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VA Begins Stimulus Payments to Veterans
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Convention 2009 - Oct. 24-26...
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The Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport located in Irving, Texas.
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| 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
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 25, 2009
VA Begins Stimulus Payments to Veterans
Recipients of Some VA Benefits Will Receive $250
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has
requested the Department of the Treasury to make $250 payments to eligible Veterans as part of President Obama’s
recovery plan. The first payments were sent Monday, June 22. All payments will be distributed by June 30. As part of the recovery plan, VA is making one-time payments of
$250 to eligible Veterans and survivors to offset the effects of the current economy. VA estimates $500 million in
payments will be made to approximately 1.9 million Veterans and eligible beneficiaries as part of this measure. To be eligible for the payment, VA beneficiaries must have
received VA’s compensation, pension, dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), or spina bifida benefits at any
time between November 2008 and January 2009. Also, beneficiaries must reside within the United States, Puerto Rico,
Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa or the U.S. Virgin Islands. No application is necessary. VA used its existing payment records to determine
eligibility for the $250 payment. Beneficiaries will receive their payments the same way they receive their monthly
VA benefits -- either by direct deposit or in the mail. This
payment is not countable in determining eligibility for VA pension or Parents’ DIC. The law allows one $250 payment
per person. The payment is tax-free. VA beneficiaries who also receive benefits from the Social Security
Administration or Railroad Retirement Board will be paid through those agencies, and will therefore not receive the
payment from VA. VA will spend more than $1.4 billion as
part of President Obama’s economic recovery plan to improve services to America’s Veterans. VA’s Internet site –
www.va.gov/recovery – provides current
information about VA’s work to deliver its portion of recovery act funds to benefit Veterans. (Posted
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The May/June, 2009 Issue of
The Graybeards
was mailed Fri., June 19... look for your copy soon!!
Click the following links for a preview... (PDF Files)
NOTE: The publisher printed and
mailed the Graybeards, then went on vacation...
But he forgot to send me the PDF file!! I will post
more of the pages when he gets back from vacation
Sorry for the inconvenience. JimD
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The Contents Page
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2009 Director Election Results
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KWVA 2009 Annual Reunion (Convention) Announced
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Larry Kinard's Tell America Program Update
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POW/MIA Update
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Revisit Korea Program Report
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From Our Chaplain...
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The Complete Issue
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KWVA National Furnished Websites for Departments and Chapters NOW AVAILABLE...
In the 2008 March/April Issue of The Graybeards, on Pages 22-23, the
idea of Chapter and Department websites, furnished by KWVA, Inc., was proposed to the KWVA Membership. The proposal
was then placed before the KWVA Board of Directors, at the 2008 KWVA Annual Reunion, at Norfolk, Virginia, on
October 24, 2008. It was unanimously approved.
The project task is to set up two website servers; one each for
KWVA Departments and Chapters. The target date to have the system in place was January 1st, 2009... but we have gotten
it set up ahead of schedule! The initial Website Templates are designed and installed, and the first Chapter (California CID 6) and Department (California) Websites are online, although
still under development!
There will be no website cost to a Department or Chapter,
including that for the annual domain name registration. While the KWVA will furnish the initial Website Templates, it will be the
individual chapter or department that will be required to provide their Webmaster. The web design and editing software
is Microsoft FrontPage. Access to it will be given to the approved Department or Chapter Commander and Webmaster. A
one-time licensing fee may be passed on to the Department or Chapter. That is being negotiated at this time.
Click the following links to view the project as it stands at
the moment:
Check back often to view the progress as further updates
are made. To apply for your Department or Chapter, click the link on the right of the KWVA Home Page to the
Standard Procedure Manual and follow the procedure in
Addendum N-6A, page 53.
Read More (From Nov/Dec GB)>>
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The Membership Office Has Moved...
Due to personal reasons, our dear friend Annelie Weber, who
has manned the KWVA Membership Office in Alexandria, Virginia for the past 1-1/2 years, is unable to continue working for
the KWVA.
The new Membership Administrative Assistant is Jamie
Reynolds. She has been assisting Annelie for the past year and is already up-to-speed on what needs to be done
to help our members! Jamie is the daughter of our Webmaster Jim Doppelhammer.
The phones and FAX are now working in the new location and
we can all call and welcome Jamie as the office begins operations.
New Mailing Address and Phone Numbers:
Korean War Veterans Association,
PO Box 407
Charleston, IL 61920-0407
Phone: 217-345-4414
FAX: 217-345-4415
Email Address:
Membership@kwva.org
Use this email address to report changes in Department, Chapter and Member information or to get information
concerning same.
All Membership Dues Payments and correspondence need to
be mailed to the new address. Address changes/corrections, death notices, questions etc. may be submitted via
email or sent to the new address.
Thank you, and Welcome Aboard Jamie!
William F. Mac Swain
National President and Chairman of the Board
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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
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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
(Posted 7/6/07, updated 11/25/07) |
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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) |
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(Posted 9/5/05
Poster Revised
1/21/07)
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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 File for Printing
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Click HERE for information on how to join us.
(Original poster Courtesy Jamie L. Burnell, Granddaughter of KWVA
member Ed Bicknell) |
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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. |
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Memoriam" page of ALL Members that have passed away. |
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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.
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The official contact person for the national KWVA is: Frank Cohee, Secretary,
FCohee@kwva.org. Phone 863-859-1384. Mr. Cohee is a resident of
Florida, and thus is on Eastern Time.
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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