Our Mission as Editors of the Warrior, is to Enlighten the Minds and Hearts of its Members!

By Lee & Charlotte Henderson, Publishers / Editors

THE WARRIOR TEXAS LONE STAR CHAPTER / KOREAN WAR VETERANS

MAY 2010

Formed - February 1991

Volume 20 - Issue 5

MEMORIAL DAY. . .

Monday, May 31st, is the date to remember. This is the day of the annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Houston National Cemetery. The ceremony begins at 9:30 AM

The Master of Ceremonies will be Houston�s Channel 2 popular Anchor - Bill Balleza. The guest speaker will be Mr. Jim Nier. Mr. Nier is the former executive director of the Texas Veterans Commission. He was

a career Army man, having served 22 years, and is a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The cemetery has a new director, Director Arleen Ocasio, who will be introduced during the program. We all welcome the director and hope this new tenure will be a good one. As always there will be a Parade of Flags and the laying of the Wreaths, of which our Lone Star Chapter will be a part of. The Alief Hastings High School JROTC will be doing a Drill routine. Make your plans to attend this very impressive ceremony. (Don�t

forget to arrive early in order to find a place to park.)

Picture from last year.

60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN AUSTIN June 25, 2010

The 60th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War will be celebrated at the TLSC/KWV monument on the Capital grounds in Austin, Texas. Complete details are available on page 3 of this newsletter.

JULY 24th CEREMONY AT BEAR CREEK PARK July 23, 2010

The ceremony celebrating the end of the war in Korea will take place at the War Memorial in Bear Creek Park on July 23rd. More information on this event will be published in future newsletters.

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14TH ANNUAL �HONOR ALL VETERANS DAY� AT THE BALLPARK

Our annual Ballgame at Minute Maid Field will be held this year. We will be setting in the Outfield Mezzanine once again. WHEN: Saturday, May 22nd.

TIME: 6:05 pm

OPPONENT: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

TICKETS: $12.00 EACH

The theme this year will be the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War.

Our honorees will be five Korean War Veterans, from our Chapter, one from each branch of ser-vice. The Chapter Board of Directors has select the five honorees, and the honorees are:

ROD RAMSEY ARMY TRAVIS RILEY NAVY LEE HENDERSON MARINES BUDDY BLAIR AIR FORCE SAL GAMBINO COAST GUARD

The Color Guard will be comprised of 10 men:

BOB BIGHOUSE U. S. FLAG BOB MITCHELL TEXAS FLAG JOHN JACKSON KOREAN FLAG DON NAPP P.O.W. FLAG MANNY CARNERO CHAPTER FLAG JIM DUNCAN ARMY FLAG HANK DAUMAN NAVY FLAG TOM MIXON MARINE FLAG WAYNE HARRISON AIR FORCE FLAG CHARLES LAIRD COAST GUARD FLAG

HONOREES & COLOR GUARD, PLEASE ARRIVE BY 5 PM AT TEXAS @ HAMILTON, UNDER THE CLOCK.

Henry Martinez is the coordinator of the Color Guard and the Honorees for the game. Bob Mitchell has been working with the Astro�s, coordinating the tickets and seating arrangement.

The official photographers for the Chapter will be: JOHNNEY LEE and CHARLOTTE HENDERSON Councilman James Rodriquez will represent City Hall.

The cutoff date for all orders was March 31st. Bob Mitchell has purchased the block of tick-ets right after March 31st and distributed them at the April General Meeting, April 15th. If you missed this deadline and still want to go, you can still obtain discount tickets. The Astro's have set up a special website just for this game, www.astros.com/veterans. You can order up to 2 hours before game time, depending on availability. Even if you�ve never gone before, consider going this time because the real honorees that day will be all of YOU. Bring your family, friends and neighbors, all are welcome to attend. The more the merrier. Plan to join us for this special day, and let�s have a really big turnout and fill that stadium with Korean Vets and family.

SEE YOU AT THE BALLPARK!!

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60th ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY IN AUSTIN

Arrangements are have been made and finalized for the 60th Anniversary Ceremony to com-memorate the 60th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War, to be held in Austin at the Korean War Memorial on the State Capital Grounds

WHEN: Friday, June 25, 2010, 11:00 AM

WHERE: Korean War Memorial, State Capital Grounds, Austin, Tx.

WHO: All Korean Veterans, and their guests are invited!

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend. The principal speaker will be retired General Robert Ivany, President of St. Thomas University in Houston. The Governor and other prominent State Officials have also been invited, as well as the Honorable Yun-Soo-Cho, South Korean Consul General and Dr. Koh, Pres. Of Samsung, Aus-tin. Remember, All Korean Veterans and their guests are invited, regardless of

whether or not they belong to any organization. All Chapter members are encouraged to attend.

Arrangements have been made by Bob Mitchell, with the Drury Inn & Suites, 6711 IH 35 North, Austin, Texas 78752, for a block of rooms on June 24th and/or June 25th. Group rates will be dis-counted to $80 to $85 per night, down from the normal of $109 to $119. To make reservations online, go to www.druryhotels.com, click on Book it Fast, then enter group number 2084795. To make reservations by telephone call 1-800-325-0720. Specify the hotel location and reference the Group name�Korean War Veterans. The hotel provides a free hot breakfast buffet. The cutoff date to make your reservation is Monday, May 24th. There will be buses provided by Samsung from the Hotel to the Capital grounds and back to the Ho-tel The buses will leave the Hotel at 10 am. Don�t miss the bus, as there is little or no parking at the Capital grounds.

DINNER COMMEMORATING THE 60th ANNIVERSARY

The Greater Houston Chapter #33, Reserve Officers Association (ROA) in cooperation with the Loan Star Chapter, Korean War Veterans, will host a dinner on Saturday 19 June 2010, to com-memorate the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War. WHERE: Houston Marriott Westchase Hotel 2900 Briarpark Drive Houston, Tx., (just South of Westheimer and inside Beltway 8) WHEN: Assembly: 6:30, Dinner at 7 PM COST: $40.00 per person

The Honorary Chairman for the evening will be Major General Bob Crosser, Korean War vet, former CG of Houston�s 75th Training Division. The Guest speaker for the evening will be Col. Ralph M. Hockley, AUS-Ret., who as a 2nd Lt Artillery with the 2nd Infantry Division, landed in Korea on 4 August 1950. The topic will be: �60 years ago, the Korean War began: Background and Con-flict�.

All members of the Lone Star Chapter, their families and friends are invited to attend. It is recom-mended that Korean War veterans wear their decorations on their suit coat or blazers for the occa-sion. The Korean Consul General will be invited and members of the Korean community are wel-come.

�WARRIOR DONATIONS� Honor Roll for �July 2009 to July 2010� The editors would like to acknowledge and thank the following members and patrons of the Warrior who have contributed in help-ing to defray some of the cost of printing and mailing. As you know, we now have the Warrior on line for those with computers, but the Post Office has informed us that the cost of mailing has gone up, so we still need your help. We thank you for your generous support and contributions. We will be using the funds received to defray the costs of the newsletter. The following names will be published monthly through the July 2010 issue. Be sure and have your name included. Fill in the sponsor card, seen below, or included in your July, 2010 newsletter, (those that are mailed) and return with your contribution. Thanks: Your editors: Lee & Charlotte Henderson

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Pedraza, John Ramsey, Rod Riess, Don Riley, Travis Romano, Joe Priger, Ray Sanford, R. B. Sax, Edward Sholl, Vinton Sicola, Johnnie Singleton, Carl Spencer, Mickey Stewart, Clyde Won, Hong Sop Urquhart, Jennifer Younger, Marianne

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Olivarez, Manuel R040066 Russell, Roy Sicola, Louis & Charlie Sikkley, Leland Sloan, Story Treadwell, Marvin Wray, Ewing Urquhart, Sam Fall of O.P. Berlin 7/53 God Bless our Troops This Space is for you to Remember someone you Care for.

A man is trying to cross the street. As he steps off the curb, a car comes screaming around the corner and heads straight for him. The man walks faster, trying to hurry across the street, but the car changes lanes and is still coming at him. The man turns around to go back, but the car changes lanes again and is still coming at him. By now, the car is so close, and the man so scared, that he just freezes in the middle of the road. The car gets closer, then swerves at the last moment and screeches to a halt beside him. The man sees a squirrel behind the wheel After rolling down his car window, the squirrel looks at the man and says, �See, it�s not as easy as it looks, is it?� A Woman is having a bad day at the roulette tables in Vegas. Down to her last $100, she cries, �What horrible luck! What in the world should I do now?� A gentleman next to her, trying to calm her down a bit, suggests she play her age. He walks away. Later, he hears a commotion at the roulette table. Had the woman won? Pushing his way through the crowd, he�s stunned to see the lady lying on the floor, with the table operator kneeling over her. He asks, �What happened? Is she all right?� �I don�t know.� the operator said. �She put all her money on 29. When 36 came up, she fainted!�

MAY 6th - Board Meeting - 5pm 9th - MOTHER�S DAY 15th - ARMED FORCES DAY 20th - General Meeting - 6pm 31st - MEMORIAL DAY 31st - CEREMONY AT V.A. CEMETERY - 9:30 AM JUNE 3rd - Board Meeting 14th - FLAG DAY 14th - BIRTHDAY OF U.S.ARMY 17th - General Meeting - 6 pm 18th - SOCKS - V.A. HOSPITAL 20th - FATHER�S DAY 21st - Summer Begins 25th - Ceremony in Austin

TIME TO RENEW

Dues are $20.00 - Life Membership $200.00 � Send re-newal to KWVA � P O Box 802541 � Houston TX 77280-2541. The following memberships are due May 1, 2010 Harry Caldwell M 19 Frank Daidone M819 Byron Dickerson M821 Nuncio Martino M794 Ray Priger M432 Herbert Rerich M387 Travis Riley M758 Carl Singleton M775 Frank Weeden M822

RENEWALS Vernon Coleman Glenn Krebs

Volume 20 - Issue 5 Page 5 Merchant Marines

MEETING TIME ?

What time should the meeting start?

This topic was discussed at the General Meeting and the membership voted and decided to leave the time as it is now, beginning at 6 PM.

THANK YOU!! Bill Craigmill, is a member of the Lone Star Chap-ter, that lives in Canada, and spends his winters in the Philippines. (His wife is from the Philippines, and the cold Canadian winters are to hard on his arthritis ) His last trip there, he discovered that the monument to veter-ans in the Province of Guimaras, the Municipality of Buena Vista is neglected. This is a monument to the fallen hero�s of WWII and Korea. He has made it his mission to change that. He normally returns to the Philippines in the fall, when the weather in Canada begins to turn cold This year he is returning in July, because of the mass amount of work to be done. He is helping the Mayor to organize

the people to clean up the monument area and restore it to the original condition. The Mayor, with Bill�s help is planning a ceremony at the site on November 11th, but they need help. One of our members, Travis Riley,

has obtained a thousand poppies for Bill to distribute there, along with an American flag. A recording of the National Anthem and Taps, is also needed plus he would like a banner with the TLSC/KWV on it, to put on a wreath. He also needs funds to help pay for all the work that needs to be done. Bill hopes that this year, with the help of numerous people and the Lone Star Chapter, the Veterans Day Celebration on November 11th, will be one that the people in the region will fi-nally remember those that helped to free their country.

PLEASE HELP THIS WORTHY CAUSE...

ROK MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY

On April 10th, the American Ma-rines gathered with the Korean Ma-rines to celebrate the birth of the ROK Marine Corps on April 15th, 1949. The celebration was held in

Sacramento, California

The ROK Marines have patterned their logo after the USMC design.

CONGRATULATIONS

Wisdom from Maxine! �Patience is, indeed, a virtue that I know will pay great dividends if I can only learn to practice it!�

MAY BIRTHDAY'S

MAY ANNIVERSARY'S

MEMBER & SPOUSE DATE MEMBER & SPOUSE DATE

Samuel & Aurelia Cardenas . . . . . . . . . . . 5/3 Norm & Charlotte Hackler. 53 yrs ..5/10/57 Walter & Katy Ballard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5/10 Herbert & Dorothy Rerich . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/18 Lee & Charlotte Henderson ..55 yrs �.. 5/21/55 Ted & Paula Maloy ��.55 yrs ��..5/22/55 Paul & LaVonne Johnson �.. 57 yrs �.. 5/23/53

Congratulations to our members celebrating their 50th + Anniversary's�!!

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Betty Bozeman . . . . . . . . 4th Starlene Johnson . . . . . . . 5th Emma Jean Perkins . . . . .5th Dorothy Rerich . . . . . . . . 6th Homer Garza . . . . . . . . . 8th Aurelia Cardenas . . . . . . .9th

Norm Hackler . . . . . . . . . 10th Herbert Rerich . . . . . . . . .10th Frances Velasco . . . . . . . 14th Betty Duncan . . . . . . . . . .15th Abel Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . 16th Yolanda Cortez . . . . . . . . 17th

Stella Sperbeck . . . . . . . 18th Charles Dean . . . . . . . . . 19th Henry Martinez . . . . . . . 19th Gloria Chavez . . . . . . . . 20th Sun Hee Sutton . . . . . . . .22nd

Vernon Coleman . . . . . 23rd Jimmy Chavez . . . . . . . 23rd Orin Smith . . . . . . . . . . 23rd Edna Potts . . . . . . . . . . 28th Connie Singleton . . . . .30th

DOOR PRIZES MARCH. 2010

Forrest Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Books Maggie Bazan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duck wall plaques Forrest Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . books Ed Sax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level Forrest Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flashlight Forrest Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Books Billie Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angel Statue Forrest Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Books Al Habinak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Stationary Bob Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book Martha Ballard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puzzle Betty Grochoske . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book Ed Sax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puzzle Forrest Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas Candle Martha Ballard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballpoint pen Martha Ballard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book

The 50/50 drawing was won by Henry Martinez. The amount was $71.00 and his half $35.50 and he do-nated $14.00 to the newsletter. Thank you Henry.

The donors of the prizes for the nights drawings were: Georgia Jackson, Travis Riley, Nelda Napp, Vito & Martha Susca, Ed Sax, Maggie Bazan and Tom Conte. Thank you very much everyone!

VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL WEBSITE

This is a very interesting website. You can click on a person a read about them. Very touching. Someone spent a lot of time on this and it is truly remark-able. This website is a virtual wall of all those lost dur-ing the Viet Nam war, with the names, bio�s and other information on our lost comrades. It is a very interesting link, and those who served in that time frame and/or lost friends or family, can look them up on this site. First click on a state�...then when it opens a city�..and names�...then it should show you a picture of the person or at least his bio and medals��. Http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

CEMETERY PATROL

The Cemetery Patrol at the Houston V.A. Cemetery celebrated their 3 year anniversary on May 1st. Of-ficials at the cemetery is very pleased with the re-sults of the patrol, stating that thefts have gone way down since our men are patrolling and reminding visitors to lock their cars, take purses with them and place valuables in the trunk, out of sight.

CONGRATULATIONS MEN!!!

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KEEPING IN TOUCH � SICK BAY

Charles Laird was rushed to the hospital Sunday April 11th. At first it was thought it was his heart, but the doctors determined that he had pneumonia in his left lung. He was released Wednesday, the 14th, and once he got settled in, he and Grace fell asleep around 7 pm and didn�t wake up until close to noon the next day. We�re very glad that you are home and do not get sick like that again. Patty & Sal Gambino are improving. Sal has finished his treatments but Patty still has 3 to 4 months of therapy. The surgeon has said that the recovery for her injury at least 6 months, but her ankle will never be the same. Don and Nelda Napp recently went on a 7 day cruise out of Galveston to the Bahamas and Key West. While enjoying the trip, lounging on deck, they noticed a familiar face a few chairs away�it turned out to be Sandra and Rod Ramsey. A great trip turned out to be a fabulous trip and a good time was had by all. Nelda reported that the water was as calm as glass on the trip out, making it a very pleasant trip. It must have been sunny and mild that week, because they all came home looking rested and tan. Mickey Spencer is still at Tranquility House and really enjoys visitors. If you have time, please stop by and visit with him. Tranquility is located at 9006 Poco Road, Houston, Tx., 77080. Charlotte Henderson still has the infection in her ankle. After being sent to several different doctors, plus x-ray, blood tests, etc. The last doctor I was sent to was one at the Wound Care center. I think this is the last doctor I will be seen by. The treatment will last several months, as they are taking a very aggressive treat-ment procedure with the wound. I will be going every week until it is healed. Hopefully this works, because I�m tired of the pain. After just one treatment, the pain is almost gone.

LOYALTY * VALOR * HONOR * FIDELITY

CHRISTMAS PARTY Make your plans early. The date for the annual Christmas Party has been set, so mark your calendar for December 18th. The place will once again be at the Monu-ment Inn. We have had two very successful parties there and the decision was made to return.

OBITUARY

Our sincere condolences are ex-tended to the family of Jack Hensley. Jack passed away Sun-day, March 7, 2010 Jack proudly served his coun-try with the US Army in WWII

and as an Airborne Ranger with the 11th Com-pany in the Korean War.

Jack is survived by his wife of 56 years, Peggy, children, Lynda Peters, Jack Anderson, Richard Hensley, Julianne Secrest, Robert Hensley John

Hensley, Mary Lynn McClendon and Kristen Hensley, 11 grandchildren and 3 great grand-children. Services were held Friday, March 12, 2010, with burial at the Houston National Cemetery. Members of the TLSC Color Guard were present

ANITA LONG

We had a special guest at our April meeting, Anita Long, daughter of Huey P. Long. Anita is operating the museum in honor of her father and you can access the museum at: inkspotsmu-seum.com She has also undertaken the project of video taping memories. This is very much like we have been doing at our meetings when a veteran is video taped telling his story about his part in the Korean war and the tapes are sent to the Korean War Museum. Anita can help you tell your story, either about the war, your family, career, or anything that you would like preserved. If you would like her ser-vices, contact her at the museum or via the web-site.2

Wisdom from Maxine! �My perspective on life is far different today, then when I was young and new it all!�

TEXAS LONE STAR CHAPTER KOREAN WAR VETERANS

P O. BOX 802541 HOUSTON, TX 77280-2541

USA FAX (713) 464-3437

www.kwvahouston.org

Return Service Requested

Term Expires 03/11 Jim Duncan 713-464-0633 03/11 Henry Martinez 713-688-1718 03/11 Don Napp 281-443-1809 03/12 Z.E. (Stoney) Stone 281-375-7675 03/12 Travis Riley 713-465-5634

* Chairman of the Board

OFFICERS DIRECTORS

President Bob Bighouse 713-464-3676 1st Vice Pres. Lee Henderson 713-946-9194 2nd Vice Pres. Vito Susca 281-491-1242 Secretary Buddy Blair 281-589-2034 Treasurer Hank Dauman 281-497-4054

*Carlos Ballard - Past-President 281-499-5334

FORMER PRESIDENTS COMMITTEES

1991-92 - Nat Young 1992-93 - W. B. Kirchheim 1993-94 - Don Foisie 1994-95 - James Duncan 1995 -97 - Bill Hare 1997-98 - John Jackson 1998-99 � �Stoney� Stone 1999-00 � Sal Gambino 2000-01 � Howard Nathan 2001-02 � Bob Mitchell 2002-03 - Carlos Ballard 2003-04 - Don Napp 2004-05 - Charlie Ehrlund 2005-07 - Buddy Blair 2007-08 - Charlie Ehrlund 2008-09 - Carlos Ballard

CHAPLAIN Charles Laird / Max Johnson / Tom Campion CHAPTER FAX Jim Duncan COLOR GUARD Henry Martinez EDUCATION Travis Riley HISTORIAN Mickey Spencer MIA / POW Carlos Ballard, Alternate PARLIAMENTARIAN Manny Carnero PUBLIC RELATIONS QUARTERMASTER John Jackson SGT. AT ARMS Sal Gambino KOREAN COMMUNITY LIAISON-Johnney Lee VA CEMETERY �Stoney� Stone / John Jackson / Charles Laird VA HOSPITAL Buddy Blair VETERANS COALITION Jim Duncan, Stoney Stone WARRIOR EDITOR Lee Henderson (bhenderson49@comcast.net) KWV MUSEUM LIAISON Bob Mitchell MEMBERSHIP DUES Bob Mitchell WEBSITE LIAISON Jim Duncan

MAY 2010