Voices from the Korean War - Douglas Rice [215]
He worked as a California State Park Ranger. Now he dabbles in amateur photography.
He lives in Eureka, California.
William Warren – On January 13, 1954, William was discharged from the Army with the rank of M/Sgt. He went to work for the L.C. Andrew Co, for four years. After which he worked for twelve years at Plaster Mason. Then for the next twenty-one years, he worked for S.D. Warren Company. On January 1, 1988, he retired.
He has two children, a son and daughter, and three step-children.
He currently resides in Sanford, Maine.
Gordon Southern – He is a full-time farmer, producing rice, wheat, soybeans, and corn. His rice fields produce 150 bushels of long grain rice per acre.
He lives in Steele, Missouri.
Donald Albert – He went to work for the Peverly Dairy Company, as a home deliveryman, after his discharge from the Army. Soon afterwards the dairy industry began to sell milk, in paper cartons, to Super Markets for half the price, ending the home delivery service.
A friend of his was able to get him an interview at Cargill, Inc., selling Nutrena Livestock Feeds. Out of the two-hundred salesmen that Nutrena had, Albert was in the top ten.
After advancing through several management levels, he retired in 1992.
He and Shirley live in Warrensburg, Missouri. They have eight children.
Clyde Corsaro – Clyde passed away on May 25, 2010in Syracuse, New York.
Wayne Pelkey – He returned home to work in the quarries after leaving the service. He soon found that working in the pit with a 55lb jackhammer was very tiring. Luckily, management gave him a job in maintenance and driving a dump-truck.
The second year after being home he was having sleepless nights, which was taking a toll on him. So he took up flying, which he had started before being drafted.
In 1957 he was promoted to Safety Director of four operations. Then in 1959 he married Irene Fontana, and was promoted to Director of Purchasing.
In 1984 the company was bought out, so he took early retirement.
He resides in Barre, Vermont.
Robert Ericson – Last known, Robert was living in Illinois.
Acknowledgements
First and foremost, I want to give a heartfelt thanks to the individuals who shared their experiences for this project. Also, I would like to thank them, and other veterans, for their service so we may enjoy the freedoms that we have today. To the families that lost loved ones; thank you is not enough.
I want to thank the principal of Hancock County (Kentucky) Middle School, Gina Biever, for asking teachers if they would be willing to proof read my manuscript. In which Donna Popham so graciously volunteered. She herself had a special interest in the Korea War. Her uncle Charles Whitler, of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, was listed as Missing in Action during the battle of Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950. From DNA samples provided by family members, his remains were positively identified in June of 2010. His remains were brought home and laid to rest on September 2010.
For providing me with a list of men from Item Company, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry that were Prisoners of War, I want to thank Jack Chapman. Without it, I would never have been able to find Newton Duke; the gentleman who was with Ernest Everett Edge the day he was killed in action, who provided me with details of that day.
For the use of the letters written home by Ernest Everett Edge, I want to think the Edge Family; his siblings, James, Mary, Homer, Denzil, Irvin, and Margaret.
To Dianne Abshire, thank you for being the contact person for George Porter.
Thanks to Krista Hill, Rosalie White, and everyone at iUniverse for making this project a reality.
To my family: wife, Regina, daughter, Tashina, and son, Ian. Thank you for allowing me to follow my passion of helping preserve the stories of the brave men and