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Taken at Dedication, Aug 1, 1998
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Founded by Ron Jabaut and dedicated, August 1st, 1998, the KWVA California State Memorial is entitled:
The Remembrance Memorial for California Korean War Veterans.
The memorial has 2,600 names listed of those who left California for the Korean War and never returned.
Photos Courtesy Frank Broz
Co-Chair, Remembrance Memorial - Santa Nella
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Sonora, California
Tuolumne County Chapter Dedicated their Memorial in Sonora, California on Saturday July 27, 1996,
honoring the 54,246 Americans who were killed in action, the MIAs and POWs of a war America forgot. As the
sweet, sad notes of "Taps" filled the morning air, the veterans standing straight and tall held their
salutes like statues honoring their fallen comrades.
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The members of this Chapter had but one goal since the formation of the chapter, to build and dedicate
the Memorial. After three years of struggling their dream was realized when Bob Mildenberger and Jerry Ryder
were given the honor of unveiling the Memorial.
The beautiful Memorial is located on the lawn in front of the Tuolumne County Veterans Memorial Hall. The
Memorial is inscribed, " This Memorial is dedicated to all Korean War Veterans who served and died with
courage and conviction during a conflict that produced 54,246 U.S. casualties and 8,177 MIAs." Also placed
on the left front is a bronze medallion of the crest of each branch of our armed forces, placed on the right
side are bronze plaques indicating the major battles of the war. The Memorial itself is black and gray
marble. On the back of the Memorial are inscribed the names of Tuolumne County service men listed as, KIA,
MIA and POWs. Also inscribed are the names of county veterans that served in the Korean War, the Tuolumne
County Chapter is the only chapter in the United Sates with less than 50 members to have built and dedicated
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