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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) |
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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) |
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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!
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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 and helpful information for veterans, their families, educators,
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 List of Recently Joined NEW MEMBERS...
Click HERE to View
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Check Your National KWVA Membership Status Online:
Click HERE
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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... |
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News... Stories... Topics of Interest to KWVA Members and Friends...
(Note: Please scroll down for many more stories not listed here...)
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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) |
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(Click for larger view)
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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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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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
(Posted 6/30/08) |
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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 (picture) File
OR
1055x1430-300dpi PDF File
Note: Most printers prefer the PDF file |
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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, KWVASec@gmail.com. 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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