Voices from the Korean War - Douglas Rice [214]
He lives in Stockton, California. They have three children.
Roger Lueckenhoff -He was discharged from the Army on September 26, 1952. On November 10, 1952, Roger went to work for the Rawlings Sports Goods Company, in St. Louis, Missouri. In February of 1953, he married.
While working at Rawlings, he attended Washington University on the GI Bill. He obtained an Associates Degree in Industrial Management. In 1976, Rawlings transferred Roger’s department to a plant in south central Missouri. So, he and his family moved to Rolla, Missouri.
In 2003 his wife, Lorene, passed away. They have two sons and one daughter.
He still lives in Rolla, Missouri.
Dick Thune – Last known, Dick was living in Plainview, Minnesota.
Kenneth Whitehouse – After returning home, Kenneth went back to work at Wetzel’s—a local grocery store in Owensboro, Kentucky. A few years later, he went to work for the U.S. Postal Service, where he worked until his retirement.
He currently resides in Owensboro, Kentucky.
John Delaney – After he retired from the U.S. Navy in 1971, he returned to Albany, New York. There he was hired as a vice president of an upstate hospital. In 1987, John retired.
He and his wife, Marge, who was a Navy Nurse in Korea, moved to Minden, Nevada. They have one son and one daughter.
Robert Bickmeyer – After leaving the service in 1953, he returned to his old job at General Motors. With thirty-nine years of service, Robert retired in 1986.
He and his wife, Phyllis, live in Troy, Michigan. They have four children.
Peter Beauchamp – In June of 1955, Peter was discharged from the Marine Corps. He attended school under the GI Bill, taking mechanical drafting and machine design.
Upon finishing school, he went to work for RCA. He eventually ended up working for the Harris Corporation in Palm Bay, Florida. While there he worked on many government and military projects, including Apollo, the Space Shuttle, and the B-1 Bomber.
After working at Harris for twenty-three years, he retired.
He married in 1958 and has two sons and one daughter.
He still resides in Palm Bay, Florida.
Ronald Hale – After spending a year in the hospital for his wounds received in Korea, he went home to El Paso, Texas. Here he went into the cafe business. However, not caring for the cafe business, he closed his shop and moved to Dallas. There he went to school.
For twenty years he was a mechanic, and then he opened his own shop. Eventually he sold his shop and retired.
He currently lives in Red Oak, Texas.
Charles Klenklen – When he returned home, he went back to his old job as a receiving room operator in a milk processing plant. He also worked as a truck driver salesman for a welding supply company. Eventually he went into business for himself, as an auto mechanic.
He married after returning home from Korea. In 1981, his wife Flora passed away. They have two daughters and one son.
He remarried in 1991 and lives in Fort Scott, Kansas.
Dr. John Laura – Being discharged from the Army, he returned home and married his college sweetheart. He went on to set up his dental practice in Syracuse, New York.
During their first year of marriage they had triplet sons. The following year, their daughter was born. His daughter became a dentist and eventually took over his practice.
In 2008 his wife of fifty-three years passed away.
He still resides in Syracuse, New York.
Chuck Gibbs – Last known, Chuck was living in San Antonio, Texas.
Jerry Cunningham – On October 1, 1988, he retired from the Army as a First Sergeant.
In 1989 he worked as an Optical Lab Tech with an optical company in Columbia, South Carolina. After working here for eight years, he retired in 1997.
He currently lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
Donald “Hank” Nicol – After leaving the service, he attended Brooks Institute of Photography. Hank ended up in New Zealand, where he worked for a year as a welder. Then he headed to Sydney, Australia—for four years.
Finally, he returned to the states to