Summer 2002

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#999933" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04a006e0ddwnfv.png"> <div> <B>143rd Field Artillery Korean War</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B></FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="04bbec00esnpes.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="143rd Field Artillery Korean War"><B>Home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter"><B>Newsletter</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Summer 2002</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> 143rd Field Artillery Korean War</B><B> <A NAME="war_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>Facta non verba</B></div> <div> <B><U>http://143korea.tripod.com/index.html</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Issue 5                                         Summer 2002</div> <bR> <div> Greetings from Central Florida. This issue is in loving memory of Cornelius "Irish" Curran. Our prayers go out to Uma and her family. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="5f5add20.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cornelius was a friend to my Dad and many of you. His service to our country will not be forgotten. If any of you care to share something special about Cornelius I will be setting up a memorial page in his honor on the web site. Since I did not know him I will need some help from some of you. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="7fc29970.jpg" border=0 width="553" height="407" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cornelius "Irish" Curran, Thurman, Kinsey, and Berringer at the top of Mt Fuji. The guys are plenty cold as they forgot their field jackets. The lesson learned is to never climb a 12,395 foot mountain without your field jacket.</div> <bR> <div> Thanks to Willard Berringer we have added another B Battery vet to our ranks. Jim Craft contacted me via e-mail while he and Willard enjoyed sunny Hot Springs, Arkansas. I do appreciate it when any of you that receive this newsletter share it with other 143rd vets. Feel free to pass on my e-mail and regular mail address to other 143rd vets. </div> <bR> <div> Willard topped off my week with two photo albums from his tour to Korea and Japan. Many of those photos are already up on the web site for all to enjoy. They are in excellent condition and mostly hail from Leroy Naversons C-3 camera. I am looking forward to going through them. Willard was wise enough to label them with names, dates, and locations. </div> <bR> <div> Please read this e-mail I received the other day. </div> <bR> <div> "HI Ron, A friend of mine here in the U.K. is, after many months of hard work, about to finish the restoration of a Dodge M37 truck. He knows that it was in Korea but any information on what units it was with are not available to him. I showed him your site, he's not on the net, and he thought the 143rd would be a great unit to have his truck represent. Do you have or do you know where he can obtain precise unit markings and color information from in order to finish his M37? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Best Wishes, Ken."</div> <bR> <div> What an honor to have your unit memorialized across the pond. I have gathered some of the information this guy needs from my Dad's pics. If there is anything special he needs to know please let me know. I look forward to getting photos of the finished truck for your viewing. </div> <bR> <div> I have changed my e-mail address to <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >USMCRonbo1@aol.com</FONT>. Please send any future e-mails to this address. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="January/February 2002"><IMG SRC="0fa32320.png" border=0 width="50" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A> <A HREF="#war_" TITLE="Summer 2002"><IMG SRC="0fb32320.png" border=0 width="50" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A> <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fall 2002"><IMG SRC="0f832320.png" border=0 width="50" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div>  <IMG SRC="http://members.tripod.com/bin/counter/id118.htm?FF0000" ALT="[Tripod Counter]">  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>