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The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Sgt. 1st Class George W. Koon of Leesville, S.C.; and Sgt. 1st Class Jack O. Tye of Loyall, Ky.; both U.S. Army. Koon will be buried tomorrow in Leesville, and Tye will be buried Monday in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with the soldiers' next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate...

After 50 years, an American state secret has been revealed, about the arrest of 12,000 people because of Hoover’s “red” paranoia. The former director of the FBI, Edgar Hoover made plans for the arrest of 12,000 American citizens which he considered to be threats to national security – documents reveals that no longer bear the status of state secret. Hoover sent this request to the president at the time Harry Truman at the beginning of the Korean war during the 50s. He justified the move as necessary for protection from “treason, spies and sabotage”. For now there is no evidence...

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is U.S. Army Sgt. Harry J. Laurence of Cleveland, Ohio. He will be buried April 9 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with Laurence's next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army. Laurence was a member of L Company,...

One should not forget. . . that the earth is round and that "every road leads to Rome." WALDEMAR ERFURTH, Surprise Every now and then in the history of mankind, events of surpassing importance take place in little-known areas of the earth. And men and women in countries distant from those events whose lives turn into unexpected and unwanted channels because of them can but wonder how it all happened to come about. So it was with Korea in 1950. In this ancient land of high mountains and sparkling streams the United Nations fought its first war. For decades it...

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2008 – The Defense Department posthumously inducted Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Keeble today into its Hall of Heroes, a day after President Bush bestowed the Medal of Honor on the Korean War hero. Left to right: Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, Russell Hawkins, Kurt Bluedog, Army Secretary Pete Geren, and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody stand by during a Pentagon unveiling of a Medal of Honor awarded to the late Master Sgt. Woodrow Keeble, the first full-blooded Sioux Indian, for his heroism during the Korean War, March 4, 2008. Hawkins is...

China and the United States signed a formal agreement in Shanghai to open a military hot line between their defense departments. China also agreed to release records about missing American soldiers long sought by the United States military and relatives of thousands of American servicemen missing from the Korean War and other cold war-era conflicts. More than 8,000 servicemen are still unaccounted for from the Korean War.

WASHINGTON - During the final allied offensive of the Korean War, Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble risked his life to save his fellow Soldiers. Almost six decades after his gallant actions and 26 years after his death, Keeble will be the first full-blooded Sioux Indian to receive the Medal of Honor. The White House announced this morning that Keeble will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously in a ceremony scheduled for 2:30 p.m. March 3. Keeble is one of the most decorated Soldiers in North Dakota history. A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he was born...

A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty. Hoover sent his plan to the White House on July 7, 1950, 12 days after the Korean War began. It envisioned putting suspect Americans in military prisons. Hoover wanted President Harry S. Truman to proclaim the mass arrests necessary to “protect the country against treason, espionage and sabotage.” The F.B.I would “apprehend all individuals potentially dangerous” to national security, Hoover’s proposal said. The arrests would be...

A 1950 Plan: Arrest 12,000, Suspend Due Process By TIM WEINER A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty. Hoover sent his plan to the White House on July 7, 1950, 12 days after the Korean War began. It envisioned putting suspect Americans in military prisons. Hoover wanted President Harry S. Truman to proclaim the mass arrests necessary to “protect the country against treason, espionage and sabotage.” The F.B.I would “apprehend all individuals potentially...

Soldier Missing in Action From Korean War is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Cpl. Robert S. Ferrell, U.S. Army, of Dallas, Texas. His burial date is being set by his family. Representatives from the Army met with Ferrell’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army. On Feb....

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is 1st Lt. Dixie S. Parker, U.S. Army, of Green Pond, Ala. He will be buried Dec. 6 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with Parker’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army. Parker was assigned to Battery B, 8th...

We just started a cross-country tour called "Honoring our Heroes for the Holidays" that will take us to New York City at the World Trade Center site. We are collecting more than 100,000 cards of love and support that we did not show our veterans of more recent wars, which I will take to our soldiers in Iraq. Our first stop on Monday was in Santa Nella, Calif., at The Remembrance Memorial for California Korean War Veterans. The names of 2,495 California veterans are engraved there. Our people were overwhelmed with the service of these veterans who gave their lives...

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, have been identified. He is Sgt. Agostino Di Rienzo, U.S. Army, of East Boston, Mass. Representatives from the Army met with Di Rienzo’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. Di Rienzo was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division then occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea, in an area known as the “Camel’s Head." On Nov. 1, 1950, parts of two Chinese...

The death of a soldier under a young officer's command during the Korean War is a bitter reminder of the harshness of war By PETER WORTHINGTON, TORONTO SUNRemembrance Day is for veterans and the nation to honour those who died in past wars: The Boer War, WWI and II, Korea, 40 years of "peacekeeping" and now Afghanistan -- 100,000-plus killed in Canada's name. I've written a lot of Remembrance Day pieces over the past 50 years, but this is the first time I've made it personal, concerning not the first soldier killed under my command as a platoon commander in...

55 years later, he's still a hero For this week, Ronald E. Rosser is Elvis. He is Justin Timberlake. Rosser is one of only two surviving Medal of Honor recipients in Ohio. Generals and presidents salute him. Adults get tongue-tied in his presence. "This outstanding soldier's courageous and selfless devotion to duty is worthy of emulation by all men," reads his medal citation from the Korean War. He was 22 when he earned the medal as a member of a heavy mortar company in the Army's 2nd Infantry Division. On Jan. 12, 1952, he killed 13 of the enemy when...

Would anyone like a free dinner at Golden Corral? Well, there is an easy way if you are an American military veteran. Golden Corral just announced this year’s Military Appreciation Monday will be November 12, 2007, from 5 to 9 pm. For the past 6 years, Golden Corral has been honoring the US Military with a free “thank you” dinner and beverage at any Golden Corral restaurant on Military Appreciation Monday (first Monday after Veteran’s Day), to honor any person who has ever served in the United States Military. In the past the only requirement to receive the free meal...

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Cpl. Clem R. Boody, U.S. Army, of Independence, Iowa. His burial date and location are being set by his family. Representatives from the Army met with Boody’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. In November 1950, Boody was assigned to Headquarters...

David Lee "Tex" Hill, a World War II fighter pilot who was the youngest brigadier general in the history of the Texas Air National Guard, died Thursday. He was 92. . . . Hill graduated as a naval aviator in 1939, and in 1941, he joined the Flying Tigers, an American volunteer group based in China during World War II. He shot down 18 1/4 enemy aircraft during the war, Bowman said. The "quarter" came when four planes were involved in shooting down an enemy plane and each pilot was credited with one-fourth of the downing. Hill emerged from the...

SEOUL (Reuters) - The leaders of North and South Korea pledged on Thursday to bring peace to the Cold War's last frontier by seeking talks with China and the United States to formally end the 1950-1953 Korean War. The agreement came at the end of only the second summit between the divided Koreas whose war ended with an armistice not a peace treaty. "North and South Korea shared the view they must end the current armistice and build a permanent peace regime," South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said in a joint statement at the...

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Pfc. Carl A. West, U.S. Marine Corps, of Amanda Park, Washington. He will be buried Oct. 4 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. West was a member of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment, of the 1st Marine Division deployed near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. On Nov. 27, 1950, three Communist Chinese divisions launched an attack on the...

Dear Senators,Please do not instigate aKorean War Redux Truman's calamitous decision, to withdraw our troops from S. Korea by 1949, led directly to the loss of 30,000 American lives in Korea in the last 30 months of his presidency.As you can see from the following abbreviated overview, The situation in Iraq today is analogous to the post-WWII situation in Korea The comparison between the situations in Iraq and in Korea is stronger than the comparison between the situations in Iraq and in 1960's-70's Vietnam . This is especially true because political leaders like John Murtha tell us we can rely...

The Borinqueneers A Story Worth Telling A Story Worth Remembering Hispanics in the Army: Puerto Rico’s 65th Infantry Regiment In advance of National Hispanic Heritage Month – observed from September 15th to October 15th – a new film remembers and honors Hispanics in the U.S. Army. The Borinqueneers (pronounced boh-rin-keh-neers) vividly portrays their experiences and considers their significant contributions. More specifically, The Borinqueneers presents the never-before-told story of the 65th Puerto Rican Regiment, the only all-Hispanic unit in the history of the U.S. Army. The feature includes interviews with the regiment’s veterans and rare archival footage. PBS stations nationwide began...

Bush, Roh have testy exchange at summit By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer President Bush's talks with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun ended on a sour note Friday not over the war in Iraq, but rather the Korean conflict that ended with a truce more than five decades ago. As Bush began to wind down his stay at the Asia-Pacific summit, Roh challenged him to make a declaration to end the Korean War. That conflict ended in a truce in 1953, not a peace treaty, so the two sides technically remain at war. The awkward exchange occurred during the first...

Four top-tier presidential candidates have accepted invitations to speak to the 108th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., which starts Aug. 18 in the hometown of the VFW's national headquarters, Kansas City, Mo. Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and John McCain (R-AZ) are scheduled to speak Aug. 20, and former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will speak Aug. 21. "This is the candidates' opportunity to address the national convention of America's oldest and largest organization of combat veterans," said VFW Commander-in-Chief Gary Kurpius, from Anchorage, Alaska. "In our audience will be...

Captain 'Pug' Mather, who has died aged 79, underwent brutal mistreatment over nine months as a prisoner during the Korean War, when he refused to renounce his allegiance to the Crown.On January 5 1953 Mather was a member of 801 Naval Air Squadron, flying from the carrier Glory, when his Hawker Sea Fury was struck by flak and blew up. His wingman watched the aircraft go into a vertical spin without engine or tail, and saw Mather thrown from the cockpit, apparently lifeless.But Mather recovered consciousness in freefall to pull his parachute ring and float downwards while the Koreans continued...

New Unseen Pictures of Korean War Published To coincide with the 57th anniversary of Korean War on June 25, another pictorial record of 250 hitherto unseen pictures of the war has been published. Entitled "The Indelible Image 3: Photographs of the Korean War from the National Archives and Records Administration in the United States of America,” it is published by Noonbit Press. - The landscape of Incheon in January 1950 /Newsis - Dead bodies lie on the road on Sept. 17, 1950 /Newsis- Namdaemun tram station on Oct. 2, 1952 /Newsis- Refugees gather at a wharf to follow UN...

Landing operation at Wonsan on Oct. 24, 1950 ROK Marines having field meals Workers who gathered to repair an airfield listen to instructions from their supervisor (Oct. 24, 1950, location unknown) Marilyn Monroe on USO tour visits S. Korea on Feb. 24, 1954, after armistice

Something to Remember on Korean War Memorial Day JUNE 25, 2007 05:28 Today marks the 57th anniversary of the Korean War that ravaged the nation. Unfortunately, the war has long been forgotten among many Korean people, and misperceptions are prevalent among elementary school students in particular: Reportedly, one out of three elementary school students responded that the War took place in the Chosun Dynasty and one in five thinks the War was fought between Korea and Japan. There is little to blame on the children since even some adults insist that the War was first initiated by the South instead...

PYONGYANG, North Korea --New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday toured a U.S. warship captured by North Korea in the 1960s that is now used to inspire anti-American sentiment in the reclusive communist regime.

WASHINGTON - A private delegation working with the approval of the White House will travel to North Korea this weekend to recover the remains of Soldiers killed in the Korean War. The four-day trip will be led by Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor and Democratic presidential candidate, and Anthony Principi, the former veteran affairs secretary for President Bush. White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino announced the effort on Tuesday. The bipartisan delegation has been invited by the North Korean government to help recover remains of missing servicemen, Perino said. "The trip will reinforce progress already achieved in this...

Chuck Chandler was born in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, but matured quickly in the skies over five continents as he piloted the nation?s largest cargo carrier aircraft into war zones in Europe and the Far East. Then, Chandler finished a second career in maintenance at Laughlin Air Force Base, and now as approaches his 87th birthday, is ready to share some of his stories from both callings.

The CIA's search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has found no evidence that former president Saddam Hussein tried to transfer chemical or biological technology or weapons to terrorists, according to a military and intelligence expert. Anthony Cordesman, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, provided new details about the weapons search and Iraqi insurgency in a report released Friday. It was based on briefings over the past two weeks in Iraq from David Kay, the CIA representative who is directing the search for unconventional weapons in Iraq; L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civil administrator...

My dad passed away February 1, 2007. He was a veteran of two wars, and he was truly a hero, but you couldn’t get him to agree to that, ever. He’d always say, “No, I was just doing my job.” You could try, but a more patriotic man you would never find. During WWII and the Korean War, Dad was a builder of bridges and a mechanic for the planes he often times was heard referring to as, "a bucket of bolts." He was born in Rosemont, West Virginia, the son of a coal miner. Not an educated man, he...

Full Wartime Censorship Placed on Korean War NewsU. S. Eighth Army headquarters, Korea. –(UP) – The US.Eighth Army imposed full wartime censorship on news coverage of the Korean War Tuesday and threatened to courtmartial newsmen who deliberately report any troop movements without authorization.Veteran war correspondents agreed the regulations were the most inclusive they had ever received from any army headquarters.The rules placed correspondents under the complete jusrisdiction of the army and forbade any crisicism of the Allied conduct of the war.The regulations, succeeding the present security censorship, provide that all dispatches filed to publications throughout the world will be...

115 youths in all. All younger than 18.No one demanded that WMDs needed to be found in 1950 Korea, in order to justify freeing South Koreans from potential domination by Kim Jong-Il's father, Kim Il-sung.. Name -- State -- Date of death Donald R Abel -- Pennsylvania   4 Nov 1950 James V Ashbaugh -- Ohio   6 Dec 1950 Donald L Bakie -- Maryland   2 Nov 1950 Ronald R Barker -- Virginia   2 Dec 1950 Robert A Jr Best Jr --Wisconsin   2 Dec 1950 Curtis L Bowman -- Virginia   24 Dec 1950 Donald W Boyd...

Robert Wayne Adams California Troulius Adams Kentucky William H Adams Florida Lucio R Aguilar Texas Saul Aguilar Texas Boyd K Alderdice Ohio Anthony O Jr Alexa Jr Massachusetts Lonnie V Alexander Florida Charles Allen Texas Lloyd A Alumbaugh Missouri Harry L Amigh Pennsylvania Clyde E Anderson Ohio James T Anderson Texas Charles W Anthony Georgia Hugh R Arendale Tennessee David W Armstrong Pennsylvania Chester R August Pennsylvania Felix P Baginski Pennsylvania Boris Baker Ohio David Baker Indiana Norman L Bannister Hawaii William A Barber Michigan Billy L Barder Texas Len Barnes North Carolina

U.S. to declare end to Korean War if N. Korea abandons nukes: report (Kyodo) _ U.S. President George W. Bush has told Chinese President Hu Jintao that Washington would officially declare an end to the Korea War if North Korea abandons it nuclear arms and programs, the Asahi Shimbun reported on its website Tuesday. Bush made the remark during talks with the Chinese leader held on Sunday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Hanoi, the report said. According to White House spokesman Tony Snow, Hu responded favorably to the U.S. proposal, according to the report....

N.K. peace treaty could backfire: experts   Declaring an end to the Korean War was among the notable incentives North Korea was offered for giving up its nuclear program, but experts say the notion may not be all good news for South Korea. Ending the Korean War would mean that the United States would officially cease to be an enemy state for North Korea. The two countries are still technically at war since the 1950-1953 Korean War ended in an armistice and not a formal peace treaty. "There are pros and cons involved. On the one hand, peaceful ties between the...

We know that the cost of freedom is high. But we are determined to preserve our freedom--no matter what the cost. I know that our people are willing to do their part to support our soldiers and sailors and airmen who are fighting in Korea. I know that our fighting men can count on each and every one of you. Our country stands before the world as an example of how free men, under God, can build a community of neighbors, working together for the good of all. That is the goal we seek not only for ourselves, but for...

[There an extra subject at the end of this. It has nothing to do with the main subject, but needed to be mentioned this week.] Before Thursday, I had never attended any ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. On that day, we went to Arlington for the inurnment of the ashes of a great friend, colleague, and teacher, Robert Carleson. I’ve written about Bob before, and any reader can find several find obituaries on him from months ago, when he died. Suffice to say, Bob did more for the long-term well-being of the United States than many who have served as...

"... disbelievers will be cast into an eternal fire. But Allah is also ever merciful, and the West can change its ways and turn to the purifying power of Islam ..." -- Kidnapped Fox reporter Steve "Khaled'' Centanni, channeling his captors. We don't often get to watch our media people convert to Islam, so the footage of Fox News' Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig has been riveting. Some people can't get enough of watching planes fly into the World Trade Center towers; I can't get enough of Centanni and Wiig pledging allegiance to Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him. The common...

Note: The above is from "Sully" aka: Shrink Without Borders Piedpiper6@goliad.net Dr. R. E. Sullivan, Ph.D. Col USMC (Ret.) 1944-67 http://www.sullyusmc.com/ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Re: A MUST read Shrink Without Borders to 11:23 am (1� hours ago) Gentlemen: For reasons of historical verity only: 1. Our ROE in Korea were very simple. If there was a bad guy we could go after him with everything we had. Made no difference if he was hiding in a building with 200 civilians. Anyone who witnessed the utter destruction of Seoul between 26/29 September, 1950, will attest to that. And, should you not have...

North Korea said on Tuesday that its armed forces will not be tied to the 1953 armistice agreement that ended the Korean War, saying it considers the ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drill as an ``act of war.'' Pyongyang said its military also has the right to conduct ``defensive pre-emptive actions'' at a critical moment as a leadoff attack is not a privilege only the United States has. The North's declaration came as South Korean and American troops began an annual military drill, named Ulchi Focus Lens (UFL), on Monday, aimed at testing their joint command structures. It is not the...

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Cpl. Edward F. Blazejewski, U.S. Army, of Elizabeth, N.J. He is to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. on Friday. Blazejewski was assigned to Medical Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, when his unit came under heavy artillery attack by Chinese forces near Unsan, North Korea, on Nov. 1, 1950. During the attack, Cpl. Blazejewski and other soldiers killed...

Ever since Hitler used the civil war in Spain in the mid to late 1930s to test his aircraft, tanks, and blitzkrieg tactics, dictators have looked for surrogates to try out options for aggression. Arguably Josef Stalin used the Korean War to test the mettle of the U.S. and its allies in making a decision whether to invade Western Europe. A lukewarm response by Harry Truman to aggression in Korea might have encouraged Stalin to roll his tanks. More recently in the terror wars, Osama bin Laden attacked in many places around the world, increasingly raising the ante by going...

On Oct. 2, 2004, the container ship Ever Unique, sailing under a Panamanian flag from Yantai, China, berthed in the Port of Newark. [snip] ... F.B.I. and Secret Service agents, acting as part of a sting operation, gathered around the container and cracked it open ... they found counterfeit $100 bills worth more than $300,000, secreted in false-bottomed compartments. The counterfeits were nearly flawless. They featured the same high-tech color-shifting ink as genuine American bills and were printed on paper with the same precise composition of fibers. The engraved images were, if anything, finer than those produced by the United...

I watched The African Queen, again this week. That classic movie, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, offered a clear explanation of several current news events this week. What is the lesson of The African Queen? It is this: Understand your circumstances, and set your goal based on that. In that movie, the goal was to sink the German warship, The Louisa. And that goal dictated the tactics which had to be taken, regardless of danger or odds against them, to reach that goal. As a reminder of that fine movie, the tactics were for Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayers...

Cheryl Bennett’s father had been dead nearly two months before she learned of his death. Bennett and her sisters had had limited contact with their father for the past few years, something she largely blames on the woman her father was dating. Bennett’s father, Robert Templeton, who served in the Navy during the Korean War, had been living at the VA hospital in Dublin. One of Bennett’s sisters, a nurse at the VA in Kansas City, got a letter by chance that first told Templeton’s three daughters that their father had died. In April, Bennett said a funeral director in...

Soldier MIA from the Korean War is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is U.S. Army Corporal Henry D. Connell of Springfield, Mass. He will be buried in his hometown on Saturday. Connell was assigned to Company L, 8th Cavalry Regiment, when his unit engaged North Korean forces near Taegu, South Korea, in September 1950. He sustained injuries from a fall while evacuating wounded soldiers from...