Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association

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Have a Mini-
Reunion?
Send your photos and a
short write-up to The
Graybeards editor for
publication! Mail to 152
Sky View Drive., Rocky
Hill, CT 06067
Reunion participants are encouraged to join KWVA. There is strength in Unity!
They Served Together At Fort Rucker [AL]
Clarence Marshall, of Church View,
VA, Mack Owens, of Brandon, MS, and
Kenneth Cordon, of Chanute KS, served
together at Fort Rucker, AL, in Co. M,
3rd Bn., 164th Regt., 47th Division.
They went overseas together, but were
separated in Japan.
Marshall and Cordon served in Korea
with the 179th and 180th Regts., 45th
Division. Owens served in Japan, in the
19th Regt., 24th Division.
After more than fifty years, they got
together again in Dickson, TN, in both
October 2003 and 2004. They set a date
to meet again in October 2005.
(L-R) Clarence and Janet Marshall, Mack and
Ortis Owens, Kenneth and Donna Cordon
Battery B, #3 Gun, 31st Field Artillery, 7th Div.
Unit members got together in Florida in February
2005. Some will be attending the 5th Annual Veterans
Reunion Dinner in Keysville, VA, on November 12,
2005.
Leroy Shook noted that, “With the help of your magazine,
we have contacted a great number of our veterans.”
Editor’s Note: It is “our” magazine.
BELOW: Leroy Shook addressing attendees in Keysville
ABOVE: Gun 3, Battery B, 31st Field
Artillery members (Standing L-R)
Sam Stapleton, Charles Young,
Goldman, Gene Peeples, Eugene
Wilson, Leroy Shook (Seated L-R)
Floyd Jorda, Jack Howby
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The Graybeards September - October 2005