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Arizona ✯ Roger Nitchman ✯ Henry H. Sampson, Jr. Arkansas ✯ Lt. Col. Louis J. Devito Delaware ✯ Charles D. Bell ✯ William T. Cox ✯ Pasquale “Pat” Giordano Florida ✯ Michael J. Fasano ✯ Richard S. Vitkus Georgia ✯ Hugh Thomas Freeman, Sr. ✯ Lawrence David Gaekle ✯ Neal J. O’riley Membership Number First two letters reflect membership type Taps All of us in the Korean War Veterans Association extend our sincere sympathy to the family and friends of those listed below. May they rest in peace. Illinois ✯ Harry K. Bloch Indiana ✯ Jerome Heimann Maryland ✯ Columbus W. Roberts Massachusetts ✯ Gerald A. Cayer ✯ James J. McGreevy Minnesota ✯ James F. Lorenz ✯ Vernon C. Oellrich New Jersey ✯ Robert Dunlap ✯ John Guayna ✯ Bart Long Check Your Mailing Label Membership Dues Expiration Date. The example shows a dues date of January 1st, 2001 *************************************************5 Digit RO12345 01/01/01 *4 JOHN J. JOHN 320 12345 MAIN ST SMILEY NY 01234-5678 DELIVERY POINT BARCODE Check your name and address ( Apt./Bldg/Lot No.). Notify the Membership Chairman if you find an error. If your zip code does not contain 9 digits (zip+4), your address is not correct according to the USPS. Contact your local Post Office for proper format. 50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemorative License Plate New Mexico ✯ Robert Crotzer New York ✯ Phillip Demott ✯ Edward K. Esposito Ohio ✯ George D. Bulmer Rhode Island ✯ Robert Dunn Utah ✯ Phil Ficarra State Unknown (no envelope) ✯ Menifee Carter ✯ John G. Lockard Important: If barcode does not extend across full label, your zip code does not have 9 digits and your address is not correct according to the USPS. Contact your local Post Office for proper format. Korean War Veterans Association, Inc. Kathleen Cronan Wyosnick Past Member, National Board of Directors 7/89 – 7/92 7/92 – 7/95 Coordinator, Revisit Trips/Korea 1990–1998 PO. Box 3716 Saratoga, CA 95070-1716 (408) 253-3068 Fax (408) 973-8449 ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ To all “My” K-Vet Heroes: A big hug of love, and my deepest appreciation for all the letters you have written to me since I “retired” as coordinator of the Revisit Trips/Korea!! Also, many thanks for the lovely Christmas Cards you have kindly mailed me each year. I very much regret I was not able to respond to your many letters or reciprocate with Christmas cards due to the severe pain in my lower spine which is aggravated by sitting. I am, of course, well aware my “problems” are minor compared to those of you who sustained horrendous wounds in combat or while tortured in POW camps!! However, please know that my “silence” in no manner means that I have “forgotten” you !!! You will always remain in my thoughts ....and, in my heart with love. I treasure so many fond memories of the times when we met, your loyal support when I served as your National Director/KWVA for 6 years. I will remember the thousands of you who shared your experiences in Korea with me which I consider a sacred trust. You are the brothers I never had and my respect for you knows no bounds. I salute you, and will never, ever “forget” you! Kathleen Cronan Wyosnick (“Lt. Honey” USAP/Nurse Corps) ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ License Plate is in beautiful metallic blue on a white background $11.95 includes S & H, allow 3 weeks for Delivery. Send To: K. V. Quartermaster, 1611 North Michigan Ave., Danville, IL 61834-6239. Action Book A Platoon Sergeant’s Diary During the Korean War (Sept. 1950- Sept. 1951), by B.R. Spiroff, 1stSgt-E8, USA (Ret). A realistic and detailed account of an infantry platoon’s front line action. Send $10.95 plus $1.50 (s&h) to: B.R. Spiroff 524 Old Annapolis Rd. Severna Park, MD 21146 (410) 647 -4503 Page 46 The Graybeards
BOOKS from page 6 1stLt (later BG) George Brooks of 231st TT Bn. in Korea In the Maryland Army National Guard, the reorganization of the 29th Infantry Division following its deactivation on 17 January 1946 proved a difficult task. Most pre-war Maryland Guardsmen had returned fully to civilian life, transferred to the active army, suffered disabling wounds, or died during the war. Nevertheless, the 29th was reactivated in July 1946 with Major General William Sands of Virginia as its commander. From 1946 to 1948 dozens of Maryland National Guard units were reorganized and promptly regained federal recognition. Maryland’s contribution to the new 29th Division remained generally the same as during the war years: two infantry regiments (175th and 115th); two artillery battalions (1l0th and 224th); and a medical battalion (104th). Additionally, the Maryland Army National Guard contributed several new support units to the 29th, including the 121 st Engineer Battalion, with headquarters in Ellicott City. (The divisional engineer unit during World War Two had been a District of Columbia National Guard unit.) Most Maryland Army National Guard units retained their local affiliations from the pre-war period. Company A of the 115th Infantry, for instance, continued its traditional association with the city of Frederick. However, several post-war Maryland units underwent changes in their mission and designation. For example, Annapolis’s Company M, 115th Infantry, an historic unit traditionally known as the “Governor’s Guard,” was reorganized as the 29th Quartermaster Company. Meanwhile a new Company M was raised in Pocomoke City on the Eastern Shore. Less than five years after the end of World War Two, the United States was again at war. Unfortunately, President Truman’s decision to provide American military support to South Korea following the North’s invasion on 25 June 1950 caught the U.S. Army unprepared. When the under strength American occupation forces in Japan proved insufficient to hold the North Korean offensive in check, reinforcements from the continental United States were hastily committed to the battle. Still, by August 1950 the military situation in Korea had deteriorated to such a degree that Truman ordered federalization of selected National Guard units - the first partial Guard mobilization in American history. Within the next three years, about onethird of the Army National Guard was called up. The only Maryland National Guard unit to be called to active duty during the Korean War was Baltimore’s 231st Transportation Truck Battalion, which had formerly been known as the 1st Separate Company (Monumental City Guards). This unit, along with Guard truck outfits from several other states, helped to rectify a severe shortage of experienced truck drivers and reliable vehicles in the U.S. Eighth Army in Korea. Of the 231st’s four companies, only two (Headquarters and Headquarters Company and the 726th Transportation Truck Company) deployed to Korea. Another company was ordered to Europe, and the last remained in the United States. HHC and the 726th landed in Pusan, Korea on 4 January 1951 and immediately began hauling supplies in support of the 3rd and 25th Infantry Divisions, Eighth United States Army. At that time the military situation was highly fluid, and the drivers were frequently required to bring their trucks right up to the front lines to keep the infantry in full supply. The Marylanders remained on active duty in Korea until February 1955—one and one half years after the end of the Korean War. As the direct descendant of the 231st Transport Truck Battalion and its component companies, the 229th Supply and Transport Battalion of today’s Maryland National Guard is permitted to carry eight Korean War Campaign streamers and two Meritorious Unit Commendations streamers on its battalion colors. Despite the fact that the Air National Guard was mobilized to a far greater degree than the Army Guard during the Korean War, Maryland’s 104th Fighter Squadron was not called to active duty. Nevertheless, the 104th maintained a high level of readiness. In the summer of 1951 the 104th replaced its F-47’s with F-51H Mustangs. Later the jet age came to the Maryland National Guard when the 104th received F-86E Sabre Jets in June 1955. Because the runways at Dundalk’s Harbor Field were not long enough to handle the new aircraft, the 104th’s F-86’s operated from Andrews Air Force Base until July 1957, when the squadron’s new home at Martin Airport was opened in Middle River. This facility, now known as the Glenn L. Martin State Airport, is still the home of the Maryland National Guard. A new Maryland Air National Guard unit, the 135th Air Resupply Group, was activated in September 1955. The 135th moved from Harbor Field to Martin Airport in April 1960. Shortly thereafter, the unit was rechristened the 135th Troop Carrier Group (known later as the 135th Air Commando Group and still later as the 135th Special Operations Group). The 135th Tactical Airlift Group of today’s Maryland National guard traces its origins to this unit. The Korean War clearly demonstrated that effective ground forces were still a necessary part of a well-balanced military machine, even in the atomic age. Even so, the Guard’s primary mission as the nation’s major military reserve came under scrutiny in the mid-1950’s from Congress and the Defense Department. One Defense Department official even went so far as to declare that the National Guard should abandon its traditional role and adopt civil defense duties instead. (This book was selected to show that our National Guard and Reserve Units also served bravely in the Korean War. Check your local units and Library of Congress for books for your state. Ed.) January/February, 2001 Page 47
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