Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
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Bob May offers opening remarks at the sign dedication ceremony<br />
281’s parade banner<br />
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KWVA POW /MIA Coordinator Marty O’Brien Awarded<br />
UN Norwegian Peacekeeping Medal at Maine State House<br />
By Jeff Brodeur<br />
KWVA National Director/KVA<br />
Commander<br />
On <strong>Sep</strong>tember 27, <strong>2005</strong>, on behalf<br />
of KWVA National President<br />
Louis Dechert and the <strong>Korean</strong><br />
<strong>War</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, KWVA<br />
National Director Jeff Brodeur arrived at<br />
the Maine State House to award Marty<br />
O’Brien, our POW/MIA Coordinator, the<br />
UN Norwegian Peacekeeping Medal.<br />
Marty was awarded<br />
the medal for his<br />
hard work and<br />
dedication to the<br />
KWVA. Marty<br />
does the<br />
POW/MIA statistics<br />
and research<br />
on behalf of the<br />
KWVA<br />
Marty was<br />
awarded the<br />
medal for his<br />
hard work and<br />
dedication to<br />
the KWVA.<br />
Marty does the<br />
POW/MIA statistics<br />
and<br />
research on<br />
behalf of the<br />
KWVA. He has<br />
his own column<br />
in The<br />
Graybeards, and is the founder of the<br />
KWVA Clair Goodblood Chapter (#79) in<br />
Augusta, Maine. He served in the 1st<br />
Cavalry Division in Korea in 1950-51.<br />
While we were in the Hall of Flags, I,<br />
Marty, Ed Hoyt, Ken Cyphers, and<br />
Richard Chick (Clair Goodblood members)<br />
presented Maine Governor Baldacci<br />
with a copy of the July/August <strong>2005</strong><br />
Graybeards Magazine, on which his photo<br />
appeared, and a new KWVA/KVA coffee<br />
mug.<br />
KWVA members flank Maine Governor Baldacci<br />
Marty O’Brien (left) and<br />
Jeff Brodeur display<br />
medal<br />
<strong>Sep</strong>tember - <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2005</strong><br />
The Graybeards