The Graybeards - Korean War Veterans Association

uilt for a war that I fought in during the 50’s.
Ted Varner.
(Thanks Ted for the memories. It is a small world. Please remember
to send in your dues. New members and donations are needed
for the construction phase. See Ad in this issue.)
Mash Unit (8076th) removing wounded from helicopter at Kimpo.
next mission. To the right of the helicopter you can see the
canopies used to protect the wounded while in flight. As you can
see these helicopters are not much more then a frame a protection
for the pilot and co-pilot.
(Thank you Edward for the special photo and letter of those
Medical and Airforce heroes that allowed many of us to come
home. Please do send more photos and stories.)
Lets start a new Chapter
I call upon all Korean War veterans here in Western Louisiana.
There is a chapter now near New Orleans. If you like to start a
chapter in this area then let me know by mail. My address is as
follows: Tag M. Jensen, 1102 Dennis Ave, Leesville LA, 71446,
or you may call me at 318-238-2598. If I am not home leave a
message. You also can e-mail me at korea@worldnetla.net.
(Thanks Tag for the letter, good luck and keep us informed.)
Thanks for the Memories
When going back to Tuscola and walking on the ground where
the Korean War National Museum and Library will be built, I
started to recall past memories of the 30’s when my father was
stationed at the University of Illinois with a Cavalry Unit when
they still had mules and
horses. In the summer
when school was out
we would go riding
through the corn and
wheat fields. My father
taught at a CCC Camp
where the recruits were
housed in three barracks
on the east side of
Tuscola. Today on these
same grounds is a new
school and playground.
Little did I think when
riding with my father
that on this area there
would be a museum
Tuscola Illinois The photo tells it all.
Above: Lt. Wern in Korea
standing in front of M-16.
Right: Wren, on the left,
with True at the 1999
Reunion.
Reunions brings veterans together after 46 years
Korean War veteran Ed Wern returned home with a smile last
month with stories of the new friendships he had made. Wern
attended a reunion of his fellow war veterans in Little Rock, Ark.
“It just goes to show you that anything is possible,” he said.
Wren was a second lieutenant in the war and he specifically went
to this year’s reunion to speak with Walter True of Pflugerville,
Texas, who served under Wern as a private. Wern met with True
and his wife Susan and said he was fascinated to learn True had
remained in the army after Korea and spent time in Vietnam. True
spent 20 years in the army and retired as a master sergeant.
Wern said the reunion afforded them both the opportunity to
make up for lost time and really get to know each other as people.
In Korea they
were in the 82nd
AAA AW (SP) Bn.
which was part of the 2nd Inf. Div.
(Thank you Ed for photos and story.)
Passing the message over the radio air waves
Daniel “Ed” Fenton, a former prisoner of war and a resident
of Mount Dora was the guest on Veterans Cafe, September
30,1999, a weekly radio program airing on radio station WLBE,
Leesburg . The program is hosted by Ron Regan “The Old
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