters are pending). Membership totals as promote our MEMORIAL. of 5/17/05 were 17,355 total members, comprising 16,966 The good of the Order. We often use the words and neg- voting members and 389 associate members. lect the meaning. Read the comments of an admiring “out- I saw and heard evidence that the word on the RECRUIT- sider,” Attorney Jimmy Faircloth, For the good of the Order. ING TASK FORCE was getting around. The first BROAD Read, enjoy, and gain a new resolve for the future of the SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF GRAYBEARDS to American KWVA. I will be seeing you on the road, on www.kwva.org, warriors engaged in the defense of the freedom wrested from and in The Graybeards! communism in 1950-1953, a program begun by Member Kenneth Buckley on his own initiative, February, 2005, was praised. There was also excitement concerning National KWVA Fund Raiser Flower Rose of Sharon LEGISLATIVE MATTERS as we told The Rose of Sharon is the National KWVA fund raising flower. The Rose of the members at the grassroots level of the Sharon is sold by the dozen.
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