The Graybeards - Korean War Veterans Association

KWVA 5oth Commemorative Events
Picture below shows a portion of the honored group
including right to left Ainslee R. Ferdie, Legrand
Turcotte (Miami) , Ray White (DelRay Beach) and his
wife Bobbi White.
The other Korean Veterans in attendance were; Walter
Glass, Warne Clarke, Morris Fasberg, Lonnie L.
Williams, Elisha E. Smith, Jr., Bob McKibben, Jose G.
Ortiz, Jose T. Ledford, Caesar A. Vasquez, Idas
Steward, Nathaniel Wilcox, Dewey L. Wilkerson,
Richard Neugesser, Ray White, John Uhrich, Jr., Carl
Laks, Gerald McGinley, Robert Tibbs, Warren Zundell,
Frank Porvaznik, Donald Wallen, A.J. Camoesas, Roy
Levi, Harry Reifenberg, Luis Cruz, Al Spadafora, A1
Losito, Ted Cedro, John Bowers, Elijah Smith, Dutch
Rathjens, Kenneth Cutler,Reginald Colley, Edward
Gillette, Jacob Maldonado, John Mullin, Lester
Rosenberg, and Tom Kapple.
On July 31, 2000 General Charles Wilhelm Commander of
South Com., honored 43 Korean War Veterans at a ceremonial
review. The general greeted each Veteran personally presenting
a DOD commemorative Coin, and his personal South Com.
Commemorative Coin. Picture shows General Wilhelm greeting
Ainslee R. Ferdie, President Miami-Dade Chapter #110 and
National Korean War Remembrance Chairman of the Jewish
War Veterans
50th Anniversary
of the beginning
of the Korean War
in Seoul, Korea on
June 25, 2000.
Shown on left
Harley Coon,
KWVA President
and Barney
O’Brien.
August 3, 2000 Republican National Convention Philadelphia, PA. On left Mike
Dewine, United States Senator and Harley J. Coon, National President. Maryland
Chapter KWVA Color Guard posted the colors. (See Chapter Affairs this issue.)
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