Lynnita Brown Removal from KWVA

Page Contents
Synopsis
Notice of Removal
Request for Ruling
Pratt Ruling
O'Brien Response to Pratt Ruling
Chapter Responses to Brown Removal
Lynnita Brown Response
Jim Ferris Letter
Pratt Legal Opinion
Jerry Lake Letter
Pratt's "Abraham Lincoln" Letter
Feaster Response to Pratt
Questions to Pratt from Brown
Pratt Response to Brown Questions
After-the-fact Council Vote
O'Brien Letter to Grogan
2nd Notice of Removal
Brown Comments on 2nd Removal
Cape Cod & Islands Chapter Action
Newsletter Editorial - Marty O'Brien
"Missing Ballots" Correspondences

Synopsis

On November 28, 2003, illegal KWVA President Harley Coon used what Judge Advocate Sherman Pratt called, "certain discretionary and implied authority" to remove Lynnita Brown as an Associate Member of the KWVA, effective January 1, 2004. Mrs. Brown became the first person ever to be removed from the rolls of the Korean War Veterans Association without a hearing, and by an "Executive Order" from Harley Coon. No charges were publicly brought against Brown until three months after Coon's order, and two months after Coon's order to kick her out of the KWVA became "official" on January 1, 2004.  

On February 26, 2004, Coon continued his efforts to get rid of Brown, who is an outspokenly strong opponent of the Coon administration.  On that date, Coon violated KWVA bylaws when he preferred charges against Brown without notice and due process at an Executive Council meeting in Arlington, VA (see "After-the-Fact Council Vote").  All Coon supporters on the Executive Council then also violated KWVA bylaws when they took a vote to remove Brown from KWVA membership.  Eight Coon backers voted in support of the illegal action.  Two non-backers did not.  At the same meeting, Council member Warren Wiedhahn also voiced his anger about other Coon opponents on Don Finch's Ad Hoc, calling them "bastards who should be sued."  One by one, Harley Coon and his council supporters are attempting to eliminate their opponents by illegal removals, name-calling, and threats of lawsuits.   

Brown joined the KWVA as an Associate Member in 1997. Her membership in the national is paid through 2005. She is also an Associate Member in good standing of the CPL Clair Goodblood Chapter in Augusta, Maine.  By single-handedly removing Brown as an Associate Member of the KWVA in his November 28 "executive order", Harley J. Coon became the sole voice of the Korean War Veterans Association, in effect eliminating the authority of the by-laws of the KWVA, as well as the authority of the Executive Council that previously governed the KWVA.   Coon's removal of Brown was sanctioned by a legal opinion from retired attorney and Judge Advocate Pratt (see Pratt Ruling, Legal Opinion, and correspondences on this page), who is a Coon appointee to his position within the KWVA.

Why Harley Coon Does Not Like Lynnita Brown
Harley Coon and Lynnita Brown have been at loggerheads since Brown began to voice her opinions about perceived improprieties within the KWVA on Don Finch's "KWVA Ad Hoc Yahoo Group" message board as early as July of 2003. 
Escalating problems began to develop between Brown and Coon in September of 2003, when the Korean War Educator opened the KWVA News page on the KWE website.  KWVA News addressed issues heretofore kept from the members' eyes. The Graybeards magazine, censored by Coon and his close associate Vincent Krepps, failed to warn the general members of the KWVA of the wrongdoings of the Coon administration.  Brown created the KWVA News page on the KWE to fill the information gap-not only about the Coon administration wrongdoings, but also about a wealth of other positive and negative events in the history of the KWVA.  KWVA News was additionally created to provide up-to-date information about the KWVA reunions, council meetings, elections, and chapter news and contacts.

Before the contents of the page were even posted, Krepps (editor of The Graybeards newsletter) and Harley Coon began to communicate by telephone on ways to retaliate against Mrs. Brown. After the KWE announced plans to release information about a fraudulent photograph that appeared in The Graybeards newsletter (May-June 2002), Krepps pulled the Korean War Educator’s two-year, pre-paid, half-page advertisement from the KWVA’s bi-monthly newsletter. Harley Coon backed Krepps’ decision, stating in an e-mail message to Brown on September 23rd that, "It is not the ad that is bad. It is the ad that leads to your web site which is harmful to the K.W.V.A. I am recommending to the Executive Council that you be removed as an Associate member. You will be given a hearing."  This did not happen.  Instead, Coon expelled Brown from the KWVA--with support from the KWVA Judge Advocate, without stating charges, and without a hearing--by an "Executive Order."  Nowhere in the organization's bylaws are there provisions for "implied powers," or "executive privilege"--neither for ousting Associate Members or Regular Members by "executive order" nor for anything else.   

The fraudulent photograph that appeared in The Graybeards magazine was a phony picture of the KWVA national headquarters in Beavercreek. (The building was the private property of Harley Coon.)  The picture was cosmetically-altered for publishing in The Graybeards for the purpose of deceiving the members of the KWVA. It is now posted in the "KWVA Headquarters" section of KWVA News, along with a true picture of the exterior of the "national headquarters." Coon/Krepps announced in a pre-election issue of The Graybeards that the very small area in the HarCo building that Coon had set aside for the national headquarters of the KWVA as "donated space".  After the voting was over, however, council minutes appearing in a subsequent issue of The Graybeards informed KWVA members that the "donated space" actually had a $52,000 charge against it in the budget.  Lynnita Brown and her family were physically present at the HarCo building in July of 2002, and thus Brown knows without a doubt that the HarCo building pictured in the KWVA newsletter was phony.  She posted this fact on the Korean War Educator, much to the anger of Coon and Krepps, both of whom must be held accountable for the misleading contents of that and all issues of The Graybeards. 

Further aggravating Coon, the KWE’s KWVA News page revealed factual information about Harley Coon’s insistence on claiming honors he does not deserve, and on his false claims to have been at Nogun-ri and the Chosin Reservoir while serving in Korea. This material is located in the biographical sketch, "About Harley Coon" on KWVA News.  Information about Coon’s illegal presidency, the illegal removal of members who oppose him, and a wealth of other documentation about the illegal and unethical activities that have taken place during Coon’s illegal presidency (see About Harley Coon - Recap of Harley Coon Administration) appear on the KWVA News page of the Korean War Educator. As a result of the Korean War Educator publishing this information (obtained through documents found in the public domain), Coon made threats against the Korean War Educator’s webmaster, Ron Janowski, and threatened Mrs. Brown with expulsion.  He carried out his threat against Brown in November of 2003 and February of 2004. In the President's Message found in the November/December 2003 issue of The Graybeards magazine, Coon also urged members of the KWVA "not to contribute one cent" to the Korean War Educator website, and he made false claims about Brown. 

Lynnita Brown considers her actions to be an exercising of her right of Freedom of Speech and an effort to inform KWVA about wrongdoings within the Coon administration.  She also believes that the members of the KWVA have the right to know what's really going on within their organization at the national level.  Coon, on the other hand, considers Brown's actions to be "attacks on the KWVA" that should result in Brown's removal from the organization. Through illegal means, he is currently attempting to do just that.

On November 28, 2003, Coon sent the following letter to Brown by registered mail:

Request for Ruling

After Mrs. Brown posted the Notice of Removal on the KWVA Ad Hoc discussion board, Marty O’Brien of Augusta, Maine, past president of the CPL Clair Goodblood Chapter, KWVA, Augusta, Maine, sent the following message to Sherman Pratt, Judge Advocate of the KWVA, on December 5, 2003:

"To: Sherm Pratt, Judge Advocate.
From: Marty O'Brien, Adjutant, CPL Clair Goodblood [MOH] Chapter, KWVA,
Augusta, Maine.

Lynnita Brown is a paid associate member of the National KWVA and the CPL
Clair Goodblood [MOH] Chapter, KWVA.

This is a request for a ruling on Harley Coon's action to summarily dismiss
Lynnita from the KWVA based on an "Executive Order" from Mr. Coon.

First of all, any order from Mr. Coon must be considered illegal inasmuch as
he was elected illegally to the presidency at the time of the last election.

Secondly, even if Mr. Coon were the organization's legally elected president,
there are no provisions for dismissal of members by executive order of the
president in the KWVA bylaws.

Please let me know what you think. Marty O'Brien"

Pratt Ruling

Sherman Pratt’s response to O’Brien’s letter was as follows:

Marty -

"Just in from Florida where daughter had new baby - and am up to buns in both snail and e mails - but will take quick stab at your inquiry about legality of expulsion action by President Coon. - without much confidence that my response will be what you are seeking or will meet with your approval having noted your numerous e-mail messages of late.

I agree with you and some other that here is no express Provision in the bylaws for the president alone to expel a regular member - whether he has authority to expel an associate member, I think, is less clear. The president of our association, like most other executive leaders has certain discretionary and implied authority to act in the interests of an organization - especially when the executive council is not in session. - in other words, he has implied powers, over and above merely specified powers. Thus I would stop short of saying that his action you are unhappy with is illegal. In any event there is a remedy for anyone displeased - they can complain to the executive council and ask that the action be over ruled and reversed. I don't know of any other forum that is available to them.

I recognize that you and some others are less than satisfied with the present situation where you contend, perhaps rightly, that Harley Coon is not the properly and legally elected president.... I have expressed myself on this before and do not desire here and now to pointlessly plow that ground further I have pointed out to you and others in the past, that I don't know of anything you can do about it until the next election. I don't see that our own Executive Council is disposed to throw him out - leaving only an external civil suit as a possible recourse That would be complex, expensive and time consuming - Before a civil suit could ever be heard I think Harley's term will have ended and the question of the legality of his term will have become moot.

So for those discontents with his performance or service I think they must simply bite the bullet and bear with the situation for now. After all, KWVA is not faring too badly. It is financially solvent to the extreme, has a regularly published newsletter, and an all time high membership. I don't know where the persistent bickering is getting us, other than discontents letting off stream - which perhaps has a certain benefit for them. Sorry cannot be more pleasing to you - or others. The above should not be construed as my endorsement of our president's action in substance. You only asked for my legal opinion. Whether he was correct in his action is for others to decide. Yours in comradeship - Sherm Pratt JA (term soon to expire)"

O’Brien Response to Pratt Ruling

"Sherm, with all due respect, this opinion doesn't make any sense whatsoever. It would allow the president of KWVA to do just about anything he wanted if the president decided that it would in the interest of the organization. Presidents of corporations are governed by federal and state law, and by internal by-laws of the organization, and as such are limited by their actions. I suggest you think this one over seriously and go back to the drawing board.

One more thing, you said that you were sorry that your opinion was not more
pleasing to me and others. For your information, I resent the implication of
that sentence. I couldn't care one whit whether you think it would be more
pleasing to me or not. My concern is for the good of the whole of KWVA governed by the rule of law." - Marty

Chapter Responses to Brown Removal

Harley Coon’s "Executive Order" summarily dismissing Lynnita Brown from the KWVA member roster also stimulated the drafting of Resolutions in various KWVA chapters. One of the first ones adopted came from the CENLA 180 CHAPTER, KOREAN WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION, Leesville, Louisiana, on December 27, 2003. It was followed by Resolutions from the Cpl. Clair Goodblood [MOH] Chapter in Augusta, Maine, a Resolution from the Crossroads Chapter (Louisiana) of the KWVA, and a Resolution on behalf of the twenty-plus KWVA chapters in the State of Florida.  All of the Passed Resolutions can be found in their entirety on the Resolutions section of KWVA News on the KWE. 

The text of the CENLA Chapter Resolution reads:

Lynnita Brown Response

Mrs. Brown’s response to Harley Coon’s illegal mandate was posted on the KWVA Ad Hoc Message Board on December 7, 2003. She stated:

"Looks like Harley Coon will just never quit in his efforts to eliminate his opponents, Skip. As everyone (except the very dense) can see by his latest arrogancy, the KWVA national dictator is totally out of control. It should be interesting to see how the KWVA executive council members handle (or don't handle) the Godfather's latest crazed behavior. Two council members (Gregory and Camp) have already gone along with Coon's insanity by co-signing a check that includes "dues refund" money. They should have known better than to try to legitimize Coon's lunacy.

Coon has no regard for the organization's by-laws, having ignored them over and over again. By his "executive order" to oust yet another member he doesn't like, Coon has shown that, in reality, the KWVA has no governing rules. All it really has is (1) a dictator who issues commands to and against those he considers to be his underlings, and (2) some henchmen to carry out his "executive order" mandates. The KWVA might as well hang up its efforts to get a national charter. History has shown that not one single dictatorship-governed veteran's organization ever got a national charter here in the USA. (Move your KWVA national headquarters over to Pyongyang, and you might have a crack at getting one.)

What needs to be done to resolve this latest nuttiness on the part of the illegitimate president of the KWVA is to call a special meeting to remove Coon once and for all from his position of out-of-control, illegitimate power, as well as from the KWVA membership roster. He is a detriment to the organization as a whole, and he is harmful to the members individually. The executive council simply cannot wait until the election for a changing of the guard. Having a kook in control for several more months could not only cause severe damage to the already damaged reputation of the Korean War Veterans Association, it could also destroy the KWVA's already slim chances for a national charter. Coon needs to go. His brain is fried. He is a has been.

Furthermore, the attacks against the Korean War Educator need to stop. The KWE should be allowed to continue advertising in The Graybeards. As most of the Ad Hoc members know, the Korean War Educator is currently being blocked from advertising in the KWVA magazine as punishment for operating a website that tells the truth. This is as wrong as wrong can be. Quite honestly, the members of the Korean War Veterans Association should be grateful that there is someone out there who (finally) is not out to scam them out of their money, and who is always willing and able to give Korean War veterans a fair shake in the annals of history. Such persons are few and far between, so those few of us who do exist should be appreciated, not shafted, by the KWVA.

In addition to resuming the KWE's contract to advertise in The Graybeards, the executive council needs to send an official letter to me, assuring me that Coon had no authority to issue such a disgraceful "executive order", and that I remain a member in good standing of the KWVA as per the dues I paid two years in advance. If the KWVA executive council members are too gutless to do what is right when it comes to the Korean War Educator Foundation and to Lynnita Brown, then the council members should at least have the decency to give the Korean War Educator Foundation its full refund in the amount of $525.00 for the advertising contract breached by Vincent Krepps and Harley Coon, and thus keep the KWVA out of small claims court. (There is no need to send my dues money back. Coon can't oust me - period. I know it. You know it. The executive council members know it.)

Harley Coon chose to bypass the KWVA by-laws and by "executive decree" force my removal as an associate member of the KWVA. By doing so, I have been added to the ranks of those honorable individuals who were kicked out of the KWVA because they "knew too much" about its wrongdoings--particularly those of Harley J. Coon, and they took a stand against it. I personally consider Harley Coon to be one of the biggest phonies who ever hit the big time. As such, to add my name to the growing roster of ousted KWVA members who had the integrity to oppose him is to add my name to a roll of honor. The illegal mandates of an illegal president will never rid the KWVA of Lynnita Brown. I'm staying on as an Associate Member as a show of support for the organization and its members, even if that support comes in the form of opposition to an administration that has gone amuck. Truth is on my side -- not on the side of Coon and his flunkies, and I'm going to tell it, come what may."

Jim Ferris Letter

On December 10, 2003, newly-elected director, James "Jim" Ferris of New York became the first national KWVA director to publicly express his concern over the high-handed manner in which President Harley Coon expelled Lynnita Brown from the KWVA.  The text of his correspondence on the subject appears below: 

From the office of James E. Ferris, National Director
4311 Lazybrook Circle, Liverpool, New York 13088
315-457-1681
reddogferris@worldnet.att.net
December 10, 2003

To: All officers and national directors of the KWVA

The copies I received of the recent letters to Mr. Kronenburger and Lynnita Brown concerning the removal of Mrs. Brown as an associate member and the expulsion of Mr. Kronenberger disturb me very much.

I believe you and I were elected to serve the good of the organization. Expelling and removing fellow members for reasons that obviously are not serious enough to merit this type of action, I feel is not for the good of the organization.

Mr. Kronenburger and Mrs. Brown have indeed been critics of the present administration, I for one, have in some case agreed with some of their statements and in some cases have not. I have however not read or seen anything that they have said or done that is cause for their dismissal. I can, as an American citizen criticize the President of the United States in any way shape or form as long as I do not harm him or any one else. I must of course stay within the laws of the land in my criticisms. I do not see where these people have harmed or broke any laws of our organization. Criticism in any form is not a crime.

I fear that our President has asked us to do something he cannot do. He wants us to remove these people as he only has a tie-breaking vote in such matters, he can then as he has done in the past for example say, " I didn’t remove Mr. Pappas from the roles, the board did. " or " I didn’t do this or that the membership did". Or " I have no vote in these matters". He has said these things to me many times.

I don’t see this as our function; if however a person has indeed done harm to the organization or a member of the organization then I would be the first to vote to expel him or her. We must keep in mind that Mr. Kronenberger and Mrs. Brown only reach approximately less that one percent of our membership. I can’t believe that they are a threat to the organization as a whole.

I am asking you to contact Harley and ask him to withdraw these letters to Mr. Kronenberger and Mrs. Brown. We do not need anymore of this type of thing in our organization. What we need is communication and dialogue with our members and perhaps the need for letters such as these would not exist.

I am sending a copy of this letter to Harley and I ask him to do the right thing and withdraw these letters immediately.

When I was running for election to the board, Harley sent out letters and emails asking people not to vote for me because I was a trouble maker.

When I attended my first conference as a Director I don’t believe I acted as a trouble maker. I believe I acted as I said I would in my resume, using logic, common sense and intelligence.

I did as you recall spend a great deal of time criticizing the third term by law changes that were made. I felt then and I still feel that a third term at that time was not legal and the bylaws were not changed appropriately. I don’t feel that this was making trouble merely common sense.

I did as you recall spend a great deal of time criticizing the expulsion of many members of our organization and asked that they be reinstated unconditionally. I don’t feel that this was making trouble, merely questioning the legality of this action.

I did as you recall spend a great deal of time criticizing the use of a picture in the Graybeards showing a National Headquarters that appeared to have a large sign attached to the building. Which of course it does not. I don’t feel this was trouble making merely simple logic the sign does not exist.

There were other things that I objected to and some you agreed with me on but in no way shape or form I don’t believe you can label me as a troublemaker.

I am not trying to make trouble now either. I am merely trying to again use common sense, logic and intelligence and try to impress upon you and Harley that these letters to Mr. Kronenberger and Mrs. Brown are out of order and should be withdrawn immediately.

If they are not, and a hearing is scheduled for our July meeting, I am asking you as fellow elected officials to examine the facts closely and vote for what you feel is just and above all what is good for this organization.

Thank you and I remain for the good of the organization:


Jim Ferris

Pratt Legal Opinion

On December 11, 2003, Sherman Pratt delivered a second legal opinion on the "Executive Order" to remove Lynnita Brown as an Associate Member, as well as on the pending action to dismiss another outspoken KWVA member, John Kronenberger.  The text of his opinion follows:

----- Original Message -----
From: sherman w pratt
To: [E-mail addresses removed to prevent spam harvesting]
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: Kronenberger-Brown - Legal opinion

The other day I answered an inquiry from a member asking about the legality of letters sent by our KWVA president to member John Kronenberger and Associate Member Lynnita Brown. The letter to Kronenberger notified him that a hearing would be held to see if there was just cause to expel him from KWVA. The letter to Brown informed her that under his executive authority she was being removed from the rolls of KWVA. The President has told me that letters had been sent repeatedly to both concerning protracted critical and distasteful statements made by them that he considered disruptive and dangerously divisive to the KWVA and in some instances containing falsehoods, and that they should cease and desist in the practice.

I had written in my answer, in essence that I did not find the President's action illegal and that he may have implied authority to so act, even if there is no express language in the bylaws authorizing him to take such action. My answer seems to have generated a flood of opposition, some of it respectfully learned, and civil, some quite the contrary. Some members have attacked me personally which I consider out of line. One is seldom justified in badmouthing the messenger just because of disapproval of the message. In law, logic and debate, such attacks are widely considered ad hominem attacks- i.e."at the person" as defined in my Blacks' law dictionary. In legal practice there is a maxim that if an advocate does not like the law, then he argues the facts. If he does not like the facts, he argues the law. If he likes neither then he attacks that scoundrel lower than dirt, his opponent lawyer. I am not personally offended by any aspersions on my ability as JA, but I do not think they help in arriving at a just, sensible, and reasonable disposition of this matter. In view of these sometimes harsh an emotionally strong reactions, however, I consider it may be helpful, or even necessary to elaborate on my answer in the interests of restoring a degree of tranquility among us Korean War Veterans.

I don't see a need for dwelling further on the letter to Kronenberger. It simply notified him as provided for in the bylaws that a hearing will be held at a time and place specified to determine if he shall be expelled from KWVA for "just cause" (bylaws wording). He was told he could have representation on his behalf. I see no legal deficiency or impediment in that letter The bylaws clearly provide for such action at the discretion of the President Whether there is in fact just cause is yet to be determined and I take no position on that. The burden will clearly be on the President or others to show if there is just cause and the obligation will rest with the Executive Council to decide from the evidence and facts presented whether the circumstances and evidence constitute just cause and that expulsion is warranted and will serve the best interests of the KWVA,

The letter to Associate member Brown is more troublesome. I wrote before, in essence that without considering the merits of the presidents action that I could not find his action concerning the letter to her to be illegal.... neither did I hold that it was legal. I did point out, to the intense disagreement of some, that while there might not be an express provision in the bylaws for him to expel an associate member, that he might be able to do so under implied authority acting as the chief executive of the association.. I based my implied authority view on a generally accepted principle in government and in private corporate operations. For example, at the highest level of our national functions, only The Congress may Constitutionally declare war - yet, without such a declaration, our presidents have committed our armed forces to combat repeatedly in recent years in the Middle East in Panama, Grenade, Lebanon and elsewhere. All on the basis of implied or constructive authority.

I also pointed out that under our bylaws an associate member may not be entitled to as high a degree of due process as regular members. Associates are members not by right, but at the pleasure of the Association, for persons "that will support the aims of the Association" (Article II, C, of the bylaws) To me our bylaws are simply not that crystal clear on the rights of an Associate member to a hearing.. Nevertheless, upon further consideration, I see no fair or practicable reason for so rigidly applying our bylaw provisions concerning expulsion. The President apparently had concluded that constant criticisms and repeated harsh attacks on the leadership did not constitute "supporting the aims of the Association" as envisioned by the bylaws. My legal views are heavily influenced by what I think a civil court would do if the matter were ever to reach that level, and at this point I frankly don't know what a civil court would do under these circumstances. I am unaware whether a court has ever been called on to rule in such a case. Nevertheless. in full fairness and objectivity, it seems to me the better course of action would be to resolve any uncertainties in favor of the affected member, and handle the matter as the President has done for Kronenberger, i.e. notification that the matter will be referred to the Executive Council for final consideration and disposition..

Accordingly, upon further consideration and review as some have requested me to do, I hold to my view that there is nothing illegal in the letter sent by the President to Associate member Brown. This is not to say that I view the letter as proper, or necessary, or in the best interests of the KWVA. But I consider those determinations not to turn not on legal but rather on judgmental or policy considerations and thus more the responsibility of the Executive Council if it is called on by the Associate member involved or others to review or consider the matter.

I regret that these views may not meet with the approval of some of our members, but I do not view my functions as a popularity contest, but rather, to the best of my ability, to render opinions based on sound legal principles likeable to some or not.

Sherm Pratt, Judge Advocate. KWVA

Jerry Lake Letter

On December 20, 2003, executive council member Jerry Lake sent a letter to Harley Coon calling for his resignation as President of the KWVA for overstepping the bounds of his authority on more than one occasion.  Included in his complaint are references to the attempt by Harley Coon to illegally remove Mrs. Brown as an Associate Member of the KWVA. The text of his letter follows.

"To: Harley Coon, 1534 Marsetta Dr., Beavercreek, Ohio 45432
Subj: Your letter with reference to Lynnita Brown and John Kronenberger
Ref: You do not have the authority to remove ANY MEMBER from the Organization

Again, you show your lack of interest in the GOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION. ONLY the Board has the suthority to remove ANY MEMBER of the Organization. A review of the action of both Lynnita Brown and John Kronenberger I find no justification for considering any action to remove them.

FACT: You ONLY HAVE A TIE-BREAKING VOTE on the Board.
FACT:  You do NOT have Executive Privilege with respect to removal of a member.
FACT: Your actions over the past several years has in fact not only divided the Organization but set us back years in the eyes of the membership.
FACT: Your removal of two Directors at the Tuscola Il. meeting was without authority as well as your swearing in of two replacements to the board. I therefore call on you to withdraw your letters to both Ms. Brown and John Kronenberger for the GOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION. I also call for your resignation from the Organization for conduct unbecoming a member to the Korean War Veterans Association.
FACT:Your message in the Graybeards regarding these two outstanding members was cause for them to bring charges against you for exactly the claim you have made against them.

Harley Coon, you are a DISGRACE TO THE ORGANIZATION. I look forward to finishing out my term as a Director in six months.

Jerry J. Lake
Director 2001-2004

cc: National Directors and other interested members"

Pratt's Abraham Lincoln Letter

[This letter was written by KWVA Judge Advocate Sherman Pratt and sent to Jake Feaster, President of the Florida Department of KWVA, on January 29, 2004. Typographical and grammatical errors are that of the writer, not the Korean War Educator.]