Korea War Veterans Association, Korea Veterans of America Chapter # 299

Korean War Accounted For - PFC Jimmy D Smith Jimmy Dale Smith, Muldrow, Oklahoma, ID RA19324201, Hostile, Died (KIA), 7th Cavalry Regiment, July 30, 1950

KWVA Laying wreath at Tomb !

SOS Korea 1950: They Were There Then and Write About It Now: Eyewitness Accounts of Americans in South Korea when the North Attacked

a book on the build-up and early days of the Korean War. Ray Maurstad takes right into the war.

This is definitely a book to own.

Beavers Pond Press, INC. Check online for your copy.

We have been very busy with a data mining tool that Hal created. We use it to find comments in Remembrance posts that have family members listed. Those original comments are not necessarily on the main Remembrance page. Adding family names is a key part of the use of this tool

We find obituary notices, details from family or KVETS like this one Ted found on July 9th 2024.

Major Leslie J. Parnell, inspector-instrutor, Second Tank Battalion, USMCR arranged to present a phosthumous Silver Star to a mother of a Marine who was KIA. The Keith Theater in Syracuse, New York hosted the Premiere of "Retreat Hell". Mrs. Florence Thompson, mother of Staff Sgt. Frederick Bejamin Thompson, A Company 1st Marine Regiment received fatal injuries on September 17, 1951.

Wingmen Ted Williams and John Glenn during the Korean War.

"Semper Fi" Marines!

🎄☃️ From our West Point family to Yours, We Wish you a Very Merry Christmas and Happiest of Holidays! 🇺🇸

🎄 Sleighing the seas with holiday glee - the U.S. Navy way! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas full of nautical niceties! ⚓🌊 Also sending a big thank you to our Sailors around the globe who are , making sure the seas and skies are for Santa to make his rounds!

KWVA Chaptet # 299 Fundraising at Walmart in Worcester.

Today is Gold Star Mother’s Day. May we all pause and give thanks to the brave mothers who laid their children at the alter of our freedom. Never forget their sacrifice.

Just going through photos taken the week of July 27th, 1995 during the Dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. This one has always made a personal impression. Thousands of people from around the globe packed into this one area.

Taken by Hal Barker, July 27, 1995

Korean Defense Veterans , our Korean War Veterans need your help to carry on the Legacy of the Korean War and the Aftermath. Please consider joining your fellow Korean Defense Veterans to keep the Legacy of the Korean War and Korean Defense / Korean DMZ Service at the Forefront in our fight against Communism. Freedom is not Free !

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ( ) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Francis James Jury, 23, of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, killed during the , was Feb. 10, 2022.

Corporal Jury, a member of the 7th Infantry Division, vanished during a 1950 battle near North Korea's Chosin Reservoir. His remains were missing for decades. In 2018, North Korea provided 55 boxes of remains, including Jury, which arrived in Hawaii. To identify Cpl. Jury’s remains, scientists from used anthropological analysis as well as circumstantial evidence. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System ( ) scientists used Y chromosome (Y-STR) analysis.

Learn more about the identification of Cpl. Francis James Jury in his full press release here: https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2936935/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-jury-f/

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Family seeks to preserve the legacy of new identified South Georgian killed during Korean War Despite his life ending tragically, family members say this story ending is the most beautiful.

in 1950, the defense of the Pusan Perimeter begins

The Battle of the Pusan Perimeter was a large-scale battle between United Nations Command (UN) and North Korean forces that lasted from August 4 to September 18, 1950. The battle was one of the first major engagements of the Korean War. Having been pushed to the brink of defeat, 140,000 UN troops rallied to make a final stand against the invading Korean People's Army (KPA), 98,000 men strong.

In the end, the Division suffered 650 casualties and 1,866 wounded as it valiantly defended the perimeter.

Caption: Pfc. Robert Smith of Springfield, Colo., (left) and Pvt. Carl Fisher of Ponca, Okla., 27th Infantry Regiment, dug in and firing at Communist-led North Korean positions, 4 September 1950. (Pfc. Thomas Nebbia)

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