Most Recent Update: September 5, 2018*
May God protect and preserve the United States of America and its citizens.
*Updates are generally made on three locations on this page: Latest News, Newest Additions, and What's
Next. Be sure to check all three places when you see that an update has been made.
This website was created by Lynnita Brown, founder, Korean War Educator. Lynnita, who holds
Korean War veterans in the highest regard, is solely responsible for the monitoring and posting of
all of the contributed and self-generated text that appears on the Korean War Educator.
Technical changes to the website are courtesy of Webmaster Jim Doppelhammer, who also has a strong appreciation
for our nation's veterans. Lynnita can be reached at 111 E. Houghton St., Tuscola, IL 61953; ph.
217-253-4620 (home) or 217-253-5171 (store Thursday-Saturday). Lynnita's e-mail is
lynnita@thekwe.org.
Thank you to all veterans for
protecting our freedom.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the flood victims in Texas and Louisiana.
God will take care of you, and the people of our nation will help Him.
- Lynnita
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- July 23, 2018 - See Latest News
- July 08, 2018 - See Newest Addition
- June 28, 2018 - See Latest News
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- May 07, 2018 - See Newest Addition
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- March 24, 2018 - See Newest Addition
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- March 01, 2018 - See Newest Addition
- February 21, 2018 - See Newest Addition
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- February 10, 2018 - See Newest Addition
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Latest News:
[The following news and commentary is posted with the most recent news at top, followed by older news.
Latest News is written by Lynnita Brown.]
I am having continuing problems with my computer. I work
on the KWE every single day but visitors might not see the
updates because I am having trouble linking pages. I also
cannot at this time send reply e-mail messages. If it
isn't one thing, it's another. I'm so sorry. [Posted
8/24/2018]
--- It is our sincere hope and prayer that the 55 remains of Korean
War veterans that arrived in Hawaii today are, indeed, the
remains of 55 American patriots who gave their lives for our
continuing freedom here in the USA. [Posted 8/01/2018] --- I'm still trying to catch up on unfinished business that
backlogged due to my computer problems. In checking PayPal
today I noticed that two donations came in during the down time
that my old computer was replaced by a newer one. Those
donors, who have yet to be publicly thanked for their support of
the KWE, were James Kenfield of Florida, who donated $50.00 and
Michael Stupinski of Connecticut, who donated $15.00. I'm
so sorry for the delay in expressing my appreciation to these
two contributors. Also, in today's US mail the KWE
received a $40.00 donation from Bob Janes of California.
Bob is a long-time supporter of the Korean War Educator and his
recollections of Korea appear in the Memoirs page of the KWE.
Thank you, Bob. It was good to hear from you, although I
was sorry to learn of your health issues. [Posted
7/26/2018] --- The KWE welcomes its 105th life member, Dr. Frank Tims of
Florida. Frank is a retired professor and consultant to
DoD, as well as NIH. He was in Korea 1967-69 with US Army
Research Unit, Korea. He also served in the Army during the
Korean war period and knew a lot of guys who fought there.
During the 1960s, he traveled to all ADA missile units, as well
as 2nd and 7th Division units. He knows the country very well
and saw it transition from an agricultural to industrial
economy. He went back in 1977, and said that the change was
profound. Frank told the KWE: "Some of the events I
witnessed during my time in Korea made a profound impression on
me. I met General Bonesteel--a man of considerable intellect and
political skill. I remember the Blue House raid, the capture of
the USS Pueblo, and the Cyrus Vancer mission, as well as
operations along the DMZ. I am currently writing a novel set in
Korea during the 1968-69 years--it is nearly completed. I have
been a supporter of the KWE for years and had a few
conversations with Ted Barker. KWE is a great historical and
cultural resource. You folks have done a great service."
As usual, half of Frank's membership will be added to the KWE's
Endowment Fund to keep this wonderful resource in existence for
years to come. Thanks for joining, Frank! [Posted
7/23/2018] --- Hopefully all the glitches are now out of my new computer. The Doublehammer staff made it happen,
and we thank them. [Posted 6/28/2018] --- Hi there! I'm back online, but still dealing with some
glitches. Thanks to Doublehammer Computers in Charleston, Illinois, the KWE has a new computer.
Among other things, that meant reinstalling my printer software and going through thousands of messages.
On today's date I can receive e-mails but for whatever reason I can't reply to them or create a new deliverable
e-mail message. Hopefully the problem will be resolved tomorrow because I have answers to some of
the questions that have been asked of me. Keep being patient with me! [Posted 6/26/2018] --- Lynnita's
computer has failed again and she will be offline until further notice and the problem is resolved. Don't
give up on her! [Posted 6/13/2018] --- I've been off-line for quite some time due to a computer malfunction.
I just got my computer back late this afternoon and am sorting through thousands of e-mails. It's
going to take a while for me to catch up. Have patience with me and I'll be working on the KWE as
soon as possible. [Posted 6/11/2018] --- Although you might not see many updates on the KWE lately,
I have been working on the site almost every night. A new page opened tonight on the KWE. My
husband Dale has been especially unwell with failing kidneys. Prayers would be appreciated.
[Posted 4/23/2018] --- For whatever reason, readers who contact me by Gmail can't get my responses.
I can get their messages, but they can't get mine. Keep that in mind when trying to contact me!
In the meantime, please know that small updates are currently being made to the KWE almost every day and
my webmaster is busy working on the Jesus Rodriguez memoir (almost done!). [Posted 3/18/2018] --- A
monetary gift of $200 was given to the KWE this week from long-time supporter Charles C. Scott of West Virginia.
Charles' Korean War memoir is located on the Memoirs page
of the Korean War Educator. He has been so good to both the KWE and me personally, and I thank him
for his generosity and kindness. [Posted 2/07/2018] --- Last night my husband Dale and I were discussing
why I have added so many American notables who served in the military during the Korean War to the KWE.
Years ago I was told that only people who were not smart enough to go to college entered the military.
As the daughter of a veteran who was an outstanding father and a highly respected local businessman, I was
highly offended by that statement. The proof of such a blatant lie comes not just in the form of the
many renown veterans who went on to become outstanding contributors to their community, state, nation and
world. It also comes in the form of the thousands (millions) of veterans whose names might not be
as recognizable as the KWE's "American Notables", but who were just as smart, productive, good and decent
people as the "notables." They also contributed to their community, state, nation and world--and their families
and friends hold them in the highest regard. So does the KWE. Not so El Rancho High School teacher
Gregory Salcido of Pico Rivera, California, who went on a video-taped anti-veteran rant when one of his
students wore a Marine Corps tee shirt to class. He used vulgar language while referring to those
in the military as failed students with no other options but to serve. Reportedly, Salcido said:
“We’ve got a bunch of dumbshits over there. Think about the people who you know who are over there
— your freaking stupid uncle Louis or whatever, they’re dumbshits. They’re not, like, high-level thinkers,
they’re not academic people, they’re not intellectual people, they’re the freaking lowest of our low.
Not morally, I’m not saying they make bad moral decisions, they’re not talented people.”
This high school history/government teacher also was elected to the Pico Rivera city council in 1999
and remains on the council. He was also mayor of Pico Rivera in 2002, 2010, and 2015. Thanks
to the United States Constitution, Salcido has the legal right to trash who he wants to trash. Thanks
to VETERANS, Salcido lives in freedom in an extraordinary country that honors such a constitution.
Otherwise, his outrageous rants might land him behind bars. He certainly would not allowed to be a
teacher, and likely he would be on the receiving end of what happens to a disrespectful loudmouth when tyranny
rules and veteran-protected freedom does not. [Posted 1/28/2018] --- Long-time KWE supporter Sheila
Kronenberger of Illinois sent the KWE a wonderful Christmas gift of $500 this week. The gift will
be applied to work on the KWE over the next few months, and we thank her for making it happen. Sheila
certainly made our Christmas even more special than Christmas always is here in Illinois. May your
holiday be just as special. [Posted 12/22/2017] ---
It has come to our attention that quite a lot of Korean War history is being lost needlessly because
one particular aspect of the many unique opportunities available to veterans through the Korean War Educator
is little known. The KWE exists to educate the public about the Korean War--at no cost to Korean War
veterans. Here is what is happening that doesn't need to happen:
Individual Korean War veterans and Korean War veteran reunion groups often have small, medium and large
websites on the Internet. Unfortunately, as the veterans age and financial resources to stay online
dry up, these informative websites are being pulled off the Internet one by one and the history found on
them is being lost forever.
Please spread the word that the Korean War Educator's "Topics" page can absorb these increasingly-disappearing
websites at no cost. All you have to do is turn the text and photographs over to the KWE for permanent
posting on the Korean War Educator. Naturally, a little money to help make the transaction would always
be welcome, but it is most certainly not mandatory. The KWE is a free service to Korean War
veterans and always will be--no strings attached.
How does one move a Korean War-related website over to the KWE? Simple. Contact
Lynnita! [Posted 8/29/2010]
---
Do you have a short story about Korea? Send it our way! We have recently opened a short story
section on the KWE's Memoirs page. Lynnita's e-mail address is
lynnita@thekwe.org. Her U.S. mail is Lynnita Brown, 111 E. Houghton St., Tuscola, IL 61953.
Be sure to include a picture of yourself to go along with the story. Sending more than one picture
is okay, too. [Posted 2/16/08]
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Newest Additions to the KWE
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Citations for the Soldier's Medal for the following
medical personnel were added to the KWE tonight: Sgt. John
R. Miller (72nd Tank Btn., 2ID), Sgt. Ralph L. McCowan (38th
Inf. Rgt., 2ID), Sfc. John F. Heine (38th Inf. Rgt., 2ID),
1Lt. Gerald S. Modjeska (23 Inf. Rgt., 2ID), Sgt. Houston D.
Snowden (9th Inf. Rgt., 2ID), Pvt. James A. Whitener (38th
Inf. Rgt., 2ID), and MSgt. Clarence J. Fisher (DMZ) (23rd
Inf. Rgt., 2ID). [Posted 9/05/2018]
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A Distinguished Flying Cross was posthumously awarded to
AD-3 Skyraider dive bomber pilot John Carl Micheel.
His citation (in part) was sent to the KWE by genealogist
Avis Reddaway of Oregon and was posted on the website
tonight. [Posted 7/29/2018)
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New on the KWE is information about the crash of an
R4Q Marine cargo plane that occurred July 17,
1953 near Milton, Florida. Numerous midshipmen trainees died in this terrible crash. Find
it on the KWE's Airplane Crashes page. [Posted 7/08/2018]
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Two new names were added to the KWE's American Notables page tonight. They include Frank Charles
Carlucci III and Stansfield Turner. Visit our Notables page to learn more about them. [Posted
6/28/2018]
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The memoir of
Jesus Rodriguez, Sr. of LaHabra, California was opened on the KWE tonight. Jesus was a member
of the 29th RCT, serving in the Pusan Perimeter of Korea in the early fighting days of the war.
He is the recipient of a Silver Star and Combat Infantryman's Badge. [Posted 5/07/2018]
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A total of 31 lives were lost in another C-46 crash that happened at Standiford Field, Louisville,
Kentucky on
September 28, 1953. A page of information about this crash opened on the KWE moments ago.
[Posted 4/29/2018]
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In January of 1953, 37 servicemen returning from Korea to the southern states were killed in the
crash of a
C-46 near Fish Lake, Idaho. Three crew members also died. There were no survivors of
the icy crash. To read about the crash, visit the KWE's newest page under Airplane Crashes. [Posted
4/23/2018]
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Information about B-29 accidents was added to
the KWE tonight for the following Superfortresses: 44-62320, 45-21725, 42-65369, 44-69682, 44-62252,
44-86370, 44-62108, 44-61529, 45-21749, 44-62319, and 44-83944. Also added (courtesy of Bill Wagenhalls)
was information about the B-29 piloted by Peter Dempsey during
Black Tuesday. Behind the
scenes I am working on locating what happened to the original nurses of the 121st Evacuation Hospital
in Korea, as well as creating a new page that lists the names and what happened to four of the limited
number of African-American nurses who served in Korea. It all takes time! [Posted 3/30/2018]
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Added to the KWE's American Notables page tonight were
George "Meadowlark" Lemon III (Harlem Globetrotter) and Frank Avruch (1st syndicated Bozo the Clown).
[Posted 3/24/2018]
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The KWE continues to seek the names of American service men and women who have died
non-hostile deaths while on active
duty in Korea in recent years. Added tonight was information about Army Sgt. Eric Schenck and
A1c Darrick Jones (died in Korea 2017) and Senior Airman Anthony Carlo Rusconi (died in Korea 2018).
Notice of the recent death of Brigadier General Anna M. Hays was added to her existing bio on the
Women in Korea page of the KWE. There was also
another addition to the American Notables page. He
is Air Force veteran George Smith Lindsey (best known as Goober on the Andy Griffith Show). [Posted
3/01/2018]
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Added to the KWE tonight is a new addition to the American
Notables in the Korean War page. Charles "Charlie" Peete Jr., centerfielder for the St. Louis
Cardinals in 1956, served in Korea during the war years. [Posted 2/21/2018]
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A short bio of war correspondent Davis Merwin was added
to the KWE tonight. Also added to the American Notables
page was William Miller (publisher of The Missourian newspaper), Dan Gurney (racecar driver/manufacturer),
James B. Harris (screenwriter/director/producer). and Jay Thomas Stauffer (Hubley Toy Company designer
and metallurgist). [Posted 2/18/2018]
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The list of American notables who served in the Korean
War increased by three this evening: Edwin Sherin (director/producer), Marlon Green (won a Supreme Court
case that opened commercial airlines to black pilots), and Edwin Diamond (media critic, editor, author).
[Posted 2/14/2018]
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John Gavin, actor in the terror film Psycho, served in the US Navy in the Korean War theater.
He was added to the American Notables page of the KWE today.
Other notables added to the site are Richard Stevens (corporate turnaround expert), Frank Saucier (right-fielder
for the St. Louis Browns), Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg, Dukes of Hazzard), and William E.C. Dearden
(chairman of the board, Hershey Foods Corporation). Other additions include the
names of five US servicemen who were held captive by North
Koreans years after the cease fire--and then released. Also added are the names of 18 Marines
who were killed when their USMC CH-53D chopper smashed into a mountainside in Korea on
March 24, 1984. [Posted 2/11/2018]
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Legendary stuntman Jack Lilley was added to the KWE's American
Notables page tonight. Also added was further information about actor Robert Fuller, who starred
in "Cheyenne". [Posted 2/10/2018]
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The KWE is searching for and posting information about the missing men who were on a Globemaster
that ditched in the ocean near Ireland in March of 1951. To see that page, click
here. [Posted 2/09/2018)
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Minor League ballplayer Bill Pinckard, later a Hollywood stuntman for Charlton Heston and Gary Cooper,
is now listed as an American Notable on the KWE. [Posted
2/09/2018]
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Added to the KWE tonight were the Silver Star citation for
MSgt. James B. Motherway (posthumous
- 5th RCT) and the Distinguished Flying Cross citations for
two 2nd Helicopter Detachment veterans: Capt. Albert C. Sebourn and Capt. Joseph W. Hely. Another
American Notable was added to the KWE tonight as well.
His name is William R. Atteridge, a renowned builder of over 1,000 museum-quality precision Civil War
ship replicas. [Posted 2/07/2018]
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The newest additions to the KWE today are the Silver Star citation for
Cpl. William G. Cape (2ID) and a new
entry on the American Notables page: Jeannie Dicks (co-founder
of WAVES National). Also added was the Soldier's Medal citation
for DMZ veterans Cpl. Gerald W. Mozenier and Sfc. Wesley G. Stapleton, and Korean War veteran Bob
Morga. [Posted 2/05/2018]
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Added to the KWE tonight are the names and short bios of USO entertainers
Gloria Pall, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, and Jerry Mann. Also added is the name of another
American Notable who served in the Korean War: Tony Amico
(Jackie Gleason's right-hand man for over a decade). [Posted 2/03/2018]
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Information about opera singer/actor/author/restaurant and nightclub owner Paul Cimino was added
to the KWE's American Notables page. [Posted 2/2/2018]
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Two more notables were added to the KWE's American Notables
in the Korean War page tonight: Herbert Jepko (1st radio talk show host to do a nationally syndicated,
satellite-delivered program) and S. Roger Horchow (Tony Award-winning Broadway producer). [Posted 2/01/2018]
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The names of two governors were added to the American Notables
page of the KWE. They are L. Douglas Wilder, 66th governor of Virginia, and Norman Howard Bangerter,
13th governor of Utah. [Posted 1/31/2018]
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Again more American Notables were added to the KWE today.
They include: Norman F. Reiter (atomic scientist/inventor), George Mamales (professional ballet dancer),
William Pepper (inventor of the touch screen), Ron Klein (inventor of the credit card magnetic strip),
George Yardley (basketball player for Pistons and Nationals), (Scott Carpenter (astronaut/aquanaut),
Jim Phelan (Mount St. Mary's basketball coach for 49 years), John Cronin (co-founder of the Professional
Association of Diving Instructors), and Benjamin F. Chapman (actor, Gill-Man - Creature from the
Black Lagoon). [Posted 1/30/2018]
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The Bronze Star citation for Robert L.
Evans (7ID), presented posthumously, was posted on the KWE this evening, courtesy of SSGT Edward
Geer (USA Ret.), 17th Infantry Regiment Historian and editor of the 17th Infantry Regiment's Bugle.
[Posted 1/29/2018]
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More American Notables were added to the KWE this evening.
They include William Allain (59th governor of Mississippi), Stephen J. Pollak (lawyer, US Department
of Justice), Budd Friedman (founder of the Improv comedy club in Manhattan), Daniel Serpico (Cape Cod
radio announcer for 20 years), Fred Haise (Apollo astronaut), Stanley Weston (created the original concept
for G.I. Joe action figure), John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (military historian/author), Alfred B. Kielian
(electronics expert for NASA), Percy Sutton (civil rights activist), and Bynum Merritt Hunter (attorney
for Atlantic Coast Conference). [Posted 1/29/2018]
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The name of accordion player Dick Contino was added to the
American Notables page. Read how he went from "draft
dodger" to Army Staff Sergeant to honorable discharge. [Posted 1/28/2018]
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The names of several notable lawyers were added to the KWE's
American Notables page tonight, including: Lawton Chiles,
David Kerr, Dexter Douglass, William Callow, Leander Shaw, Charles Barrow, and Chris Byron. These
lawyers made notable contributions to their communities, state, and nation. Click the link to
check out their bios. [Posted 1/27/2018]
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Amazing how many American notables served in the Korean
War! Added today were: William Allain (governor of Mississippi), Ben Bates (James Arness' double
in Gunsmoke), Hugh Gregg (governor of New Hampshire), Morgan Woodward (actor), Robert Brubaker
(actor), Dave Dedrick (children's television program host), Thomas Geas (actor), Joseph Messerli (cartoonist
and illustrator), Alfred Masini (television producer), Edward T. Butler (city attorney of San Diego),
James A. Brink (co-founder of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Massachusetts, George D. Reycraft (trial
lawyer with US Department of Justice), Steve Drexel (film and television actor), and Arthur Holch (documentary
film-maker). [Posted 1/23/2018]
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Added to the American Notables in the Korean War page
of the KWE tonight are the following: Wayne Richard Moore, Dr. Samuel "Sammy" Lee, Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Malvin Whitfield, and Norman Vaughan. If you don't already know why they are notable, click the
Notables page link to find out. [Posted 1/21/2018]
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Two new American notables who served in the military during the Korean War were added to our
American Notables topics. They are Vincent Eugene
Craddock (remember the song "Bebop A Lulu") and actor James Shigeta. [Posted 1/18/2018]
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Added to the American Notables who served in the Korean War is Dr. John Joseph Shea, Jr. of Memphis,
Tennessee. Visit the KWE's Notables page to see a
short bio about this legendary Memphis physician. [Posted 1/16/2018]
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The 26 graduates of the Virginia Military Institute who died from 1950-54 as the result of the Korean
War are newly-listed today on the Casualty pages
of the Korean War Educator. The circumstances of their death are also detailed.[Posted 1/15/2018]
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This evening the bios of the following B-29 casualties
were added to the KWE: 1Lt. Dewey Rosenwall Henry, Capt. Arthur Heise, TSgt. Keith E. Hammon, 1Lt. James
W. Fleming, Jr., 2 Lt. David T. Heer, and 1Lt. Robert Richard Foster. [Posted 1/12/2018)
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The bios of the following B-29 casualties were
added to the KWE this afternoon: 1Lt. Emmett O'Neal Evans, SSgt. James Harold Duncan, MSgt. Patrick
Michael Differ, A/2C Willard Martin Denn, SSgt. Clarence Martin Cherry. Capt. Osborne Tommee Carlisle,
and TSgt. William Joseph Botter. [Posted 1/12/2018]
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The Bronze Star citation for the late
Joseph Andrew Lachapelle was posted on the KWE a few minutes ago, courtesy of his son Bill. [Posted
1/12/2018]
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Joseph Puett Jr. of Arkansas sent an account of his memories of his father, who participated in
Black Tuesday. His account was posted on the KWE tonight.
Also posted was information about Edward Charles Wahlgren, missing in action during Black Tuesday. [Posted
1/10/2018]
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The bios of John Math Wagenhalls and Paul Stainbrook were added to the KWE's B-29
Black Tuesday page tonight. The search continues for
more bios of the crew members who participated in this amazing air battle. Contact with some family
members were made tonight. [Posted 1/09/2018]
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Added to the KWE tonight were the bios of B-29 MIA's and
KIA's Johnny Menlo Johnson, Con Foley Poynor, John Mainerd Nutting, Quentin Newswanger, and Wayne
Forrest Black. [Posted 1/08/2018]
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Bios for B-29 MIA's Gilbert Lamour Ashley and Louis Henry Bergmann were added to the
B-29 casualty page of the KWE. [Posted 1/07/2018]
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For the last several days the bios of several MIA's from the infamous Black Tuesday air battle over
North Korea have been added to the KWE. We are still searching for bios of several crew members
who were killed in action. In addition, we are seeking the names of the crew of Don Field's B-29
(44-86395). We only have two (and a half) names: Don Fields, Edward Moore, and a Kroboth.
The plane's mission that day was aborted. The MIA material was found on the Korean War Project
website at www.kwp.org in an Air Force manual. See the newest
additions here. [Posted 1/07/2018]
Notice:
Officials of a past administration of the Korean War Veterans Association, Inc. telephoned the KWE's
largest funding source to date to request that it not support the Korean War Educator. (Korean War
veterans everywhere should be outraged at the KWVA's maltreatment of the KWE.) Subsequent KWVA administrations
have done nothing about this injustice. As a result, that funding source is no longer available to
the KWE. Until the Korean War Educator receives another grant, your financial support is needed to
help keep the Korean War Educator going. Please join as a member, because your dues money is what keeps
this site going. You are always welcome to e-mail me at lynnita@thekwe.org
or call me (217-253-4620 at home or 217-253-5171 Thursday-Saturday at my store) Illinois time if you have
comments, concerns, questions, or suggestions. [Posted 2004]
--
As always, Korean War veterans and their families throughout the world are invited to participate in
the educating of the general public about the Korean War by sending information, memoirs, photos, and more
to the Korean War Educator. - Lynnita Jean Brown
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A Team Effort
The Korean War Educator is a team effort between Lynnita Brown of Tuscola, Illinois, as well as Korean
War veterans and their families worldwide. Lynnita is directly involved with the daily updates visitors
see on the KWE. All text appearing on the Korean War Educator is either generated by or routed through
Lynnita. Webmaster Jim Doppelhammer handles the technical aspects and makes improvements to the Korean
War Educator website. If you find a technical glitch anywhere on the site, be sure to contact Jim
at webmaster@koreanwar-educator.org. If you
find text errors on the site or want to add material to it, be sure to contact Lynnita at
lynnita@thekwe.org. We'll see what we can do to fix them.
If our KWE visitors see typographical and/or grammatical mistakes, Lynnita encourages those who discover
them to contact her. There is no such thing as an error "too small" to be corrected.
Lynnita can be reached by phone at 217-253-5171 (her store) from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday (and generally on Monday-Wednesday from May to December, too--but not always!). Her home
phone number in Illinois is 217-253-4620 (she rises early and stays up late). Feel free to reach Lynnita
is at her home number if you can't catch her at her store. If she is not home, your call will be picked
up by an answering machine or her husband, Dale. Please feel free to leave a message. She will
call you back--probably the same day or evening. Her e-mail address is
lynnita@thekwe.org.
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KWE Progress Report
Site Statistics:
- As of April 17, 2011, the KWE has had 192,390 since January 1, 2011.
- A review of the Year 2010 traffic statistics for the Korean War Educator shows that 681,927 visitors
stopped by to view the Korean War Educator from January 1 through December 31, 2010.
- The Korean War Educator had 810,676 visitors in the year 2008. As the site continues to grow,
so will the number of visitors. As an example of the KWE's fantastic growth rate, just think.
In the year 2004 the KWE had only 24,152 visitors! The majority of visitors to the KWE website
were from the United States, with visitors from the United Kingdom second and visitors from China third.
- As of January 7, 2008, the KWE had 141,459 page views per month and an average of 2,000 visitors
per day. The KWE website contains 5,645 files (748,966 KB). It has 3,364 photographs. There
are 21,404 hyperlinks.
- Due to a change of web hosts, we only have January and February and the December statistics from
2007, showing approximately 27,500 visitors per month in January/February and 30,000 visitors in December.
- From 1/1/06-12/31/06, the KWE had 183,640 unique visitors (again, many came back to view the site
over and over again, but they were only counted once) who viewed 1,132,528 of its pages.
- From 1/1/05-12/31/05, the KWE had 222,072 unique visitors (many came back to view the site over
and over again, but they were only counted once) who viewed 775,446 of its pages.
The Korean War Educator started to offer memberships at the end of September 2003. For the very first
time, the Korean War Educator was able to use the General Membership dues ($10.00 annually) to establish
a general operating fund that has enabled Lynnita to pay for her monthly internet connection, as well as
incidentals such as reams of copy paper, ink cartridges, postage, etc., without taking it from her own pocket.
Not only that, the Korean War Educator established an Endowment Fund to keep the Foundation going long after
those of us living today have passed on. With an initial deposit of $50.00 (one half of the cost of Life
Membership dues going into the Endowment) that special reserve fund has now jumped to $2,135.53, thanks
to the most recent donations to it from the KWE's new life members Tom Cearlock and Carl Galey of Illinois.
Our goal is to build up the principal in the account so that the annual interest will pay for each year's
web hosting fees. You can find the roster of Korean War Educator members on the KWE’s "Support" section
at the top of all main pages. We are hoping that many more of our visitors will come aboard to help this
great Korean War website become even greater. All funds go to support the Korean War Educator Foundation.
No salary money is expended. Most of the KWE's limited funds are expended for internet/website
expenses and printer ink.
It would be great if some of our regular visitors would support this important website by sponsoring
a year of hosting (or more). Contact Lynnita at lynnita@thekwe.org
about this possibility if you think you would like to sponsor a year's worth of KWE. The list of website
sponsors to date is listed on the
Support page of the KWE..
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In Remembrance of Julian
  It
is with great sorrow that I inform Korean War veterans and our other site visitors about the death of Julian
"Buck" Blagg, original webmaster of the Korean War Educator website and a fine Marine. He died of lung cancer
at 6:00 a.m., Sunday, June 1, 2003, at the age of 66. Julian was my dear friend, and I miss him. He helped
me give the world the Korean War Educator.
- Lynnita Brown, Founder, KWE
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