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Korean War Veterans Association P.O. Box 407, Charleston, IL 61920 NON-PROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID Jacksonville, FL PERMIT NO. 3 Address Service Requested The Graybeards is the official publication of the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA). It is published six times a year for members and private distribution. Subscriptions available for $30.00/year (see address below). MAILING ADDRESS FOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Administrative Assistant, P.O. Box 407, Charleston, IL 61920- 0407. MAILING ADDRESS TO SUBMIT MATERIAL / CONTACT EDITOR: Graybeards Editor, 895 Ribaut Rd., #13, Beaufort, SC 29902. MAILING ADDRESS OF THE KWVA: P.O. Box 407, Charleston, IL 61920-0407. WEBSITE: http://www.kwva.org In loving memory of General Raymond Davis, our Life Honorary President, Deceased. We Honor Founder William T. Norris Editor Secretary L. T. Whitmore KWVA Liaison to Korean War Nat’l Museum Arthur G. Sharp Lewis M. 'Lew' Ewing 5625 Canterbury Ln Robert Mitchell 895 Ribaut Rd., #13, 310 Clay Hill Dr Suffolk, VA 23435-1605 3021 Rosefield Dr. Beaufort, SC 29902 Winchester, VA 22602 Ph: 757-483-9784 Houston, TX 77080-2609 Ph: 860-202-3088 Ph: 540-678-1787 [email protected] Ph: 713-939-8880 [email protected] [email protected] KWVA Liaison to Korean-American Assn. Advertising Manager Asst. Secretary Term 2015-2018 Jongwoo Han Gerald W. Wadley Jacob L. Feaster, Jr. Richard E. Brown Sr 310 Summerhaven Dr N Finisterre Publishing Inc. 22731 N Hwy 329, Micanopy, FL 32667 2307 Gring Dr. East Syracuse, NY 13057-3127 3 Black Skimmer Ct Cell: 352-262-1845 West Lawn, PA 19609 Ph: 315-637-9836, [email protected] Beaufort, SC 29907 FAX: 352-466-3493 [email protected] Ph 610-670-2886 Chaplain Emeritus 843-521-1896 Treasurer [email protected] Robert Personette [email protected] Tom Gregg Robert F. -
The United States Atomic Army, 1956-1960 Dissertation
INTIMIDATING THE WORLD: THE UNITED STATES ATOMIC ARMY, 1956-1960 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Paul C. Jussel, B.A., M.M.A.S., M.S.S. * * * * * The Ohio State University 2004 Dissertation Committee Approved by Professor Allan R. Millett, Advisor Professor John R. Guilmartin __________________ Professor William R. Childs Advisor Department of History ABSTRACT The atomic bomb created a new military dynamic for the world in 1945. The bomb, if used properly, could replace the artillery fires and air-delivered bombs used to defeat the concentrated force of an enemy. The weapon provided the U.S. with an unparalleled advantage over the rest of the world, until the Soviet Union developed its own bomb by 1949 and symmetry in warfare returned. Soon, theories of warfare changed to reflect the belief that the best way to avoid the effects of the bomb was through dispersion of forces. Eventually, the American Army reorganized its divisions from the traditional three-unit organization to a new five-unit organization, dubbed pentomic by its Chief of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor. While atomic weapons certainly had an effect on Taylor’s reasoning to adopt the pentomic organization, the idea was not new in 1956; the Army hierarchy had been wrestling with restructuring since the end of World War II. Though the Korean War derailed the Army’s plans for the early fifties, it returned to the forefront under the Eisenhower Administration. The driving force behind reorganization in 1952 was not ii only the reoriented and reduced defense budget, but also the Army’s inroads to the atomic club, formerly the domain of only the Air Force and the Navy. -
Korean War Timeline America's Forgotten War by Kallie Szczepanski, About.Com Guide
Korean War Timeline America's Forgotten War By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com Guide At the close of World War II, the victorious Allied Powers did not know what to do with the Korean Peninsula. Korea had been a Japanese colony since the late nineteenth century, so westerners thought the country incapable of self-rule. The Korean people, however, were eager to re-establish an independent nation of Korea. Background to the Korean War: July 1945 - June 1950 Library of Congress Potsdam Conference, Russians invade Manchuria and Korea, US accepts Japanese surrender, North Korean People's Army activated, U.S. withdraws from Korea, Republic of Korea founded, North Korea claims entire peninsula, Secretary of State Acheson puts Korea outside U.S. security cordon, North Korea fires on South, North Korea declares war July 24, 1945- President Truman asks for Russian aid against Japan, Potsdam Aug. 8, 1945- 120,000 Russian troops invade Manchuria and Korea Sept. 9, 1945- U.S. accept surrender of Japanese south of 38th Parallel Feb. 8, 1948- North Korean People's Army (NKA) activated April 8, 1948- U.S. troops withdraw from Korea Aug. 15, 1948- Republic of Korea founded. Syngman Rhee elected president. Sept. 9, 1948- Democratic People's Republic (N. Korea) claims entire peninsula Jan. 12, 1950- Sec. of State Acheson says Korea is outside US security cordon June 25, 1950- 4 am, North Korea opens fire on South Korea over 38th Parallel June 25, 1950- 11 am, North Korea declares war on South Korea North Korea's Ground Assault Begins: June - July 1950 Department of Defense / National Archives UN Security Council calls for ceasefire, South Korean President flees Seoul, UN Security Council pledges military help for South Korea, U.S. -
An Interview with CAPT James A. Kirk, USN, Commanding Officer, USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) Conducted by CAPT Edward Lundquist, USN (Ret)
SURFACE SITREP Page 1 P PPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPPP PP PPP PPPPPPP PPPP PPPPPPPPPP Volume XXXII, Number 4 December 2016 An Interview with CAPT James A. Kirk, USN, Commanding Officer, USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) Conducted by CAPT Edward Lundquist, USN (Ret) How would you describe this ship to someone who is not familiar LCS was another ship designed for a very small crew size enabled with DDG 1000? What makes this ship special? by automation. Originally, the crew was going to be 40, with the To a layman, I would describe it as a very large stealth surface objective of 15. And this was another ship, very small crew size, combatant; that generates 78 megawatts of power, enough to which some people would say that the crew size was originally power a small-to-medium size town; and with capabilities like directed as an arbitrary number. But LCS has had problems other destroyers, to do the typical missions that destroyers do with the size of the crew in managing a ship like that. Have you – anti-submarine warfare, anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare, had or have you learned any lessons from watching how LCS – and the like. Then there are the unique aspects, because of the through their watch standing or their crew training, you know ship’s stealth and its combined their hybrid sailors – have you capabilities, particularly the learned some lessons that advanced gun system (AGS). have been helpful with how We have volume precision you man and train the ship? fires to support the Marines, Certainly there’s been lessons Army, or SEALs that are ashore that have been observed and or going ashore. -
Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Close Readings of Chinese and American Film Representations of the Korean War
Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Close Readings of Chinese and American Film Representations of the Korean War Paul G. PICKOWICZ University of California, San Diego Abstract The Korean War was, of course, a Hot War not a Cold War. Once it ended, however, the Cold War resumed and the former Hot War combatants engaged in various types of non-lethal, cultural conflict and contestation. This paper looks at the ways in which popular post-Korean War propaganda films represented the Korean War. The paper will first consider Shanganling, a well-known state-sector Chinese film made in 1956 and co-directed by Lin Shan and Sha Meng at the Changchun Film Studio. This film examines the fate of Chinese forces during the bloody Battle of Sangkumryung (or the Battle of Triangle Hill) fought from October 14 to November 25, 1952. The paper will then discuss Pork Chop Hill, a popular private sector American film made in 1959 and directed by Lewis Milestone. This movie features the famous American actor Gregory Peck and examines the experiences of American forces during the violent and protracted Battle of Pork Chop Hill fought from March to July, 1953. The goal of the paper is to shed light on the nature of Cold War propaganda by comparing and contrasting these important Cold War era films. How did each side think about propaganda? Was Cold war propaganda primarily for domestic consumption or for international consumption? What were the main differences between Chinese and American Cold War propaganda efforts? More interestingly, what were the shared assumptions and similarities of approach adopted by American and Chinese Cold War propagandists? 1/1 . -
GEORGE DE LONG USS HELENA GUADALCANAL (Transcriber Note
GEORGE DE LONG USS HELENA GUADALCANAL (Transcriber note: The following is a speech Mr. DeLong gave to the Jaycees in Great Falls, VA in August 1993. The tape recorder was some distance from the speaker and he was not wearing a microphone. There are places in the speech where due to background noise or other interference, and the speaker turning away from the tape recorder the transcriber was unable to get parts of the story. ) Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jaycees. The last time I was here I told you my story about Pearl Harbor and how I was trapped aboard the USS Oklahoma. I recognize quite a few faces here tonight. On the other hand, there are some new faces here, too. If you don’t mind, I am just going to run-down a thumb nail sketch of what I told them the last time. My story basically was that I went into the Navy in January, 1941. On December 7, 1941, I was in Pearl Harbor on the battleship Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked. As they attacked the ship with torpedoes, the Oklahoma took a list to port almost immediately. I was down in the steering station, way down about the fourth deck of the ship, way under the water. As the torpedoes hit the ship, we didn’t know what was going on. I had just gotten out of my bunk that morning. The next thing you know, the ship turned over and there we were fighting for our lives, trapped in a compartment below decks. -
Appendix As Too Inclusive
Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Appendix I A Chronological List of Cases Involving the Landing of United States Forces to Protect the Lives and Property of Nationals Abroad Prior to World War II* This Appendix contains a chronological list of pre-World War II cases in which the United States landed troops in foreign countries to pro- tect the lives and property of its nationals.1 Inclusion of a case does not nec- essarily imply that the exercise of forcible self-help was motivated solely, or even primarily, out of concern for US nationals.2 In many instances there is room for disagreement as to what motive predominated, but in all cases in- cluded herein the US forces involved afforded some measure of protection to US nationals or their property. The cases are listed according to the date of the first use of US forces. A case is included only where there was an actual physical landing to protect nationals who were the subject of, or were threatened by, immediate or po- tential danger. Thus, for example, cases involving the landing of troops to punish past transgressions, or for the ostensible purpose of protecting na- tionals at some remote time in the future, have been omitted. While an ef- fort to isolate individual fact situations has been made, there are a good number of situations involving multiple landings closely related in time or context which, for the sake of convenience, have been treated herein as sin- gle episodes. The list of cases is based primarily upon the sources cited following this paragraph. -
Aa000346.Pdf
AUGUST 2004 Vol. 157, No. 2 features 12 Forgiven Trespasses Illegal aliens from around the world CROSSING TO penetrate America’s porous borders. ANONYMITY 12 By Jeff Stoffer 26 From Factory to Foxhole U.S. Transportation Command delivers the goods during peacetime and war. 34 Compassion at Death’s Door Hospice workers help a father and son through the ordeal of losing a loved one. By Keith E. Renninson PEACE 40 The Forgotten President AMID GRIEF 34 Never a popular leader, Franklin Pierce battles a car for name recognition. By Arthur G. Sharp 44 2022: VA’s Space Odyssey Mandatory funding would make the CARES ride a smoother one. By Paul Morin 30 Point Man NO of the Pentagon RESPECT 40 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld explains U.S. progress in the Middle East. DoD departments 4 Vet Voice 46 Under the Radar 52 Legion News Missile defense, terror by Veterans dedicate National Commander’s Message 8 the numbers and who’s who World War II Memorial, plus Why the world must in philanthropy. the 60th anniversary of D-Day. never forget 48 Living Well Comrades Big Issues 58 1o Eyesight, artichokes and aspirin. Prohibit legal gay marriage? 64 Parting Shots The American Legion Magazine, a leader among national general-interest publications, is published monthly by The American Legion for its 2.7 million members. These wartime veterans, working through 15,000 community-level posts, dedicate themselves to God and Country and traditional American values; strong national security; adequate and compassionate care for veterans, their widows and orphans; community service; and the wholesome development of our nation’s youth. -
Lenahan, Gerald J
Lenahan Post WWII When did you enter the military? “Ahhh that’s a good question, I brought notes with me, because I can’t remember anything hahaha. Ok let’s see, I was in the navy, and I enlisted at 4-18-45 I guess that would be April, 14, 1945” How old were you? “I was let’s see, I was in high school so… I was 18 years olds How long were you in the military? “Oh let’s see well I was discharged in 8 7 46 so I imagine close to 2 years about a year and three quarters. “ What boot camp did you go to? “Sampson NY” How long was the boot camp? “Um..I’d be guessing... I’d say at least 6 weeks” Did you go to a second Boot camp? If so then why? “No I did not. right from boot camp I got on a ship” Did you join the military voluntarily? “Yes I did” Why did you choose the Navy? “Well I was 18 years old, my brother was in the army at the time and I was probably a little jealous, so I waited until I got out of high school, I joined the navy, because he told me don’t join the army and don’t get drafted, join the navy and see the world.” I bet a lot of brothers would do that. “Ohh yes, Well that was the times, today’s a lot different.” You were in the navy correct? “Yes I was” What equipment did you use on a daily basis? “Well I was a gunner’s mate, so I used big guns, five inch 38 guns on a heavy cruiser.” Did you also have the 30 caliber rifle? “No in the navy the only time where we used a riffle was on Guard duty.” Was it mandatory to have it with you at all time? “No it was not” What was the name of the ship you were on? “The U.S.S. -
George P. Johnson Negro Film Collection LSC.1042
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf5s2006kz No online items George P. Johnson Negro Film Collection LSC.1042 Finding aid prepared by Hilda Bohem; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library Special Collections Online finding aid last updated on 2020 November 2. Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections George P. Johnson Negro Film LSC.1042 1 Collection LSC.1042 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Title: George P. Johnson Negro Film collection Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1042 Physical Description: 35.5 Linear Feet(71 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1916-1977 Abstract: George Perry Johnson (1885-1977) was a writer, producer, and distributor for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company (1916-23). After the company closed, he established and ran the Pacific Coast News Bureau for the dissemination of Negro news of national importance (1923-27). He started the Negro in film collection about the time he started working for Lincoln. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, publicity material, posters, correspondence, and business records related to early Black film companies, Black films, films with Black casts, and Black musicians, sports figures and entertainers. Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Language of Material: English . Conditions Governing Access Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Portions of this collection are available on microfilm (12 reels) in UCLA Library Special Collections. -
The American Legion [Volume 132, No. 4 (April 1992)]
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June 2018.Pdf
MILITARY SEA SERVICES MUSEUM, INC. SEA SERVICES SCUTTLEBUTT June 2018 A message from the President Greetings, Summer arrived in Sebring. It has been very hot (high 80s, low 90s) the last couple of weeks. June also is start of the rainy and hurricane seasons in Florida and we have been receiving almost daily showers since late May. Hopefully our Northern members are enjoying cooler and drier air. So far this year we have had close to 600 visitors, hopefully headed for a record number of visitors for the year. Summer normally brings a decline in the number of visitors. This is a great time for visits from Scouts and other groups----can pretty much have the Museum to John Cecil themselves. Just let us know in advance when your group wants to visit (863) 385-0992 or [email protected]. We received many favorable comments on our Memorial Day observance. It was held in front of the Museum with attendees seated under a large tent. Towards the end of the observance, it began to rain and all attendees came inside the Museum where the observance was concluded. This also worked out well as we had a cake cutting ceremony planned inside to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Museum which opened its doors as the Military Sea Services Museum on Memorial Day 1998. See additional comments and photos elsewhere in this "Scuttlebutt." Photos were provided by Fred Carino, Cris Carino, Diana Borders and Donald Laylock. Have a great summer. Stay safe! John Military Sea Services Museum Hours of Operation 1402 Roseland Avenue, Sebring, Open: Wednesday through Saturday Florida, 33870 Phone: (863) 385-0992 Noon to 4:00 p.m.