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Staff Officers The Graybeards Presidential Envoy to UN Forces: Kathleen Wyosnick The Magazine for Members and Veterans of the Korean War. P.O. Box 3716, Saratoga, CA 95070 The Graybeards is the official publication of the Korean War Veterans PH: 408-253-3068 FAX: 408-973-8449 Association, PO Box, 10806, Arlington, VA 22210, and is published six times Judge Advocate: Edward L. Magill per year for members of the Association. (See 1st Vice President) EDITOR Vincent A. Krepps Exec. Dir. for Washington, DC Affairs: J. Norbert Reiner 24 Goucher Woods Ct. Towson, MD 21286-5655 6632 Kirkley Ave., McLean, VA 22101-5510 PH: 410-828-8978 FAX: 410-828-7953 PH/FAX: 703-893-6313 E-MAIL: [email protected] National Chaplain: Irvin L. Sharp, MEMBERSHIP Nancy Monson 16317 Ramond, Maple Hights, OH 44137 PO Box 10806, Arlington, VA 22210 PH: 216-475-3121 PH: 703-522-9629 National Asst. Chaplain: Howard L. Camp PUBLISHER Finisterre Publishing Incorporated 430 S. Stadium Dr., Xenia, OH 45385 PO Box 12086, Gainesville, FL 32604 PH: 937-372-6403 E-MAIL: [email protected] National Service Director: J. Norbert Reiner National KWVA Headquarters 6632 Kirkley Ave., McLean, VA 22101-5510 PH/FAX: 703-893-6313 PRESIDENT Harley J. Coon 4120 Industrial Lane, Beavercreek, OH 45430 National VA/VS Representative: Norman S. Kantor PH: 937-426-5105 or FAX: 937-426-8415 2298 Palmer Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801-2904 Office Hours: 9am to 5 pm (EST) Mon.–Fri. PH: 914-632-5827 FAX: 914-633-7963 Liaison for Canada: Bill Coe National Officers 59 Lenox Ave., Cohoes, N.Y.12047 1st VICE PRESIDENT Edward L. Magill PH: 518-235-0194 433 Spring Lake Dr., Melbourne, FL 32940 Korean Advisor to the President: Myong Chol Lee PH: 407-255-6837 1005 Arborely Court, Mt. Holly, N.J. 08060 2nd VICE PRESIDENT Kenneth B. Cook, PH: 609-877-4196 1611 North Michigan Ave., Danville, IL 61834 Canadian Liaison to KWVA: George Scott CD PH: 217-446-9829 7 Chryessa Ave., York, Ontario M6N 4T4 TREASURER Thomas J. Gregory PH: 416-767-8148 4400 Silliman Pl., Kettering, OH 45440 PH: 937-299-4821 KVA Liaison (Western Region USA): Kim, Young 258 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica,CA 90401 SECRETARY (Pro-tem) Howard W. Camp 430 S. Stadium Dr., Xenia, OH 45385 Legislative Affairs Advisor: John Kenney PH: 937-372-6403 8602 Cyrus Place, Alexandria, VA 22308 PAST PRESIDENT Nicholas J. Pappas PH: 703-780-7536 209 Country Club Dr., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 KVA Liaison (Mid-Western Region USA): Cho, Joseph PH: 302-227-1309 4120 West Lawrence Ava. Chicago, IL 60630 PRESIDENT EMERITUS Dick Adams KVA Liaison (Eastern Region USA): John Kwang-Nam Lee P.O. Box 334 Caruthers, CA 93609 140-10 Franklin Ave., Flushing, N.Y. 11355 PH: 559-864-3196 FAX: 559-864-8208 FOUNDER William Norris Public Housing Home Ownership Test Program Coord.: Nicholas A Caruso 1908 West 4th St., Wilmington, DE 19805 Board of Directors PH: 302-656-9043 Legal Advisor: Alfred Sciarrino 1997 - 2000 PO Box 133, Mount Morris, NY 14510 Jack Edwards PO Box 5298, Largo, FL 33779 PH: 727-582-9353 Committees Ed Grygier 10 Riley Place, Staten Island, NY 10302 PH: 718-981-3630 Membership/Chapter Formation: Jerry Lake 159 Hardwood Dr., Tappan, NY 10983 PH: 914-359-6540 Bill Van Ort 8968 Thomas Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125-7602 PH: 651-578-3475 POW/MIA Co-Chairmen: Donald Barton (See Board of Directors), E-Mail [email protected] FAX: 651-578-9103 Vince Krepps (See Editor, The Graybeards) C. J. “Skip” Rittenhouse Budget/Finance: Dot Schilling (See Board of Directors) 1540 Norma Rd, Columbus, OH 43229 PH: 614-885-4118 Resolutions: C. J. “Skip” Rittenhouse (See Board of Directors) 1998-2001 Bylaws: Jack Edwards, Chairman (See Board of Directors); Tom Clawson Reunion Co-Chairman 2000: Harly Coon (See President) 953 Gorman Avenue West St. Paul, MN 55118 PH/FAX: 651-457-6653 Warren Wiedhahn (See Revisit Chairman) Richard W. Danielson J. Norbert Reiner (See Exec,. Director for Wash. DC Affairs) 4575 Westview Drive, North Olmstead, OH 44070-3461 Vincent A. Krepps (See Editor) PH/FAX: 440-777-9677 Procedures Manual: Richard W. Danielson (See Board of Directors) John M. Settle 2236 Goshen Road Fort Wayne, IN 46808 PH: 219-484-3339 Revisit: Warren Wiedhahn, (Work) 219-486-1300 x307, FAX 219-486-9421 4600 Duke St., #420, Alexandria, VA 22304 PH: 703-739-8900 FAX: 703-684-0193 Dorothy “Dot” Schilling 6205 Hwy V, Caledonia, WI 53108 Korean War Veterans Memorial Library/Museum Liaison: John Settle PH: 262-835-4653 FAX 262-835-0557 (See Board of Directors) & John Kenney (See Legislative Affairs) Legislative Action: Thomas Maines, 1999-2002 1801 Saw Mill Run Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15210 PH: 412-881-5844 James F. Jones, Jr. Ray Donnelly, Jr., One Fenwick, Arlington, VA 22201 1317 Ashbury Rd., Richmond VA 23229 John Kenney (See Legislative Affairs) James W. Kerr PO Box 1537, 214 S Hanson St, Easton, MD 21601 PH: 410-763-6591 Nominations/Election Chairman: Kenneth B. Cook (See 2nd Vice President); Dick Wainright,9001 E. Rosewood St., P.G. “Bob” Morga Tuscon, AZ 85710, PH/FAX: 520-298-1581; c/o KWVA Central L.I. Chapter, Dick Adams (see President Emeritus) P.O. Box 835, Bayport, NY 11705 PH: 516-472-0052 Oreste “Rusty” Tramonte Liaison for Korean War Veterans Educational Grant Corp.: Dick Adams PO Box 43, Marshfield, MA 02050 PH: 781-834-5297 FAX: 781-837-8242 (see President Emeritus) On the cover... THIS ISSUE commitments, DoD has negotiated Joint Features Recovery Operations (JROs) with the Command Reports of 92nd Armorned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Artillery Bn 18 (DPRK), conducted dozens of recoveries, created a database on Personnel Missing- Small Units – Big Jobs 24 Korea, and contacted thousands of surviv- A Love Affair That’s History 31 ing family members. The Galloping Ghost 36 Historical Context North Korea returned several thousand The Chinju Bridge 45 remains during Operation GLORY in 1954. POW Legacy of Paul Anthony Klozik 50 US graves registration teams ended a search for remains from South Korean bat- tlefields in 1956. These efforts accounted- Departments for thousands of identified remains; how- President’s Message 4 ever, officials declared about 854 Veterans Services 5 unknown. Next, officials buried one unknown in the Tomb of the Unknowns in Listen Up 7 Arlington, Virginia, and buried the remain- National VA/VS Representative Report 9 Pictured on the cover of this issue of The der in Hawaii in the National Memorial Monuments and Memories 12 Graybeards is the DoD poster remember- Cemetery of the Pacific known as the ing our POWs/MIAs. This poster was pre- Punchbowl. Letters 14 sented at the Defense Prisoner of From the final repatriation of remains in War/Missing in Action Office (DPMO) Operation GLORY in 1954 until 1990, the Defence POW/MIA Weekly Update 20 Family Update last June. We thank DPMO US sought, through the United Nations Book Review 23 for allowing us to use the poster on our Command Military Armistice Commission cover but most of all for their service of (UNCMAC), to no avail to persuade the Chapter Affairs 28 looking for and bringing home our loved DPRK to search for and return remains of Korean War Veterans Educational ones. Their Motto is Keeping the Promise. US and Allied personnel lost in North Grant Corporation 32 Korea. Our Vision Looking for... 40 We are committed to an unwavering Between 1990 and 1994, the DPRK uni- The Poet’s Place 48 effort to bring home or account for each laterally recovered and returned 208 and every service member lost due to hos- remains to the United Nations Command. Taps 55 tile action. We are committed to communi- Unfortunately, North Korean record keep- Chaplain’s Corner 56 cate openly, honestly, and with understand- ing and recovery techniques greatly com- ing to the families of missing Americans plicated the identification process. North Reunions 58 and the entire nation. Korean recoveries combined remains and mixed identification media. Consequently, Our Mission DoD has identified fewer than 10 of these News & Notes To lead and oversee the effort to locate, remains to date. Clearly, these efforts Inchon Visitors to New York thank Korean account for, and repatriate Americans cap- demonstrated the need for joint recovery War Vets 10 tured or missing as a result of past, current operations, where the Central Identification Inchon Dance Company honors and future hostile actions. Laboratory, Hawaii (CILHI) could exercise parents of adopted Korean children 11 its vast experience and technical expertise To provide the expertise, technology 1999 Election Results 16 and resources necessary to uphold this to increase the effectiveness of identifica- commitment with integrity and dedication. tion efforts. U.S. Navy Carrier Operations in Korea 22 To resolve uncertainties by illuminating Joint Recovery Operations Proud Korean War Vets Display Tags 30 the facts and informing the families, the In 1994, DPRK’s President Kim IL Congress and the American people. Meet Our New Treasurer 33 Sung unexpectedly accepted former Korea President Jimmy Carter’s proposal to per- KWVA Balance Sheet 53 On May 8, 1996, former Secretary of mit joint US-DPRK remains recovery oper- Thanks for Supporting The Graybeards 55 Defense William Perry signed a DoD poli- ations. Though this surprising development cy statement stressing the Department’s was encouraging, the North Korean USA Commemoration of the 50th priority and commitment to the Korean Anniversary of the Korean War 61 War accounting effort. In honoring these Please turn to COVER on page 35 September/October, 1999 Page 3 President’s Message e have This next year marks 50 50th commemoration of the Korean War.