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Convention 2013 - July 24-28...
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Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel
900 S Orme Street, Arlington, VA 22204
HOTEL - Central Reservations (Toll Free): (800) 325-3535 - Local/direct 703-521-1900
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Click HERE For Details and
Registration Form |
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Note: HOTEL CUT OFF DATE: 7/3/2013; Reservations received after this date
will be processed on a space available basis, at the prevailing public rate. |
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The May/June, 2013 of The Graybeards
was mailed Wednesday, June 19... look for your copy soon!!
Click the following links for a preview... (PDF Files)
(Posted 6/19/13)
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 US Photo Contest to Honor Korean War Veterans June-July
New York, N.Y.– The first US nation-wide photo contest entitled “Remembered Moments in Korean War” will be hosted by
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI USA), a Korean government agency in New York, to pay tributes to Korean War veterans. The contest, a part of the 2013 Body &
Seoul - Korean War Veterans & Families Health Appreciation Event, is held in partnership with the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA).
July 7 submission deadline; Winners to receive All-Expenses-Paid VIP Trip to Korea
Open to all US Korean War veterans and their families, the commemorative photo contest marks the 60th anniversary of
the end of the Korean War, of which date July 27 was proclaimed by President Barak Obama in 2010 as the National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.
Click HERE for More
Information>>> (PDF File)
(Posted 6/7/13) |
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Announcing KWVA's 2013 60th Anniversary Memorial Fundraiser |
Lend a hand to your association by buying $20 fund-raising tickets. Each $20 ticket gives you a
chance to win one of three super prizes:
● First prize is an 100% Operational one-of-a-kind M1 Garand rifle
● Second prize is $2,500 in cash
● Third prize is $1,500 in cash |
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Tickets will be mailed on February 5, 2013
to all Member’s addresses. To enter this exciting fund-raiser, complete the enclosed order
form and mail back to the Membership Office.
The Deadline for ticket donations is July 15, 2013.
Drawing will be held and the Winner announced July 27, 2013 at the National Membership Meeting in Washington DC in July. You need not be present to win. |
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Click HERE for
More Details and additional Entry Forms The KWVA Fund Raising Committee THANKS YOU for your support!
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IF YOU HAVE EVER SERVED IN KOREA 1945 to PRESENT...
(or served outside of Korea June 25, 1950 to Jan. 31, 1955)
Then YOU QUALIFY and WE WANT YOU to join as a Member
of the Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.,
our Federally Chartered Veterans Service Organization!
How to Join |
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| Welcome to the official website of the Korean War Veterans Association, Inc. The site is DYNAMIC, ever-changing,
to keep the membership and all Veterans of Korea, 1945 until now, informed of America’s oldest and largest
association of Korea Veterans. You will find new material each time you visit the site: come often, browse
widely, and come again soon! We encourage all users to check out the various links on our site to useful
and helpful information for veterans, their families, educators, and the public. |
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 List of Recently Joined NEW MEMBERS...
Click HERE to View
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Check Your National KWVA Membership Status Online:
Click HERE
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Members continue to subscribe to the Code of Conduct... Have YOU??
View the List of Subscribers...
(Now over 500 names; page loads slow, please be patient!)
See Steve Szekely's article in the Jan/Feb 2010 Graybeards... |
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News... Stories... Topics of Interest to KWVA Members and Friends...
(Note: Please scroll down for many more stories not listed here...)
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Special Announcement...
KWVA National President James Ferris has resigned his position effective midnight May 18, 2013 “due to circumstances both
personal and professional.” 1st Vice President Larry Kinard will assume leadership of the organization in his absence. A small group of Board members is being organized to assist
with this transition.
The excellent leadership that Jim Ferris has provided KWVA, over many years, will not soon be forgotten. We wish both
he, and his lovely wife Felice, many years of health and happiness.
Larry Kinard, 1st Vice President
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.
(Posted 5/20/13) |
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Access Hollywood special performance: Veteran James McEachin's Moving Memorial Day Tribute: 'A Soldier's Paean'
In honor of Memorial Day, silver star and purple heart veteran of the Korean War and accomplished actor James McEachin
joins Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Access Hollywood Live to give a moving tribute to his fellow veterans through a special performance...
Watch the Video Tribute>>
(Posted 5/27/13) |
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Memorial Day 2013
at the Washington DC Korean War Memorial
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Australia Dept. of Veteran Affairs 60th Commemoration Website
The Australia Dept. of Veteran Affairs has just created the
following website commemorating the Korean War which may be of interest.
http://korean-war.commemoration.gov.au/
The central photo on the home page is Temporary Corporal
Donald Davie 4/158, 3RAR, 23/24 April 1951. Corporal Davie thumbs 10 rounds into his Lee Enfield .303 rifle from
stripper clips, while giving covering fire for "B" Company, 3RAR, during their advance on a spur near Hill 614.
Private "Slim" Madden was captured during these vicious battles at Kapyong.
(Posted 2/23/13) |
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The May/June, 2013 of The Graybeards
was mailed Wednesday, June 19... look for your copy soon!!
Click the following links for a preview... (PDF Files)
(Posted 6/19/13)
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Give a deserving Korea Veteran a Gift Membership...
If you have a friend or family member that served in Korea
and is eligible to be a KWVA member, you can easily give him/her a "Gift Membership"... simply fill out the
Application with all the required information for them, then sign it yourself in the designated area as the "gift
giver" and mail it to the Membership Office, along with the required payment shown on the application.
The new member will receive a membership card, a "Welcome Packet" from the Membership Office, and
begin receiving the Graybeards magazine!
Read More>>
(Posted 10/27/12) |
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ATTENTION ALL CHAPTERS:
FREE BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR TELL AMERICA PROGRAMS
“Notice”—We have begun to receive more of the Korean books,
“Korean War-Education for Students.” The Korean Embassy in Washington DC has generously supplied us with an
additional 5000 that I will be mailing to the Tell America chapters who will use them in the school systems when
they make their presentations. At this point I am trying to
limit each chapter to 50 so I can spread them to as many chapters as possible. We recommend that the books be given
to the teachers in the schools for them to use in studies about Korea and the war. The good part is that the
KWVA will mail these packages of books “Postage free” to the active Tell America chapters so it will not require any
repayment of shipping and handling. You may request these
books by contacting me at 682-518-1040 or larry.kinard@yahoo.com
and supplying me with your Chapter number and mailing address.
Larry Kinard
2nd VP National Tell America Chairman (Posted
4/3/12) |
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Korean War Veterans Digital Memorial
"The creation of the Korean War Veterans Digital Memorial (KWVDM)
emerges as a first-of-its-kind project seeking to permanently preserve, unedited, the first-hand memories,
experiences, and artifacts of our Korean War Veterans in an effort to pass them down to future generations."
Click
HERE to visit the website
Click
HERE for more information on how the Korean War
Veterans Digital Memorial was created (PDF)
(Posted 1/12/12) |
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Need extra copies of a past or current issues of The Graybeards?
Sheila at the KWVA Membership Office can help you. We have lots of old copies of many issues going back to 2004.
Back copies are $2.00 each plus postage - First Class Postage for one copy is $2.32, total of $4.32.
Need more than one copy? Generally USPS Priority Mail is the cheapest and Sheila can give you a quote.
Email or call Sheila for more information on what is available or to order:
Email: membership@kwva.org
Phone: 217-345-4414
(Don't forget, PDF copies of ALL back issues of The Graybeards are available on the KWVA Website...
Click HERE!)
(Posted 1/26/11, Revised 3/26/13) |
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ANNOUNCEMENT...
Please send ALL Member Information Changes to the
KWVA Membership Office...
- Change of Address
- "Snowbird" Fall and Spring move dates/address changes
- Phone Number Change/Update
- Email Address Changes/Additions
- Death Notices (including date of death)
- New Member Applications
- Dues Renewal Payments
Email to: membership@kwva.org
"Snail" Mail to: KWVA Membership Office
PO Box 407
Charleston, IL 61920-0407
Phone: 217-345-4414 |
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KWVA Lapel Pins and Patches For Sale
Members desiring to purchase distinctive copyrighted items
for Korea war and Korea service veterans may now purchase items from the National Membership Office.
Newly available items are lapel pins and the alternative
sew-on patch (see below).
Click HERE for
Ordering Information
(Posted 7/6/07, updated 11/25/07) |
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New Recruiting Mail-Out/Hand-Out Flyer Available
The new Recruiting Flyer is available... it is designed to
be printed on a 8-1/2 x 11 size paper in Color. It includes a complete Membership Application as part of the flyer.
PDF File
MS Publisher Version
NOTE: Most printers can print from the PDF File (Most don't use or have Publisher)
(Posted 12/19/07, Revised 9/7/08) |
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(Posted 9/5/05
Poster Revised
1/21/07)
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RECRUITING!
Attention All Chapters,
Departments, Members:
"KWVA Wants You" Recruiting
Poster...
Download the Recruiting Ad, insert your own address and
telephone number(s) and place in papers and on local TV.
Click to view the complete poster----->
For a larger "Poster View" suitable for printing, click the link below:
1055x1430-300dpi JPG (picture) File
OR
1055x1430-300dpi PDF File
Note: Most printers prefer the PDF file |
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Click HERE for information on how to join us.
(Original poster Courtesy Jamie L. Burnell, Granddaughter of KWVA
member Ed Bicknell) |
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MEMORIAL OF OUR MEMBERS
Perpetual...
Founder William T. Norris, LC00001, June 20, 1997
Honorary President Raymond G. Davis MOH, MH00008,
September 3, 2003
In January 2005, the President of the KWVA established
that death notices of present or former directors, national officers, and department presidents would be placed on
the website for thirty days. All reports of deaths of members are published in The Graybeards, when reported,
and the Memorial List of those who have departed since the last National Convention are placed on a Memorial List
awaiting the next Convention. Well done, honored comrades. |
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Memoriam" page of ALL Members that have passed away. |
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Join Us...
The members of the Board of Directors and I cordially invite Korea veterans of all eras to join the
KWVA so that you can receive the membership benefit of issues of the organization's official magazine,
The Graybeards, published six times a year and is occasionally supplemented with newsletters
between issues. (Non-Korea veterans are also welcome to join the KWVA as associate members.)
In our newsletters, and on THIS Website, you will find the most current KWVA news, updates on issues
of importance to Korean War veterans, reunion notices, POW/MIA updates, book reviews, veterans' memoirs,
and much more.
James Ferris, President, KWVA
Click HERE for information on how to
join us.
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The official contact person for the national KWVA is: Frank Cohee, Secretary,
KWVASec@gmail.com. Phone 863-859-1384. Mr. Cohee is a resident
of Florida, and thus is on Eastern Time.
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Archive of EARLIER Home Page Stories...
Stories and news releases of interest to Korea veterans are published regularly on the KWVA website
Home Page.
CLICK THIS LINK to go to the list
of Previous Stories by Date and Subject.
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THE MISSION OF THE KWVA/USA is
DEFEND our Nation
CARE for our Veterans
PERPETUATE our Legacy
REMEMBER our Missing and Fallen
MAINTAIN our Memorial
SUPPORT a free Korea |
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Appearance from time-to-time of non-KWVA notices, opinions, products, and services hereon
are offered as a service to our members and friends, and does not constitute agreement with or an endorsement
by the KWVA or any of its officers, officials or employees. News items are selected as pertaining to the
Mission of the Association.
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