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‘Forgotten War’ 64 years old By Elma Broadfoot he year was 1950. America was just recovering from World War II. Harry Truman was president, and he had sworn to help any country threatened by communism. Half a world away, Korea was split in two at the 38th parallel – a line where freedom and communism collided. Japan occupied the southern half; Russia occupied the northern half. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. One month later, Truman sent troops to Korea to join 15 countries that formed one of the first United Nations troops. The combined troops expected an easy victory, but they were surprised that they were no match for the North Korean Army. The North army pushed the South army and U.N. troops back to the south corner of Korea. The armies played a dangerous tug-ofwar at the 38th parallel until the North Korean capital of Pyongyang fell to South troops. In November, thousands of Chinese troops came to help the North. In sub-zero temperatures, U.S. and U.N. troops fought their way 40 miles back through Chinese troops to the port city of
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Iee Nee Yoon, left, Howard Runft, Loren Tracy and Arnold Tye gather at the Kansas Korean War Memorial in Wichita.
Hagaru-ri. The North Korean and Chinese troops recaptured Seoul and drove south to Osan. U.N. troops drove the North army back to the 38th parallel, again liberating Seoul. By June 1951, both sides decided it was going to be way too costly to keep the war going and began peace talks. A Cease
Fire Agreement was signed July 25, 1953. However, fighting continues to this day, and the official war is still not over. Many Kansans served there as soldiers, sailors, airmen, medical staff, military chaplains and in other capacities. More than 400 Kansas military personnel lost their See Korea, page 2
Fathers honored year-round by offspring
By Elvira Crocker Father’s Day may come once a year, but our paternal figures are celebrated every time their offspring practice the lessons they were taught. G. Keith Murray, retired Wichita Eagle general manager, is definitely his father’s son. Donald G. Murray was born in Montana in 1917 to Canadian immigrants with roots in Scotland. Chief among the lessons Donald taught his son was thriftiness, with an eye to knowing value. When the lower-priced Keith Murray brand is just as good and can save money, that’s what you buy. When quality is more important, cost is not an object. Keith’s fascination with airplanes came from his father too. He describes his dad
as a “gregarious salesman for technical companies, mainly in aviation aerospace and hydraulics.” By age 5 or 6, Keith was hooked on air travel. By 10, his dad was “letting me plan his business trips from airline schedules he would borrow and bring home to me. Those were the glory days of airline travel – even in coach.” On a salesman’s expense account, his father made a hobby of finding a way to fly first class. That goal of traveling, while combining thriftiness, has allowed his son to see the world. Keith has been to 28 countries and every continent except Antarctica. “Little did he know that all these years later I’d have taken that as a challenge to do even better in finding a way into those ritzy seats. And I know he’s smiling, because I’ve been several magnitudes more successful than he was.” Donald Murray died in 1985 at 68 in Mission Viejo, Cal. Keith also is an avid baseball fan. When the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to California in 1958, his father took him to the games. At $3.50 a box seat for many years, that
was quite a deal. Says Keith today: “Had he not gotten me to see all those games, I would never have become the Major League Baseball devotee I did.” Several years ago he achieved his goal of seeing a game at every active MLB stadium. Susan Torrence, business office coordinator at Health Strategies, says her car reminds her of her father, Sam Miller. The maintenance supervisor for the Government Services Administration in Wichita insisted that his three children learn how to take care of their vehicles. She was the only girl in his trio of offspring, but she, too, learned how Susan Torrence to change a tire and change the oil. “He just thought you See Father’s Day, page 4