Welcome to the

Korean War Veterans Association

Chartered by Congress June 30, 2008
*Korean War and Korea Service Veterans...
A Continuity of Service in the Defense of Freedom
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GENERAL

Home Page

Update
(President's Official Message Board)

Mission Statement

Code of Conduct

Policy/Ethical Conduct
PDF File
MS Word Doc

Directory of
KWVA Officials

Dept/Chapter List

Standard Procedure Manual

Charter and Bylaws

KWVA Federal Charter (PDF)

Bylaws-Based Legals

PROGRAMS

Tell America Program

POW/MIA Page

Revisit Korea Tours

KWVA National Challenge Fund HONOR ROLL

MEMBERSHIP

How to JOIN Us
(Membership info/ Application Form)

How to Submit Items for Graybeards

Contact Us

In Memoriam

INFORMATION

Korean War
Memorials

Casualty Lists

VA List of America's Wars + Statistics

VA eBenefits
Gateway to Vet Benefit Info

MIA Family Outreach

Info about Other
Korea Service Orgs

Links to Websites
of Interest

Music you will remember

The Second Korean War - 1966-1969

ABMC Honor Roll Casualty Database

ABOUT US

KWVA... Brief History
and Founding Info.

The Graybeards...
A Brief History

Korean War...
A Brief Account

Viewer Comments
& Letters

ARCHIVES

The Graybeards...
Online Archives of Past Issues

Archives of Past
Website Info.

 
Click here for Photo Galleries of KWVA Events, Meetings and More!

Click here for a
larger slide show

KWVA Home Page


Membership Office VERY BUSY this time of the year...

Note: November through February we receive hundreds of renewal payments daily (thousands weekly) in the mail.  That means it could be 4-6 weeks from the time you mailed your payment, to when we get it posted and it clears your bank.

New membership cards are prepared and mailed the first week of each month, so you should get your new membership card by the middle of the month after your payment is posted.

Jamie Reynolds, Membership Administrative Assistant, is the ONLY PERSON that posts payments... The KWVA has over 16,000 active Members, and over 8,000 Members pay Annual Dues... so please be patient.

Thank You!

Click HERE to Check your Membership Status

(Posted 1/5/12)


Officer & Director Election 2012 CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED...
Click HERE to Meet the Candidates... Resumes and Photos!
NOTE:  The Jan/Feb Graybeards will be the Election Issue this year...
It will be mailed on/about Feb 15, 2012

(Posted 12/17/11, Revised 12/21/11)

SNOWBIRDS Announcement...

If you haven't already sent your "Winter Address" information to Jamie at the Membership Office, PLEASE DO SO NOW!

Email: membership@kwva.org or...
Phone Jamie at the Membership Office: 217-345-4414

We can automatically switch to your Winter address in the Fall and then back to the Summer address again in the Spring, BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL US, or you will NOT get your Graybeards in the Winter... it is no longer forwarded.  We need both addresses as well as the effective dates.

(Posted 11/9/11)

IF YOU HAVE EVER SERVED IN KOREA 1945 to PRESENT...
(or served outside of Korea June 25, 1950 to Jan. 31, 1955)
Then YOU QUALIFY and WE WANT YOU to join as a Member
of the Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.,
our Federally Chartered Veterans Service Organization!

How to Join

Welcome to the official website of the Korean War Veterans Association, Inc. The site is DYNAMIC, ever-changing, to keep the membership and all Veterans of Korea, 1945 until now, informed of America’s oldest and largest association of Korea Veterans. You will find new material each time you visit the site: come often, browse widely, and come again soon! We encourage all users to check out the various links on our site to useful and helpful information for veterans, their families, educators, and the public.

List of Recently Joined NEW MEMBERS...
Click HERE to View


Check Your National KWVA Membership Status Online:
Click HERE


Members continue to subscribe to the Code of Conduct... Have YOU??
View the List of Subscribers...
(Now over 500 names; page loads slow, please be patient!)
See Steve Szekely's article in the Jan/Feb 2010 Graybeards...

News... Stories... Topics of Interest to KWVA Members and Friends...
(Note: Please scroll down for many more stories not listed here...)

Archive of EARLIER Home Page Stories by Date and Subject...



Korean War Veterans Digital Memorial

"The creation of the Korean War Veterans Digital Memorial (KWVDM) emerges as a first-of-its-kind project seeking to permanently preserve, unedited, the first-hand memories, experiences, and artifacts of our Korean War Veterans in an effort to pass them down to future generations."

Click HERE to visit the website

Click HERE for more information on how the Korean War Veterans Digital Memorial was created (PDF)

(Posted 1/12/12)


(Click for larger view)

The November/December, 2011 Issue of The Graybeards
was mailed Thursday, December 15... look for your copy soon!!

Click the following links for a preview... (PDF Files)

(Posted 12/20/11)


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Parade Magazine (11/6/11 Issue) Special Article "Heroes Among Us"... Six Wars, Six Vets, Six Stories of Courage Features KWVA Member Vartkess Tarbassian

Click HERE to view the story on the Parade Website

Click HERE to view the Parade INTERVIEWS on YouTube

<< Picture: Colin Powell with (clockwise from left) Tom Corey, Yonas Hagos, Tracy Garner, Sarah Letts-Smith, Vartkess Tarbassian, Bob Kessler.  [Photo: Peter Yang]

(Posted 11/13/11)

Need extra copies of a past or current issues of The Graybeards?

Jamie at the KWVA Membership Office can help you.  We have lots of old copies of a many issues going back to 2004.

Back copies are $2.00 each plus postage - First Class Postage for one copy is $2.08, total of $4.08.

Need more than one copy?  Generally USPS Priority Mail is the cheapest and Jamie can give you a quote.

Email or call Jamie for more information on what is available or to order:

Email: membership@kwva.org
Phone: 217-345-4414

(Don't forget, PDF copies of ALL back issues of The Graybeards are available on the KWVA Website... Click HERE!)

(Posted 1/26/11)

SNOWBIRDS Announcement...

If you haven't already sent your "Winter Address" information to Jamie at the Membership Office, PLEASE DO SO NOW!

Email: membership@kwva.org or...
Phone Jamie at the Membership Office: 217-345-4414

We can automatically switch to your Winter address in the Fall and then back to the Summer address again in the Spring, BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL US, or you will NOT get your Graybeards in the Winter... it is no longer forwarded.  We need both addresses as well as the effective dates.

(Posted 11/9/11)

ANNOUNCEMENT...

Please send ALL Member Information Changes to the KWVA Membership Office...

  • Change of Address
  • "Snowbird" Fall and Spring move dates/address changes
  • Phone Number Change/Update
  • Email Address Changes/Additions
  • Death Notices (including date of death)
  • New Member Applications
  • Dues Renewal Payments

Email to:  membership@kwva.org
"Snail" Mail to: KWVA Membership Office
PO Box 407
Charleston, IL  61920-0407
Phone: 217-345-4414


President Bush Signs KWVA Federal Charter Bill Into Law

We have been given word that President Bush has signed the KWVA Federal Charter Bill S. 1692 into law this afternoon.  When we have more information available we will announce it here!

6/30/08: White House Press Release

7/1/08: Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-254 [GPO: Text, PDF]

William F. Mac Swain
National President, KWVA/US
Chairman of the Board

(Posted 6/30/08)

KWVA Lapel Pins and Patches For Sale

Members desiring to purchase distinctive copyrighted items for Korea war and Korea service veterans may now purchase items from the National Membership Office.

Newly available items are lapel pins and the alternative sew-on patch (see below).

Click HERE for Ordering Information

 


NEW PIN


PATCH

 

(Posted 7/6/07, updated 11/25/07)


New Recruiting Mail-Out/Hand-Out Flyer Available

The new Recruiting Flyer is available... it is designed to be printed on a 8-1/2 x 11 size paper in Color.  It includes a complete Membership Application as part of the flyer.

PDF File    MS Publisher Version

NOTE:  Most printers can print from the PDF File (Most don't use or have Publisher)

(Posted 12/19/07, Revised 9/7/08)



(Posted 9/5/05
Poster Revised
1/21/07)

RECRUITING!
Attention All Chapters,
Departments, Members:

"KWVA Wants You" Recruiting Poster...

Download the Recruiting Ad, insert your own address and telephone number(s) and place in papers and on local TV.

Click to view the complete poster----->

For a larger "Poster View" suitable for printing, click the link below:

1055x1430-300dpi JPG (picture) File
OR
1055x1430-300dpi PDF File
Note: Most printers prefer the PDF file

Click HERE for information on how to join us.

(Original poster Courtesy Jamie L. Burnell, Granddaughter of KWVA member Ed Bicknell)


(Click to enlarge)

MEMORIAL OF OUR MEMBERS

Perpetual...

Founder William T. Norris, LC00001, June 20, 1997

Honorary President Raymond G. Davis MOH, MH00008, September 3, 2003


In January 2005, the President of the KWVA established that death notices of present or former directors, national officers, and department presidents would be placed on the website for thirty days. All reports of deaths of members are published in The Graybeards, when reported, and the Memorial List of those who have departed since the last National Convention are placed on a Memorial List awaiting the next Convention. Well done, honored comrades.

Click HERE to view our "In Memoriam" page of ALL Members that have passed away.


Join Us...

The members of the Board of Directors and I cordially invite Korea veterans of all eras to join the KWVA so that you can receive the membership benefit of issues of the organization's official magazine, The Graybeards, published six times a year and is occasionally supplemented with newsletters between issues. (Non-Korea veterans are also welcome to join the KWVA as associate members.)

In our newsletters, and on THIS Website, you will find the most current KWVA news, updates on issues of importance to Korean War veterans, reunion notices, POW/MIA updates, book reviews, veterans' memoirs, and much more.

William F. Mac Swain, President, KWVA

Click HERE for information on how to join us.
 


The official contact person for the national KWVA is: Frank Cohee, Secretary, KWVASec@gmail.com. Phone 863-859-1384. Mr. Cohee is a resident of Florida, and thus is on Eastern Time.


Archive of EARLIER Home Page Stories...

Stories and news releases of interest to Korea veterans are published regularly on the KWVA website Home Page.
CLICK THIS LINK to go to the list of Previous Stories by Date and Subject.


THE MISSION OF THE KWVA/USA is
DEFEND our Nation
CARE for our Veterans
PERPETUATE our Legacy
REMEMBER our Missing and Fallen
MAINTAIN our Memorial
SUPPORT a free Korea


Appearance from time-to-time of non-KWVA notices, opinions, products, and services hereon are offered as a service to our members and friends, and does not constitute agreement with or an endorsement by the KWVA or any of its officers, officials or employees. News items are selected as pertaining to the Mission of the Association.

Hot Topics:
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New Item!
2011 Bylaws Released
for Publication

on the Website
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New Item!
2011 Revised KWVA Standard Procedure Manual NOW AVAILABLE
on the Website
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New Item! U.S. Dept. of Defense 60th Anniversary Commemoration Website
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New Item!  2012
Revisit Korea
Dates Announced
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Announcements:

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New Item!
Korean War Veterans Digital Memorial!
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VA Publishes Final Regulation to Aid Korean War Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange (PDF)
Posted 1/30/11)

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Text of Public Law 110-254 - KWVA Federal Charter
(PDF File)

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Tell-America TV... Major Breakthrough for the Tell America Program!
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VA Announces
On-Line Claims Applications
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VA List of America's Wars + Statistics
(PDF File)
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How to Request Military Service Records or Prove Military Service
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KWVA Lapel Pins and Patches,
and a Variety of Uniform Items For Sale
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KWVA
National Memorial
Challenge Fund
HONOR ROLL
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In Memoriam
FULL Database Listing of Members who have passed away.
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Mailing Address:  KWVA, PO Box 407, Charleston, IL  61920-0407

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