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