Most Recent Update: February 23, 2023*
Stay safe, everyone. I love you. -
Lynnita
The KWE is online throughout 2023
thanks to a web hosting gift that was given by
Sgt.Maj. Jack W. Jaunal (USMC) in memory of all who served in
Korea.
*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). 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:
- February 23, 2023 - See Newest Addition
- February 23, 2023 - See Latest News
- January 10, 2023 - See Latest News
- January 07, 2023 - See Newest Addition
- January 02, 2023 - See Latest News
- November 10, 2022 - See Latest News
- September 08, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 30, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 30, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 29, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 29, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 29, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 29, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 26, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 23, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 15, 2022 - See Latest News
- August 04, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- August 02, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- July 29, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- July 23, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- July 11, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- July 11, 2022 - See Latest News
- June 18, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- June 17, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- June 15, 2022 - See Newest Addition
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- June 10, 2022 - See Newest Addition
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- June 06, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- June 04, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- June 02, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- March 25, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- March 17, 2022 - See Latest News
- March 17, 2022 - See Newest Addition
- February 25, 2022 - See Newest Addition
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- January 02, 2022 - See Latest News
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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.]
I'm still here working on the KWE every day, even though
return visitors might not see the changes being made.
Several death notices have been added and I have been working on
editing the transcribed memoir of the driver of a flamethrower.
All is well. See Newest Addition. [Posted 2/23/2023] --- We received a $50.00 donation from Michael Warmuth of Mexico.
Michael is a nephew of Pvt. Edward G. Risen, a paratrooper
killed in a jump training exercise at Ft. Bragg in 1953.
(See Newest Addition.) Thanks so much to Michael for providing
further details about his uncle for his bio on the KWE, as well
as for the donation. [Posted 1/10/203] --- The KWE begins the Year 2023 with two monetary gifts.
Sheila Kronenberger of Illinois donated $500, and that gift has
been divided two ways. One hundred dollars was applied to
the web hosting fund in memory of the 20 women who died while
serving in the military during the Korean War. That web
hosting will take place in 2043-2044. The remainder of the
gift has gone into the KWE's General Operating Fund. 1st
Sergeant Jerome S. "Bonkers" Bonkowski (USMC-Ret.) of Illinois
sent $50.00 to the KWE's General Operating Fund. Both of
these wonderful donors have supported the KWE financially for
multiple years and we thank them both for their generosity.
[Posted 1/02/2023] --- I'm thinking of you with gratitude and love as Veterans Day
approaches tomorrow. I still work on the KWE every
evening. The latest development for the website is the
arrival of a scrapbook full of photographs and memorabilia
associated with Camp Drake. A new page will go up before
long. Also received was a number of obituaries for Korean
War veterans, sent to the KWE by Sheila Kronenberger. They
are one by one being added to the Death Notices page. Keep
in touch with me. I'm still here for you! [Posted
11/10/2022] P.S. - Happy Marine Corps birthday today!
--- My phone and e-mail are back in full service now. If
readers don't see many addition updates lately, it's not because
I'm not hard at it. These days I am working on a new page
of the KWE, listing every F-51 crash that ended in fatalities or
injuries during the Korean War. It's a big job, and brings
home clearly just how much danger faced the pilots of these
low-altitude fighter jets. [Posted 8/15/2022] --- We are
pleased to welcome our newest life member, Hyeong Geun Ahn of
Yangju City, South Korea. Half of the $100 donation went
into the KWE's General Operating Fund and half went into the
KWE's Endowment Fund CD. Another $100 was added to the
KWE's Endowment Fund courtesy of Leslie Ledda of Texas.
Leslie's father, Vernon Ray Ribera (1928-2022) was a merchant
marine and Army veteran of World War II, a member of the
Oklahoma National Guard, and acting platoon leader of a rifle
company in the 45th Infantry Division in Korea. In
addition to the web hosting donation, Leslie also gave the KWE
another $100, which was deposited in the KWE's General Operating
Fund. Donations to the KWE are few and far between, so
both of these donors are very much appreciated and deserve our
thanks. [Posted 8/15/2022] --- Due to a change in carriers, my computer was offline for
about three weeks. TMobile is now my new Internet
service--just activated this past weekend. I'm still
having issues with my telephone, and although I can receive
e-mails now, I still can't send new or reply e-mails. I'm
so sorry for the inconvenience. It has been and still is a
difficult situation. Thank you for your patience while I
work through the glitches that are driving me crazy! On
the bright side, I can now update the KWE. See Newest
Additions. [Posed 7/11/2022] --- Even if readers don't see many new additions posted on the
KWE, rest assured that I am still working on this website every
evening. While the webmaster continues to add graphics to
a "coming soon" memoir, I am creating a new Native Americans in
the Korean War page. It's a slow process, but I move
forward with the page every single night. [Posted 3/17/2022]
--- Thanks to a $200 donation from Holly H. Ryan of Connecticut,
two more years of web
hosting were funded in memory of Holly's father, Sgt.
William J. Huebner. A war correspondent, 3rd Infantry
Division veteran, and twice-recipient of the Bronze Star,
Sergeant Huebner's Korean War experiences are currently in the
works of our webmaster's computer and will soon be available for
viewing on the KWE. [Posted 1/02/2022]
--- The General Operating Fund of the KWE was boosted this week
with a $1,000 donation in memory of our dear friend Charles
Scott. As mentioned in our October 06 update, Charles
(Sr.) died on September 09 of this year. Throughout the
past several years he and his family have been strong supporters
of the Korean War Educator. Even in his pending death he
thought of the KWE and me, and we will be forever grateful to
him--not only for his financial support, but also for his
terrific Korean War memoir posted on the KWE. Our thanks
to his daughter RuthAnn for her loving support, too. [Posted
12/07/2021] --- Tucked inside his Christmas card to the KWE
was a $100 gift to our General Operating Fund from 1st Sgt.
Jerome Bonkowski (USMC Ret.) of Illinois. A repeat
supporter of the KWE, we appreciate his "Merry Christmas" note
and gift. Have a very Merry Christmas yourself, "Bonkers".
[Posted 12/07/2021]
--- I am pleased to announce that a check in the amount of $5,000
has been awarded to the Korean War Educator. The following
news release explains the grant.
"A non-profit organization in Tuscola, Douglas County is
the recipient of a $5,000 grant from Illinois Humanities,
with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities
and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The Korean War
Educator, a foundation established and operated by Lynnita
Aldridge Brown of Tuscola, was one of 254 organizations in
72 Illinois counties to benefit from the grant program.
Noting that some non-profits are often by-passed by
traditional funding streams due to size, organizational
capacity or geographic location, the IHC offers them an
opportunity to apply for general operating funds. According
to Brown, the grant to the Korean War Educator (KWE) will be
used to transcribe memoirs of Korean War veterans, generate
new topics pages for the KWE website at www.thekwe.org, and
provide funds for various general operating expenses
associated with those two objectives.
Illinois Humanities, the Illinois affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities, is a statewide nonprofit
organization that activates the humanities through free
public programs, grants, and educational opportunities that
foster reflection, spark conversation, build community, and
strengthen civic engagement.
The Korean War Educator is one of the largest all-Korean War
websites in the world, receiving over a million visitors per
year. The KWE provides general and specific information
about the Korean War, including an array of veterans’
memoirs, casualty data, award citations for heroic action in
Korea, branch accounts, minority involvement, and much, much
more. A new Topics page about African-Americans in the
Korean War is near completion. Sponsored by Sheila
Kronenberger of Southern Illinois, the page includes
little-known facts about the role of black Americans who
fought and participated in the war. The IHC grant will make
the site’s new Native American page possible, as well as the
transcribing and posting of Illinois-based Korean War
veterans memoirs and other topics."
Needless to say, we are thrilled at the award! Our
thanks to the Illinois Humanities Council for understanding our
need. [Posted 10/29/2021] --- 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]
---
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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Another airplane crash page was added to the website
tonight. On December 17, 1953, a B-29 crashed on Guam,
killing nine crew members, several passengers, and ten
people on the ground. View it
here.
[Posted 2/23/2023]
-
A new page opened on the Korean War Educator tonight.
On November 17, 1953, a C-119's engine failed and the plane
dove into the ground, hitting and killing ten paratroopers
who were in air on a training mission. Also killed
were the crew and a doctor who was onboard the plane.
To learn more about this tragedy, click on this
link:
C119 and Airborne Paratroopers [Posted 1/07/2023]
-
The Silver Star citation of
Pvt. E-2 Joseph Michael Isom was added to the KWE
tonight. [Posted 9/08/2022]
-
The bio of the late Dr. Arthur Ancowitz is now added to the
KWE's American
Notables page. A pioneer in stroke prevention, he
was a World War II and Korean War veteran. [Posted
8/30/2022]
-
The memoir of Navy nurse
LtJG Helen Obertance
Gann is now live on the KWE. She was a surgical
nurse on the USS Haven from September of 1952 to April or
May 1953. Helen died May 01, 2015. The
completion of this memoir was made possible by a grant from
the Illinois Humanities Council. [Posted 8/30/2022]
-
The memoir of John
Carl Ross is now live on the KWE. John
served in Company D, 45th Infantry Division, as a medical
aid man. He served in Korea 1952-1953. The
completion of his memoir was made possible by a grant from
the Illinois Humanities Council. [Posted 8/29/2022]
-
The memoir of Emmett
George "Pete" Dammon Jr. is now live on the KWE.
Pete served in the 512 Ordnance Company (H.A.M.) in Korea
from September 1950 to April 1952. The completion of
this memoir was made possible by a grant from the Illinois
Humanities Council. [Posted 8/29/2022]
-
The memoir of Glenn
E. Stotts is now live on the KWE. Glenn was an
artillery liaison in Korea before being captured on November
02, 1950. He was held prisoner of war for 33 months.
Glenn died on January 06, 2016. The completion of this
memoir was made possible by a grant from the Illinois
Humanities Council. [Posted 8/29/2022]
-
The memoir of
Marian Tesheneck (Wagman) is now live on the KWE.
Marian, who is now deceased, helped set up one of the first
evacuation hospitals in Korea. One of the original
nurses of the 121st Evacuation Hospital, she arrived in
Inchon in the 11th wave after the Marines landed there.
Among her many duties in Korea, she provided nursing care
for the survivors of the Chosin Reservoir. The
completion of her memoir was made possible by a grant from
the Illinois Humanities Council. [Posted 8/29/2022]
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The memoir of
William "Bill" Stedman is now activated on the KWE.
Bill spent late 1951 to early 1953 serving in the 936th
Armored Field Artillery Headquarters Battery. In the
thick of battle in the outpost wars, he was wounded in
action. His memoir is based on a book he wrote about
his Korean War experiences. The final phase of
publishing his memoir was made possible by a grant from the
Illinois Humanities Council.
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The memoir of
William Huebner is now live on the KWE. Bill was a
3rd Infantry Division Training, Information and Education
Public Information Officer and then U.S. Army correspondent
reporting on 3rd Infantry Division's operations during the
Korean War. The memoir is based on letters that
Huebner sent home during his tour of duty in Korea.
Thanks to the Illinois Humanities Council for the grant that
finalized the publishing of Bill's memoir. [Posted 8/23/2022]
-
Added to the KWE tonight, courtesy of Erick Stebbings, are
the three Silver Star citations awarded to
MSgt. William A. Bonacci (3rd Infantry Division).
Many thanks to Erick for honoring this brave veteran.
[Posted 8/04/2022]
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There were many stateside tragedies in which America's
servicemen lost their lives during the Korean War. Now posted on the KWE is
a new page about the collision of a
Southern Belle train with a troop train filled with 288
Korea-bound Marines. Also posted is information about
a
Sherman tank that was struck by a train in Barberton,
Ohio. Three men in the tank were crushed to death.
Four men of the 44th Infantry Division were killed during
maneuvers at
Hunter Liggett in California. Five soldiers were
killed near Moffett Air Field in a
broadside car accident. Five Marines were killed
in a
tractor-trailer crash on the New Jersey Turnpike.
These pages were made possible by a grant from the Illinois
Humanities Council. [Posted 8/02/2022]
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Added to the KWE tonight was a new page listing the
biographies of
six
merchant marine cadets who died in a car/power shovel
accident in South China, Maine. This page was made possible
by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council. [Posted 7/29/2022]
-
Added to the KWE tonight was a new page listing the crashes
and resulting fatalities associated with F-82G Twin
Mustangs that participated in the early years of the
Korean War. The page was made possible by a grant from
the Illinois Humanities Council. Photos will be added
at a later date. [Posted 7/23/2022]
-
Added to the KWE tonight was a new page listing five SkyKnight
accidents that resulted in American fatalities. The page was
made possible by a grant from the Illinois Humanities
Council. My webmaster continues to work on Huebner
memoirs. [Posted 7/11/2022]
-
The Silver Star citations for
1Lt. Jesse Burnette Bolling (3ID, 64th Tank Btn.) and
1Lt. Raymond Franklin King (2ID) were added to the KWE
tonight. [Posted 6/18/2022]
-
The Silver Star citation of
1Lt. Robert M. Hope (17th Inf. Rgt.) was added to the
KWE tonight. [Posted 6/17/2022]
-
The Silver Star citations for the following 2nd Infantry
Division soldiers were posted on the KWE tonight:
Capt. Niles J. McIntyre,
2Lt. Louis V. Genuario, and
Cpl. Randolph Chapman. Other soldiers whose citations
were posted tonight include: Sgt. Donald L. Curtis (3ID),
Sgt. James Clark (3ID), 2Lt. Lewis A. Hotelling, Warren
Webster III (1st award - 2ID), and a citation synopsis for
Richard Granville Cushman (2ID). [Posted 6/16/2022]
-
The Silver Star citation of
Lt. Col. Charles
Hercules Green (Australia) was posted on the KWE this
evening. [Posted 6/15/2022]
-
The Silver Star citation of
Pfc. Gerald Fred Boyer (2ID - posthumous) was added to
the KWE this evening. [Posted 6/14/2022]
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The Silver Star citation of
2Lt. John W. Connors (7ID) and the Silver Star citation
synopsis for
Capt. Herbert Joseph McChrystal Jr. were added to the
KWE tonight. [Posted 6/13/2022]
-
The Silver Star citation of
Edward Moergeli (3ID) was added to the KWE tonight.
[Posted 6/12/2022]
-
Added to the KWE tonight were the names of post-war
DMZ Korea American casualties: W.O.
Michael F. Van Buren (died 1963), Pvt. Jesse Dalton (died
1956), and Damionia Lott (died 2021). Also added were
American Korean War veteran
notables Donald
Allison Durant and Jeffy Alf Jolstead. A short bio for
World War II and Korean
war correspondent
Cletus Enoch "Clete" Haase Roberts was also added. [Posted
6/10/2022]
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The following Silver Star
citations were added to the KWE tonight: Lt. Col. Robert
J. O'Donnell (2ID - two awards), 1Lt. George S. Oliver
(7ID), Cpl. Roger E. Lewis (7ID), 1Lt. Robert E. Strom (3ID
- 2nd award), and Sgt. Donald E. Youngberg (7ID).
[Posted 6/09/2022)
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The Silver Star citation of
Capt. Edward Joseph Cavanaugh (7ID) was posted on the
KWE this evening. [Posted 6/08/2022]
-
The Silver Star citation awarded to
Sgt. Maj. Joseph Lawrence Annello (machine gun platoon,
H Company, 7th RCT, 3ID) and the Silver Star citation
awarded to
Sgt. Jack DePinenil (Medical Detachment, 13th Engineer
Combat Battalion) were added to the KWE this evening.
[Posted 6/07/2022)
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Added to the KWE tonight were the
Silver Star
citations awarded to: 1Lt. Mayo S. Heath (1st Airborne
Ranger Company, 2ID - posthumous), Capt. Roger C. White Jr.
(2ID) and SFC Yukio Yokoe (25ID). [Posted 6/06/2022]
-
A new page was uploaded onto the KWE this evening. The
Non-Battle Accident Casualties page is far from
comprehensive, but it's a starting point for KWE readers who
wish to add information about a known accident casualty
victim to this website. [Posted 6/04/2022]
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The Silver Star citation for BG George C. Stewart and SFC
Walter J. Matyjasik were added to the
Silver Star page of the KWE.
Also added were the
Bronze Star citations of Sgt. Billy Stubblefield, SFC
Roy Fyffe, Sgt. Glen D. Arledge, Sgt. Clyde J. Clouser, Sgt.
Artghur A. Nickerson, Sgt. Henry S. Petzoldt, Sgt. Dominick
E. Tolipani, Sgt. Douglas F. Touchette, Cpl. Clifford B.
Bowen, Capt. Raymond J. McCarrell (1st Oak Leaf Cluster),
Maj. Harris M. Pope (1st Oak Leaf Cluster), Cpl. Martin
Hannigan, Cpl. Harry O'Brien, Pvt. Charles Pigeon, and Pfc.
Walter H. Smith. Each of these citations was sent to
the KWE courtesy of the Barkers of the Korean War Project,
and we thank them for sharing. [Posted 6/02/2022]
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Added to the Airplane Crashes page of the KWE tonight is
information about a TBM-3E that struck a cable and crashed
between K-1 and K-2. Find it
here.
[Posted 3/25/2022]
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Silver Star citations for Pfc. Martin Benge (24ID) (KIA) and
Sgt. George Stand (2ID) were added to the KWE tonight.
[Posted 3/17/2022]
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A Globemaster with the tail number 49244 ditched in the sea
near Ireland. Details about this ditching have been on
the KWE website for quite some time, but just added is an
article entitled,
"Last Flight of 49244." [Posted 2/25/2022]
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Added to the KWE tonight are the names of
3,121 African-American casualties in the Korean War.
[Posted 2/25/2022]
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Thanks to a generous donation from KWE supporter Sheila
Kronenberger of southern Illinois, the KWE's new
African-Americans in the Korean War page is now live on
our website. We hope you take the time to look the
page over to see if there is anything that our readers can
add to it to educate the public about this important topic.
Contact Lynnita if
you do. [Posted 1/29/2022]
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Added to the KWE tonight was the Bronze Star citation for
USMC veteran
Paul T. Desforges, a Chosin Reservoir survivor and
Purple Heart recipient. [Posted 1/19/2022]
-
Thanks to Holly Ryan of Connecticut, the KWE added the
following Bronze Star
recipients (3rd Infantry Division) to the website
tonight: Maj. Anthony J. Iannacone (Dental Corps), Capt.
Lawrence J. Keene (Artillery), Capt. Leonard F. Stegman
(Chaplain), 1Lt. Thomas G. Houghton (Infantry), MSgt.
Francisco Billoch (Infantry), Sgt. William J. Huebner (HQ &
HQ), and 2Lt. Jose A. Bonilla-Matos (Medical Service Corps).
[Posted 1/04/2022]
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 217-722-3285 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 217-722-3285 (her store) from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
on Saturdays. 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
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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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