"Many years ago, our veterans from Chapter One of the Korean War Veterans Association of Fort Wayne, Indiana, decided to erect a memorial to those who served in the Korean War and the more than 50,000 lives that were lost," said Marilyn Renbarger, the association’s chaplain. "It was not an easy task. It took a lot of work, but that memorial was completed, and it sat in another location for many years."
The monument was moved from its previous home on O’Day Road – where it stood since 1995 – to Concordia Gardens Cemetery because of a lack of visitors, as well as concerns over the deterioration of a walkway of memorial bricks engraved with the names of fallen Korean War soldiers. The names on those bricks were ultimately preserved on five granite tablets at the newly dedicated shrine.
"(The veterans) wanted it in a place that they knew perpetual care would be taken to it and it was going to be taken care of forever," said Don Remenschneider, superintendent of Concordia Gardens Cemetery [5365 Lake Avenue]. "We’re in the business of memorialization, so it made good sense to move it here."
LEGACIES OF THE KOREAN WAR: Marilyn Rinn Krueger Renbarger – Women’s Army Corps - April 23, 2018 - During the Korean War, Marilyn Rinn Krueger Renbarger of Fort Wayne served as a WAC (Women’s Army Corps). However, she didn’t serve in Korea but near the glamorous ‘city of lights’, known as Paris. Her office was in a large villa whose occupant was one of the most famous people in the world. She worked for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who during World War II had successfully served as Supreme Commander of Allied forces on the Western Front, including the invasion of the Normandy coast at D-Day.
LEGACIES OF THE KOREAN WAR: Wayne Doenges – Army Medical Corp / Korea March 26, 2018
LEGACIES OF THE KOREAN WAR: Theodore Paul Betley – Korean War/Army by Kayleen Reusser published February 12, 2018.
HONOR FLIGHT: Hal and Milly Finn, a love story set during the early days of the Korean War - May 10, 2018 - This is the fourth in a series of stories on local veterans that took part in the Honor Flight Northeast Indiana trip to Washington D.C. on April 25.
A True Story of a Korean War POW/MIA: Escaped With Honor by Charles Layton, Tammy Elmore and Georgiann Coons. Former Fort Wayne resident's memoir chronicles daring Korean War escape by Sheryl Krieg was published July 22, 2013.
Carl Shoudel, 90 in 2011, is a veteran of the Korean War and World War II, where he fought in the southwest Pacific. He wanted to share his memories of New Guinea, Japan and the Philippine Islands, as most of the wartime memoirs he sees detailing World War II deal with battles in Europe. Read his story in
Getting it all down
At 90, WWII veteran details his story in book by
Jaclyn Youhana published August 21, 2011 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
Korean War, 1950-1953About this collection The Korean War Digital Collection features letters, photographs, and manuscript items from the collections of Korean War veterans from Indiana: Byford Lee Reed, Ralph A. Bond, Edward E. Gray, Harry W. Brooks, Jr., and Donald F. Lawlis. At We Do History online digital collection by the Indiana Historical Society.
Premiering now on our @YouTube channel: Rachael Salyer shares how #genealogists can use military records to gain deeper insight into family members’ service during the #KoreanWar.
2023 Genealogy Series - Accessing and Understanding Korean War Army Unit Records (2023 June 7) on YouTube
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2023 Genealogy Series, Session 5 of 6 - Accessing and Understanding Korean War Army Unit Records by Rachael Salyer
Rachael Salyer is a Subject Matter Expert in Modern Military Records and an Archivist from the National Archives at College Park, MD
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In honor of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that officially ended the Korean War, this session is being offered as an introduction to two large series that contain records relating to Army units that served during that conflict: the Command Reports, 1949–1954 (entry NM-3 29) in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office (Record Group 407) and the Unit Histories, 1943–1967 (entry UD 37042) in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338). The records in these series provide information about the activities and engagements of specific Army units that may give genealogists a deeper insight into their family members’ service. The presentation will outline how to use available finding aids to search for relevant records, and it will also include examples of the types of records that are generally found in these series. The session will conclude with some troubleshooting tips and a few additional resources. 00:00 - Welcome
01:39 - Introduction to Accessing and Understanding Korean War Army Unit Records
01:50 - Presenter biography 03:11 - Session Overview
05:12 - Army Unit Command Structure
06:31 - Affects of the 1973 St. Louis Fire on Army Unit Records
07:21 - Records of the Adjutant General's Office, RG 407
10:34 - Unit Histories 1943-1967, RG 338
13:10 - Samples of Command Reports and Unit Histories
16:38 - General Orders (GO)
20:14 - Search Tips and Troubleshooting
23:00 - Additional Resources 25:26 - Closing, Event Survey, Other Resources
26:44 - Questions and Answers in the chat
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