I added the 1963-64 Cruisebook on our web site today. GoTo the  Plan of the Day TAB

the LINKS are on the right side of the screen. It is LARGE so give it time to load. enjoy

I also added a few new pictures today.

look under 60’s Era and Sangley Point PI

Can you identify the officers in the picture O club party???

and more important WHO is the female????????

here is the link to the August 2012 VP40 Newsletter. It is in PDF format

VP40 Newsletter August 2012

I mailed out 295 August 2012 newsletters today. It contains new information pertaining to this group.

It also contains detailed reunion info and the reunion form to complete and mail back to me.

If you owe dues for 2010-2012 a card will be in your mailed package.

I included the dues cards for 2012-2014 which are due Oct1,2012 or as soon after as you can.

It is NOT to late or to EARLY to reserve your spot at our reunion Oct 3-7, 2012 in San Diego.

I am mailing out the newsletters out today. It contains info about the upcoming reunion in San Diego, including the sign up form.  It also includes the curent member roster .

I want to thank all the people who have signed up for  the reunion, and remind everyone that it is not to late to sign up. I have had some conversations with folks who HAVE NOT

made their hotel reservations and /or sent me  their completed form. So far I have 25 members who have made hotel reservations and 55 people who have returned their completed forms.

I would hope for a much bigger turn out than that. Please return the forms to me,so that we can plan for a wonderful reunion this year.

The Korean War Cease-fire

On July 27, 1953 after 2 years of peace negotiations, a cease-fire of the Korean War was called at the 38th parallel, the major dividing line in Korea.

At this time a demilitarized zone (DMZ) was established around the 38th parallel. The DMZ runs north of the 38th parallel towards the east, and to the south as it travels west.

Stalemate leading to the Cease-fire
(July 1951 – July 1953):
The later years of the war involved little territory change, large-scale bombing of the north and its population, and lengthy peace negotiations, which began on July 10, 1951, at Kaesong. Even during the peace negotiations, combat continued.

On November 29, 1952, U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfilled a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to help end the conflict. With the U.N.’s acceptance of India’s proposal for a Korean armistice, a cease-fire was established on July 27, 1953.

Results:
It is reported that approximately 480,000 U.S. troops fought in the Korean War, with an estimated: 36,940 people killed, over 92,134 wounded, 8,176 MIA, and 7,245 POW. China lost an estimated 183,000 people and North Korea 215,000.

July 27, 1995 – Korean War Veterans Memorial
On July 27, 1995, the Korean War Veterans Memorial was built in Washington, D.C. and was dedicated to the Veterans of the war. The design of the memorial is a triangle intersecting a circle consisting of:

Korean War Veterans Memorial

• Above: 19 stainless steel statues designed by Frank Gaylord. The statues represent a squad on patrol, 15 Army, 2 Marines, 1 Navy Corpsman, and 1 Air Force Forward Air Observer. To the north is a path closing one side of the triangle.
  

  Korean War Veterans Memorial

Above: To the south, is a 164 foot long black granite wall, created by Louis Nelson, with photographic images sandblasted into it depicting soldiers, equipment and people involved in the war. The third side of the triangle, facing towards the Lincoln Memorial, is open.

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Above: The circle contains the Pool of Remembrance surrounded by granite blocks with the casualty numbers of the war engraved and the inscription:

• “Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met.”

An additional granite wall bears the inscription:

“Freedom Is Not Free“, posted in silver.

We send our prayers to all who sacrificed, both past and present, living and deceased. Thank You to our Korean War Veterans…along with ALL of our U.S. Veterans and active Military!

I added a lot of pictures to the Phillipines, Cavite City, Manila, and the Sangley point tabs

today, check them out.

GuyFisk

  
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE                                     
FLAG,                                                                                                     
OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA ,

AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR
WHICH IT STANDS,
ONE
NATION UNDER GOD,                                                                                                                             
INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

For all of our other military personnel, where ever they may be.
Please
Support all of the troops defending our Country.

And God Bless our Military
who are protecting our Country for our Freedom.
Thanks to them, and their sacrifices, we can celebrate the 4th of July.

We must never forget who gets the credit for the freedoms we have,
of which we should be eternally grateful.

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform;
so young, so tall, so proud.
With hair cut square and eyes alert,
he’d stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him
had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil;
how many mothers’ tears?

How many pilots’ planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers’ graves?
NO, FREEDOM ISN’T FREE !

I heard the sound of Taps one night,
when everything was still.
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant ‘Amen.’
When a flag had draped a coffin
of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,
of the mothers and the wives,
of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea.
Of unmarked graves in Arlington .
NO, FREEDOM ISN’T FREE

Enjoy Your Freedom
and
God Bless Our Troops.

When you receive this,
please stop for a moment
and say a prayer for our servicemen.
Of all the gifts you could give a U.S. Soldier, prayer is the very best one.

I have created a new page under the REUNIONS TAB.
It is the 2012 reunion page
For now it has information of the upcoming 2012 reunion in San Diego.
After the reunion it will contain pictures etc. from the reunion.
If you have any questions please email me at ggfisk@vp40.com or call me.
Guy Fisk