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Trivia
...the U.S. Marine Corps, like all services, was under-strength and still equipped
with World War Two equipment so, when ordered to Korea.
- Korean War Honors
by Mario Maggiulli KWV
Reprinted by Irene L. Mandra
During the Korean War, 131 Americans earned the Medal of Honor because of their tremendous courage, pride
and grim determination against a vicious and savage enemy.
- The Distinction Between POWs and MIAs
Chip Beck (USN Retired), did two tours in Vietnam with Special Forces. He is a former POW Special
Investigator with the U.S. Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs, and a retired CIA Clandestine
Service officer.
- 50 Years Later,
North and South Korean Families,
Separated by War, Reunite
Parents and children; sisters and brothers; husbands and wives. They fell into each other's
arms. They wept. They exchanged stories .....
- Limbo on the Yalu, a Book Review
by Irene L. Mandra
The horror of this experience- the author calls it a life in limbo- turned into a trauma
of psychological problems when Sprouse returned home after the Armistice of 1953.
- Department of Defense Instruction 2310.5:
“Accounting for Missing Persons”
DPMO announced in January that the Undersecretary of Defense for policy had signed the Department of Defense
Instruction 2310.5(DoDI), which sets forth uniform procedures for the determination of the status of missing persons
lost as a result of hostile action.
- Korean War Trivia
Written by Mario Maggiulli KWV
Reprinted and Commentary by Irene L. Mandra
A record that stood for 88 years until the end of March 1951, when the United States Navy, during the Korean War reached
the 43rd day of a bombardment siege of the vital N. Korean seaports of Wonson, Songjin, and Hungnam located on the east
coast of the sea of Japan.
- Beginning the search for a missing servicemen
- Looking for...
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