Staff Officers The Graybeards Presidential Envoy to UN Forces: Kathleen Wyosnick The Magazine for Members, Veterans of the Korean War, and service in Korea. P.O. Box 3716, Saratoga, CA 95070 The Graybeards is the official publication of the Korean War Veterans Association, PH: 408-253-3068 FAX: 408-973-8449 PO Box, 10806, Arlington, VA 22210, (www.kwva.org) and is published six times per year. Judge Advocate and Legal Advisor: Sherman Pratt 1512 S. 20th St., Arlington, VA 22202 EDITOR Vincent A. Krepps PH: 703-521-7706 24 Goucher Woods Ct. Towson, MD 21286-5655 PH: 410-828-8978 FAX: 410-828-7953 Washington, DC Affairs: Blair Cross E-MAIL: [email protected] 904B Martel Ct., Bel Air, MD 21014 MEMBERSHIP Nancy Monson PH: 410-893-8145 PO Box 10806, Arlington, VA 22210 National Chaplain: Irvin L. 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Chicago, IL 60630 1999-2002 KVA Liaison (Eastern Region USA): John Kwang-Nam Lee Warren Weidhahn 140-10 Franklin Ave., Flushing, N.Y. 11355 4600 Duke St., Ste. 420, Alexandria, VA 22304 PH: 703-212-0695 Committees FAX: 703-212-8567 James F. Jones, Jr. Membership/Chapter Formation: 1317 Asbury Rd., Richmond VA 23229 PH: 804-740-5534 (open) P. G. “Bob” Morga c/o KWVA Central L.I. Chapter, PO Box 835, Bayport, NY 11705 POW/MIA Co-Chairmen: Donald Barton PH: 631-472-0052 8316 North Lombard #449, Portland, OR 97203 PH: 503-289-7360 Theodore “Ted” Trousdale Vince Krepps (See Editor, The Graybeards) 5180 Walton Ave, Titusville, FL 32780 PH: 321-267-5233 E-MAIL: [email protected] Budget/Finance: Dot Schilling (See Board of Directors) 2000 – 2003 Resolutions Co-Chairmen: Theodore “Ted” Trousdale and Don Byers Dick Adams (See Board of Directors) P.O. Box 334, Caruthers, CA 93609 PH: 559-864-3196 E-mail: [email protected] Bylaws Chairman: James F. Jones, Jr., (See Board of Directors) Committee: Jack Edwards (See Board of Directors) Kenneth B. Cook 1611 North Michigan Ave., Danville, IL 61834-6239 PH: 217-446-9829 or Honorary Reunion Chairman: Dorothy “Dot” Schilling (See 2nd Vice President) PH:/FAX: 612-457-1266 Larry McKinniss Reunion Committee Members: Co-Chairmen Harley Coon (See President) and Jack 31478 Harsh Rd., Logan Ohio 43138-9059 PH: 614-358-7148 Cloman, 2702 Franklinville Rd., Joppa, MD 20851 PH: 410-676-1388; Vincent A. Joseph Pirrello Krepps (See Editor); Sherman Pratt (See Judge Advocate) 70 Turf Road, Staton Island, NY 10314-6015 PH: 718-983-6803 Warren Wiedhahn (See revisit chairman); Grover Kershner P.O. Box 67 Forest Hill, 2001-2004 MD. 21001 PH: 410-751-1059 Don Byers Revisit Chairman: Warren Wiedhahn, 4600 Duke St., #420, Alexandria, VA 22304 3475 Lyon Park Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192 PH: 703-491-7120 PH: 703-212-0695 FAX: 703-212-8567 Jack Edwards 10346 27th Ave N, Largo, FL 33773 PH: 727-582-9353 Korean War Veterans Memorial Library/Museum Liaison: Ken Cook (See E-Mail: [email protected] Director), John Kenney, 122 West North Central, P.O. Box 16, Tuscola, IL 61953 Jerry Lake Tel: 217-253-5813 159 Hardwood Drive, Tappan, NY 10983 PH: 845-359-6540 Nominations/Election Chairman: Kenneth B. Cook (See Director) Michael Mahoney 582 Wiltshire Rd., Columbus, OH 43204 PH: 614-279-8630 Laison for Korean War Veterans Educational Grant Corp.: Dick Adams FAX: 614-279-1628 E-mail: [email protected] (See Director) On the cover... Incheon International Airport THIS ISSUE “Built from the Sea” Features See story on page 22 Built from the Sea 22 Like any other city, The Winged City will America Crying 30 operate 24 hours a day. It will serve as a hub Tokyo Respite 46 for commerce, as a transit point for travelers, Korea – The Forgotten War I and as a place for people to conduct business Can’t Forget 48 and enjoy leisure time. As an airport, it aims Tales from the Bonnie Dick 52 to be the best in the world. Upon opening, Incheon will inherit the international passenger and cargo business as Departments Gimpo becomes a domestic airport. (Incheon President’s Message 4 will also handle a limited number of domes- Listen Up (Financial Statement) 7 tic trunk line services for connection purpos- es). In terms of cargo volume, Gimpo is Defence POW/MIA Weekly Update 14 already the world’s sixth largest and is a Monuments and Memories 16 semi-hub. Incheon’s plan is to increase the Announcements 19 number of transit passengers from 14/o to Incheon (Inchon) Update – Korean War Ex-POW 20 International Airport 25-30%. The major targets for this traffic are s one of the world’s most rapidly China and Japan. Book Review 20 developed economies, Korea has The state-of-the-art facility has two inde- D.C. Affairs 21 pendent parallel runways able to handle Astruggled in recent years to keep its National VA/VS Report 21 infrastructure development up to speed with 170,000 flight movements a year, carrying ever-increasing demand. 27 million passengers and 1.7 million tons of Letters 26 Long-term planners have often failed to cargo. The plan is for the airport to grow in Chapter Affairs 32 phases over the next two decades to 100 mil- foresee just how much demand would out- The Poet’s Place 51 grow their calculations. lion passengers. Reunion Showplace 55 A case in point was Gimpo International A unique feature at Incheon will be a Airport (formerly Kimpo). In 1989, just two totally integrated communications system, Looking for... 56 which will monitor, coordinate and control years after opening a second international Taps 63 terminal, authorities realized that the coun- overall airport operations. All systems will be Chaplain’s Corner 64 try’s main gateway would soon reach over- integrated through a central database. The capacity. They began to look for an alterna- airport has been designed with future large Reunion Calendar 66 tive site for a new international airport. aircraft in mind. To ensure the highest levels of safety and efficiency, state-of-the-art navi- They found their answer in the sea gational aids of the CAT-IIIa (and in the later News & Notes between two sparsely populated islands lying phase CAT-IIIb) category will be installed. KWVA 18th National Reunion 9 off the port of Incheon, west of Seoul. What followed was a major reclamation project, Access to the airport, which is further North Korean Pilot realizes American dream. 23 which formed the basis of one of the largest from Seoul than Gimpo, has always been a construction projects in Asia. With construc- concern. However, the new dedicated airport Return to Korea 24 expressway, which opened last November, tion and full-scale testing complete, Incheon DoD Honors Neville-Lien Post 1287, International Airport is now ready for its makes it only a 50 minute journey from Winonqa, MN 25 opening in March this year. downtown Seoul. A 61.5 km double-track railway to Gimpo will open in 2005 and a KWV 50th Commemorative Partner Events 36 This independent report on Incheon direct high-speed service to downtown Seoul Words of Appreciation 43 International Airport by the publishers of Station will be operational from 2007. Airport World magazine takes an in-depth Thanks for Supporting The Graybeards 45 look at Asia’s newest airport and examines Update – Korean Revisit 53 the challenges that lie ahead. Kang, Dong-suk, Chairman Korean War National Museum and As the report explains, our vision at Library–Progress Report 64 Incheon International Incheon is that we are not just an airport. Our Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary 69 facilities make us more of a community, a Airport Corporation metropolis of sorts, to serve not only Korea, Images of Korea 70 but the entire region of Northeast Asia.