Most Recent Update: January 12, 2021*
Stay safe, everyone. I love you. -
Lynnita
The KWE is online throughout 2021
thanks to a web hosting gift that was given in honor of
the Korean War veterans of the 712th Transportation Railway
Operating Battalion.
*Updates are generally made on two locations on this page: Latest News
and Newest Additions. Be sure to check both places when you see that an update has been made.
This website was created by Lynnita Brown, founder, Korean War Educator. Lynnita, who holds
Korean War veterans in the highest regard, is solely responsible for the monitoring and posting of
all of the contributed and self-generated text that appears on the Korean War Educator.
Technical changes to the website are courtesy of Webmaster Jim Doppelhammer, who also has a strong appreciation
for our nation's veterans. Lynnita can be reached at 111 E. Houghton St., Tuscola, IL 61953; ph.
217-253-4620 (home) or 217-253-5171 (store Thursday-Saturday). Lynnita's e-mail is
lynnita@thekwe.org.
Lynnita holds three jobs, so the best time to reach her is
at home in the evening. (She stays up late.)
Thank you to all veterans for
protecting our freedom.
- Lynnita
Page Index:
Recent Updates:
- January 12, 2021 - See Latest News
- January 05, 2021 - See Newest Addition
- December 11, 2020 - See Latest News
- November 21, 2020 - See Latest News
- November 17, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- November 04, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- November 04, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- October 17, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- October 17, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- October 17, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- September 21, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- September 18, 2020 - See Latest News
- September 18, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- August 15, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- August 11, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- July 22, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- July 15, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- July 15, 2020 - See Latest News
- July 5, 2020 - See Latest News
- June 29, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- June 28, 2020 - See Latest News
- June 25, 2020 - See Latest News
- June 02, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- May 13, 2020 - See Latest News
- May 13, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- April 25, 2020 - See Latest News
- April 17, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- April 15, 2020 - See Newest Addition
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- April 14, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- April 13, 2020 - See Newest Addition
- April 11, 2020 - See Newest Addition
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- March 31, 2020 - See Newest Addition
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Latest News:
[The following news and commentary is posted with the most recent news at top, followed by older news.
Latest News is written by Lynnita Brown.]
Welcome to the 106th life member of the Korean War
Educator--Edward J. Creighton of New York. Eddie is the
son of Korean War veteran Brendan Creighton, a member of Company
C, 8th Cavalry Regiment. Half of the $100 membership fee
will be added to the KWE's Endowment Fund and half will be added
to the KWE's General Operating Fund. We thank him for his
support and kind words. Eddie is trying to find out what
battle campaign or theatre of operations his father was involved
in during the Korean War. [Posted 1/12/2021]
--- Once again the generous Sheila Kronenberger of Illinois has
helped the KWE close out its 2020 year by donating $500 to our
foundation. All of the gift was added to the General
Operating fund of the KWE. We will go into the new year
with funds to help this website continue to grow and honor
Korean War veterans. Sheila is the widow of Korean War
veteran John Kronenberger, also a good friend of the KWE.
Thank you, Sheila! [Posted 12/11/2020] --- Thank you so much to life member Jerome "Bonkers" Bonkowski
of Illinois for his donation of $100.00 to the KWE. The
website's General Operating Fund is very, very low, so this gift
will be put to good use. This special Korean War veteran
has made several donations to the KWE and we are always, always
grateful to him for helping us to continue our educational
efforts. [Posted 11/21/2020] --- Repeat visitors might want to know that summers for me are
very busy due to the fact that I own and operate a collectibles
shop in my small Illinois town. This is true for the
summer of 2020, too. But I'm still here, and the KWE is
still here, too. Just have patience with me and I'll be
back to working longer hours on the Korean War Educator.
(When winter comes, I hole-up out of the cold!) [Posted
9/18/2020] --- I'm back online now and continuing on to make the KWE a
substantial educational resource for those wanting to know more
about the Korean War. Thanks for waiting for my return.
[Posted 7/15/2020] --- My computer is doing crazy things so it's off to the repair
shop tomorrow. I'll be off line for a few days, but I'll
be back! [Posted 7/05/2020] --- The Korean War Educator is pleased to welcome three new
members to our foundation. All daughters of Navy corpsman
Joseph H. Connor (who received a Silver Star for his support of
the Marines in Korea in 1953), they are: Kathleen M. Connor of
New York, Marilyn S. Connor of New York, and Nancy Connor
Kotarski of Kentucky. A tribute to their father is in the
works and will soon be available for public viewing.
Thanks to all three of these women for joining our efforts to
spread the word about the Korean War and its veterans. [Posted
6/28/2020] --- My Korean War veteran husband spent this afternoon in a
hospital procedure room dealing with dialysis issues. It
was not the greatest way to mark the 70th anniversary of the
start of the Korean War. Nevertheless, as the founder of
the Korean War Educator, I want all Korean War veterans and
their families to know that I am thinking of you today and every
day. God bless each and every one of you. - Lynnita
[Posted 6/25/2020] --- Going through a great many (many!) e-mails, I discovered a
$100 Paypal gift to the KWE from Gary Morgan of Minnesota.
His donation came in on May 13. Thank you to this
repeat-giver who has supported the Korean War Educator on
multiple occasions. I'm sorry for the delay in seeing the
notification. [Posted 6/01/2020] --- Over the last few weeks I have been working on a difficult,
but much-needed new Topics page--B-26s in the Korean War.
I work on the page every night. In recent days I slowed
that work down to add death notices about Korean War veterans
who have died of coronavirus. If our readers know of any
such veteran death, please notify me. [Posted 5/13/2020] --- Our thanks to Fred Fernandez of California for his $25.00
membership in the Korean War Educator. We don't have many
members anymore, so his contribution is special to us. [Posted
4/25/2020] --- The KWE is grateful to Irving Scott of Arizona for sending
the foundation $100.00. The money is truly needed.
Thanks, Irving! You are the KWE's 106th life member! [Posted 3/12/2020] --- The Outpost Harry Survivors Association has sent the KWE a
"news flash". "Forgotten Battles and Units of the
Forgotten War" is a Korean War historical seminar hosted by
Outpost International, Society of the 3d Infantry Division; the
Army Historical Foundation, and the ROK Defense Attaché's Office
in Washington, DC. The event will be held in the American Legion
Post 176, 6520 Amherst Ave, Springfield, Virginia and the
Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery on 16-18
April 2020. [Posted 3/01/2020] --- The year 2019 ended for the KWE with a gift of $500 from Sheila
Kronenberger of Illinois. The gift made it possible for
the KWE to pay $200 for the renewal of the Foundation's various
Internet URLs. Years ago we purchased all variations of
the KWE (such as .org, .net, etc.) in order to keep the
integrity of our website secure. Sheila's check was made
out to Lynnita with the understanding that the funds should be
used for either the website. the Browns' personal needs, or a
combination of both. Another $200 was used to pay on the
Browns' high winter electricity bill. (No electricity, no
computer to operate the KWE!) Thanks to Sheila for her
continued support of not just the KWE, but also Dale and Lynnita.
Dale takes kidney dialysis treatments three hours three days a
week. Lynnita holds three jobs and is Dale's "right-hand
woman". (Actually, Dale's left-handed woman!) [Posted
1/06/2020] ---
It has come to our attention that quite a lot of Korean War history is being lost needlessly because
one particular aspect of the many unique opportunities available to veterans through the Korean War Educator
is little known. The KWE exists to educate the public about the Korean War--at no cost to Korean War
veterans. Here is what is happening that doesn't need to happen:
Individual Korean War veterans and Korean War veteran reunion groups often have small, medium and large
websites on the Internet. Unfortunately, as the veterans age and financial resources to stay online
dry up, these informative websites are being pulled off the Internet one by one and the history found on
them is being lost forever.
Please spread the word that the Korean War Educator's "Topics" page can absorb these increasingly-disappearing
websites at no cost. All you have to do is turn the text and photographs over to the KWE for permanent
posting on the Korean War Educator. Naturally, a little money to help make the transaction would always
be welcome, but it is most certainly not mandatory. The KWE is a free service to Korean War
veterans and always will be--no strings attached. How does one move a Korean War-related website over to the KWE? Simple. Contact
Lynnita! [Posted 8/29/2010]
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Do you have a short story about Korea? Send it our way! We have recently opened a short story
section on the KWE's Memoirs page. Lynnita's e-mail address is
lynnita@thekwe.org. Her U.S. mail is Lynnita Brown, 111 E. Houghton St., Tuscola, IL 61953.
Be sure to include a picture of yourself to go along with the story. Sending more than one picture
is okay, too. [Posted 2/16/08]
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Newest Additions to the KWE
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Thanks to DMZ veteran Gary C. Gable, added to the KWE
tonight is expanded information on the
DMZ -
Serious Incidents page. Although the list is incomplete,
the second section of this page now includes "Deadly
1968"--a year in which there was increased dangerous enemy
activities in the DMZ. Gary Gable was a member of
Company C, 2d Battalion, 23d Infantry, 2d Infantry Division,
when one of five patrols came under fire from North Koreans.
He provided his personal account of what happened on April
20, 1968. To add information to this page, contact
Lynnita. [Posted 1/05/2021]
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The names and
obituaries of eleven Korean War veterans who died of
Covid this year were added to the KWE this evening.
God bless each and every one of them. [Posted 11/17/2020]
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Added to the KWE's
American Notables page is the late Ralph Patrick Kehoe,
a star athlete and member of the University of Vermont
Athletic Hall of Fame. Ralph received both a Silver
Star and Bronze Star in the Korean War, but the KWE has not
yet located the citations for either award. [Posted
11/04/2020]
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The Silver Star citation issued to Cpl. William F. Keck was
posted on the KWE this evening. Readers can find it
here. Also added is the
Bronze Star citation for SFC Alberto R. Santiago, 3ID. [Posted 11/04/2020]
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Added to the KWE tonight is a new topic -
David Sneddon (Where is He Now?). I hope that KWE
readers will check out this disturbing story. [Posted
10/17/2020]
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Also added to the KWE tonight is a list of
DMZ defectors to
North Korea. [Posted 10/17/2020]
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Information about
two DMZ casualties was added to the KWE tonight.
Frederick A. Carroll of Paris, Illinois, died in a raft
accident on the Imjin River on August 15, 1978. Former
US Air Force pilot Darrell Cornell died in a test flight
accident on October 10, 1984 at Suwon. [Posted 10/17/2020]
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Added to the KWE's USO page
tonight are the names of Jess Willard, Eddie Hazelwood,
Jimmy Widener, Wanda and Bob Kennedy, Barbara Thompson,
Aileen McNeely, Ray Van and Billy Cutler. These
country western performers traveled to the Far East in 1953,
entertaining American troops for four and a half months.
This addition was made possible by KWE reader Bill Purcell. [Posted 9/21/2020]
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Thanks to an e-mail from a Canadian reader of the KWE,
information about the 2nd Replacement Draft (USMC) was added
to the KWE's
Replacement Draft Ships Topics page this evening.
[Posted 9/18/2020]
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Information about two Korean War veterans whose life
achievements should be recognized on the KWE's
American Notables
page was added to our website tonight. Read about Charles
Tait Walker and Jack T. Gentry there. [Posted 8/15/2020]
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Added to the KWE tonight is information about Lawrence
"Larry" Rathgeb, a Korean War veteran who died of
coronavirus. Rathgeb's obituary now appears on both
the KWE's Death Notices page and the
American Notables
page. If our readers view the
Death Notices Index
page, they will see the long list of Korean War
veterans who have died of coronavirus. Very, very sad.
[Posted 8/11/2020]
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Sgt. Roy Monhollen of Kentucky was the recipient of two
Silver Stars while in combat in Korea.
Both citations are new entries on the KWE's Silver Star
page. The citations were sent to the KWE by his
daughter-in-law, Mary. Courtesy of his niece, the Silver
Star citation (posthumous) of
Pvt. Lester G. Ivancich was also added to the KWE
tonight. [Posted 7/22/2020]
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The Silver Star citation and a short tribute to Hospital
Corpsman Joseph H. Connor of New York is now posted on the
KWE courtesy of his family. The entry is located on the
mini-memoirs section of the
Memoirs Index. [Posted 7/15/2020]
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Added to the KWE tonight is the name of William Huebner, a
3rd Infantry Division soldier and war correspondent during
the Korean War. Information about Bill can be found on
the War
Correspondents page of this website. The information was
submitted to the KWE by his daughter, Holly Ryan of
Connecticut. Thanks, Holly! [Posted 6/29/2020]
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The names of two Korean War correspondents, Robert Vermilion
and Robert Pierpoint, were added to the KWE's
War Correspondents
Topics page tonight. In addition, the list of Korean
War veterans who have died from coronavirus is rapidly
growing. See the
Death Notices Index
page. [Posted 6/02/2020]
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Added to the KWE tonight is another
American notable
that served in the Korean War. His name is Navy
veteran Frederick "Fritz" Koerner, an engineer for Honeywell
who worked on war spy planes. [Posted 5/13/2020]
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Added to the KWE tonight are two
Distinguished Flying
Cross citations for Capt. Mervyn T. Schuermann (USMC).
[Posted 4/17/2020]
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Russians shot down a B-26 near Anju on May 15, 1952.
Its two crew members remain missing in action.
Information about
this
crash can be found on the KWE's newest Airplane Crash
page. [Posted 4/15/2020]
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On March 6, 1952, a
B-26C with the 8th Bomb Squadron disappeared in Korea.
Its four crew members remain missing in action. Find
out more about this disappearance by reading the KWE's
newest Airplane Crash page. [Posted 4/15/2020]
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Posthumously, Sfc. Harold A. Lloyd received a Bronze Star
for meritorious service in the Korean War. Courtesy of
his son and daughter-n-law, Teddy and Sonja Lloyd of
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania,
his citation is now posted on the KWE. [Posted
4/14/2020]
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The names of ten African-American notables that served in
the Korean War and post-war Korea are now posted on the
American Notables
page of the KWE. They are: Julius Wesley Becton Jr.,
Roscoe Conklin Cartwright, Fred Vann Cherry, James "Chappie"
Daniel Jr., Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., Frank Emmanuel
Petersen Jr., Hugh Cranville Robinson, Roscoe Robinson Jr.,
Bettye Hill Simmons, and Calvin Agustine Hoffman Waller.
[Posted 4/13/2020]
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With the scare about Coronavirus these days, I've been home
working on the KWE's newest page. Appropriately, it
provides detailed information about an illness that claimed
the lives of hundreds of Korean War veterans in 1951-54 and
beyond. To read about this disease, click on Health Issues - Hemorrhagic Fever. [Posted 4/11/2020]
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Mosquitoes, lice, mice, and other insects and mammals caused
numerous health issues during the Korean War. The
KWE's Health Issues Topics page now includes a report
entitled, "Entomological
Issues During the Korean War, 1950-1953." Learn
how the government studied these issues and how it tried to
mitigate the problem. Those veterans who suffer from
the effects of DDT will find this report another source of
evidence. [Posted 4/05/2020]
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Trucks had a significant role in the Korean War. Given
the nature of the weather and the topography of Korea, there
were numerous truck accidents and fatalities. The KWE
opened a
new Casualty page today listing eleven truck accident
fatalities. There were most certainly more truck
accidents than that during the war, which is why we hope
that our readers will help us expand the information located
on this page. [Posted 34/03/2020]
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New to the KWE tonight are the Silver Star citations for
Sgt. Ralph McCowan (2ID) and
WO Norman H. Ellis (3ID), as well as the
Distinguished Flying Cross citation for LtC Felix F.
Bertagna (USN). [Posted 4/02/2020]
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Added to the KWE this afternoon are the
Soldier's Medal
citations for the following 3rd Infantry Division
soldiers: Harry, Steeves, Earl W. Johnson, John E. Kinchla,
Arthur K. Johnson, Milton Fulmore, Frank B. Thompson Jr.,
Leroy L. Willard, John R. Slade, Colin D. Kain, James S.
Franklin, Samuel A. Vance, Phillip F. Darrh, and Leo John
Meyer. Also added are the Soldier's Medal citations
for the following 2nd Infantry Division soldiers: Alonz W.
Brown, Edward J. McGuire, Arthur K. Roe, Charles E. Deal,
Leslie O. Goodwin Jr., Duncombe M. Woodbury, George F.
Bammert, Dean L. Paisley, James M. Hiscock, Robert L.
Wilmoth, Odie Duke Jr., and Jack E. McFadden. [Posted
4/02/2020]
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A B-26
disappeared on the night of March 31, 1952 over its
target in North Korea. The three crew members were
listed as missing in action and presumed dead. To read
about this airplane crash, visit the KWE's newest Airplane
Crashes page. [Posted 3/31/2020]
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After a typhoon and heavy rains, a flash flood killed 31 men
of the 45th Infantry Division as they were crossing a river
near Inje. Some were due to rotate back to the States
in just a short time. Some had been in Korea for less
than a month. Some had seen months of heavy combat.
This flash flood tragedy is
the KWE's newest Casualties page. [Posted 3/31/2020]
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On February 26, 1954, a C-119 struck a roof in Huntingdon,
Tennessee and crashed, killing the crew of four. To
read about this tragedy, see the KWE's
newest Airplane Crashes page. [Posted 3/28/2020]
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Yesterday's new page tells about an RB-36 that crashed in
Newfoundland. Today's newest page goes a further,
telling our readers about an
SB-29 search and rescue plane that went out on the night
of March 18, 1953 to find the missing RB-36. The B-29
crashed into St. George's Bay, and all eleven airmen remain
missing to this day. The KWE is still looking for bio
information about some of the missing men. [Posted
3/28/2020]
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The newest page on the KWE is an airplane crashes topics
page that provides information about an
RB-36 that got off course and crashed into an 896-foot
tall ridge near Nut Grove, Burgoynes Cove, Newfoundland,
Canada. The crash occurred on March 18, 1953, and in
it all 23 onboard the plane lost their lives. [Posted
3/27/2020}
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Two new Airplane
Crash pages opened on the KWE tonight. Both tell
the story of C-46's that crashed during the Korean War.
One crash was off the coast of Korea at Kangnung on November
15, 1952. There were eight survivors and eleven lost
souls. The other was a C-46 that crashed into two
other C-46s at Chungju (K-41) Air Base in Korea on January
8, 1951. Two crew members lost their lives and one
survived. [Posted 3/24/2020]
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The newest material on the KWE is an addition to the
Women in Korea page.
It is research about the African-American nurses who served
during the Korean War. This is a little-researched
topic and important to the overall understanding of women
serving during times of war. [Posted 3/21/2020]
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The active Korean War was over, but US servicemen were still
losing their lives. On February 1, 1954, a C-46D
crashed into the sea near Hokkaido. All 35 persons
onboard lost their lives. To read more about this
crash, read the KWE's newest
Topics-Airplane Crashes page. [Posted 3/20/2020]
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Thanks to author Daryl C. McClary and HistoryLink.org, the
newest addition to the KWE provides details about a
B36
crash at Fairchild AFB on March 29, 1954. [Posted
3/12/2020]
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He saved four lives. To find out who this hero was,
read the
KWE's newest Airplane Crashes Topics page. [Posted
3/12/2020]
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On June 23, 1953, a C113 transport disappeared into the sea,
killing all seven persons onboard. To learn more about
this disappearance, read the
KWE's
newest Airplane Crashes Topics page. [Posted 3/11/2020]
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Six Panther jet pilots lost their lives due to navigational
instrument failure on September 10, 1952 near Pohang.
To read about this tragedy and the fatalities, read the
KWE's newest Airplane Crashes Topics page. [Posted
3/08/2020]
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On June 3, 1951, two C-119Bs collided three miles from Inje.
All ten personnel on the two aircrafts died. To read
more about the collision and the fatalities, read the
KWE's newest Airplane Crashes Topics page. [Posted
3/07/2020]
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Top Korean War flying ace
Joseph Christopher McConnell Jr. lost his life during a
test flight of a new F-86H on August 25, 1954.
Information about the crash is now posted on the KWE.
[Posted 2/25/2020]
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Nine Navy personnel lost their lives in the crash of a
PB4Y-2 on Atada-Shima island near Japan on July 27,
1951. To learn more about this explosion and crash,
read the newest Airplane Crash topics page of the KWE.
[Posted 2/23/2020]
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The four-man crew of a C-46D died as the result of an
airplane crash during winter maneuvers at Camp Drum, New
York on February 10, 1952. To learn about this fatal
crash, read the
KWE's newest Airplane Crash topics page. [Posted
2/21/2020]
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The Greek Expeditionary Forces had 610 injured and 186
fatalities in the Korean War. To learn more about
their participation in the Korean War, visit the KWE's
newest Topics page:
Greek
Participation in the Korean War. [Posted 2/19/2020]
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The newest Topics page on the Korean War Educator opened
early this morning with the addition of
Post-war Defectors.
There were six deserters from duty on the DMZ. To
learn about them, check out the new page. [Posted 2/17/2020]
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Ace pilot George Andrew Davis Jr. lost his life in the crash
of his
F-86 Sabre jet near the Yalu River on February 10, 1952.
To read about Davis and the fatal air crash go to the KWE's
newest addition to the Airplane Crash page. [Posted
2/11/2020]
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On May 10, 1951, Lt. Col. William N. Hensley was killed in
the crash of his Thunderbolt jet near Cleveland, Texas.
Information about the crash and Hensley can be found on the
KWE's newest addition to the
Airplane Crashes page. [Posted 2/11/2020]
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It was a trap, but they didn't know it. On November
29, 1952, a C47 owned by the CIA was shot down in Manchuria
while attempting to remove a CIA operative from China.
The two crew members died in the crash, but the two CIA
agents in the plane were taken prisoners of war and remained
in captivity for years. To learn more about this
incident, read the
KWE's newest Airplane Crash page, added tonight. [Posted
2/08/2020]
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A Royal Hellenic Air Force C-47 crashed near Chinhae,
South Korea on December 26, 1952, killing several American
servicemen. The names of some of the fatalities have
not been located yet (four were Greek), but details about
this crash were posted tonight in the hopes that a KWE
reader will see it and add more information to honor the
brave men who lost their lives in this fatal flight. [Posted
2/07/2020]
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On December 1, 1952, a C47 crashed into the side of Mount
San Gorgonio in southern California. Thirteen
servicemen died. Due to difficult accessibility and
terrible weather conditions, it took over a year to recover
the bodies. To learn more about this crash, see the KWE's
newest Airplane Crash page. [Posted 2/6/2020]
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Information about yet
another C-47 crash, this one on December 10, 1952 near
Wells and Elko, Nevada, is now posted on the KWE's Airplane
Crashes Topics page. Six servicemen were killed in the
crash. [Posted 2/6/2929]
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On January 3, 1953, a
C-47 crashed near Raleigh, North Carolina, killing
three. Information about this crash was added to the
KWE's Airplane Crashes Topics page today. [Posted 2/5/2020]
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More details and names were added to the KWE's Topics -
Airplane Crashes -
F4U
crashes page. This page is still under heavy
construction. [Posted 2/4/2020]
Notice:
Officials of a past administration of the Korean War Veterans Association, Inc. telephoned the KWE's
largest funding source to date to request that it not support the Korean War Educator. (Korean War
veterans everywhere should be outraged at the KWVA's maltreatment of the KWE.) Subsequent KWVA administrations
have done nothing about this injustice. As a result, that funding source is no longer available to
the KWE. Until the Korean War Educator receives another grant, your financial support is needed to
help keep the Korean War Educator going. Please join as a member, because your dues money is what keeps
this site going. You are always welcome to e-mail me at lynnita@thekwe.org
or call me (217-253-4620 at home or 217-253-5171 Thursday-Saturday at my store) Illinois time if you have
comments, concerns, questions, or suggestions. [Posted 2004]
--
As always, Korean War veterans and their families throughout the world are invited to participate in
the educating of the general public about the Korean War by sending information, memoirs, photos, and more
to the Korean War Educator. - Lynnita Jean Brown
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A Team Effort
The Korean War Educator is a team effort between Lynnita Brown of Tuscola, Illinois, as well as Korean
War veterans and their families worldwide. Lynnita is directly involved with the daily updates visitors
see on the KWE. All text appearing on the Korean War Educator is either generated by or routed through
Lynnita. Webmaster Jim Doppelhammer handles the technical aspects and makes improvements to the Korean
War Educator website. If you find a technical glitch anywhere on the site, be sure to contact Jim
at webmaster@koreanwar-educator.org. If you
find text errors on the site or want to add material to it, be sure to contact Lynnita at
lynnita@thekwe.org. We'll see what we can do to fix them.
If our KWE visitors see typographical and/or grammatical mistakes, Lynnita encourages those who discover
them to contact her. There is no such thing as an error "too small" to be corrected.
Lynnita can be reached by phone at 217-253-5171 (her store) from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday (and generally on Monday-Wednesday from May to December, too--but not always!). Her home
phone number in Illinois is 217-253-4620 (she rises early and stays up late). Feel free to reach Lynnita
is at her home number if you can't catch her at her store. If she is not home, your call will be picked
up by an answering machine or her husband, Dale. Please feel free to leave a message. She will
call you back--probably the same day or evening. Her e-mail address is
lynnita@thekwe.org.
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KWE Progress Report
Site Statistics:
- As of April 17, 2011, the KWE has had 192,390 since January 1, 2011.
- A review of the Year 2010 traffic statistics for the Korean War Educator shows that 681,927 visitors
stopped by to view the Korean War Educator from January 1 through December 31, 2010.
- The Korean War Educator had 810,676 visitors in the year 2008. As the site continues to grow,
so will the number of visitors. As an example of the KWE's fantastic growth rate, just think.
In the year 2004 the KWE had only 24,152 visitors! The majority of visitors to the KWE website
were from the United States, with visitors from the United Kingdom second and visitors from China third.
- As of January 7, 2008, the KWE had 141,459 page views per month and an average of 2,000 visitors
per day. The KWE website contains 5,645 files (748,966 KB). It has 3,364 photographs. There
are 21,404 hyperlinks.
- Due to a change of web hosts, we only have January and February and the December statistics from
2007, showing approximately 27,500 visitors per month in January/February and 30,000 visitors in December.
- From 1/1/06-12/31/06, the KWE had 183,640 unique visitors (again, many came back to view the site
over and over again, but they were only counted once) who viewed 1,132,528 of its pages.
- From 1/1/05-12/31/05, the KWE had 222,072 unique visitors (many came back to view the site over
and over again, but they were only counted once) who viewed 775,446 of its pages.
The Korean War Educator started to offer memberships at the end of September 2003. For the very first
time, the Korean War Educator was able to use the General Membership dues ($10.00 annually) to establish
a general operating fund that has enabled Lynnita to pay for her monthly internet connection, as well as
incidentals such as reams of copy paper, ink cartridges, postage, etc., without taking it from her own pocket.
Not only that, the Korean War Educator established an Endowment Fund to keep the Foundation going long after
those of us living today have passed on. With an initial deposit of $50.00 (one half of the cost of Life
Membership dues going into the Endowment) that special reserve fund has now jumped to $2,135.53, thanks
to the most recent donations to it from the KWE's new life members Tom Cearlock and Carl Galey of Illinois.
Our goal is to build up the principal in the account so that the annual interest will pay for each year's
web hosting fees. You can find the roster of Korean War Educator members on the KWE’s "Support" section
at the top of all main pages. We are hoping that many more of our visitors will come aboard to help this
great Korean War website become even greater. All funds go to support the Korean War Educator Foundation.
No salary money is expended. Most of the KWE's limited funds are expended for internet/website
expenses and printer ink.
It would be great if some of our regular visitors would support this important website by sponsoring
a year of hosting (or more). Contact Lynnita at lynnita@thekwe.org
about this possibility if you think you would like to sponsor a year's worth of KWE. The list of website
sponsors to date is listed on the
Support page of the KWE..
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In Remembrance of Julian
  It
is with great sorrow that I inform Korean War veterans and our other site visitors about the death of Julian
"Buck" Blagg, original webmaster of the Korean War Educator website and a fine Marine. He died of lung cancer
at 6:00 a.m., Sunday, June 1, 2003, at the age of 66. Julian was my dear friend, and I miss him. He helped
me give the world the Korean War Educator.
- Lynnita Brown, Founder, KWE
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