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Finding Aid of the Milwaukee Journal Stations Records > Subject Guide
Korean War
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Month/Day/Year: October 4, 1950
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Private Roger Kniess of Milwaukee visited
his family while home on leave from the Korean War. Also, Blatz and
Schlitz Breweries prepared large shipments of beer that were sent to the
soldiers in Korea. Executives from both breweries are shown. See
script for names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #1.
Month/Day/Year: October 18, 1950
Segment Number: 11
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. About 60 young doctors, 75 dentists, and
veterinarians registered with Selective Service for the draft instituted for
the Korean War. Waneata May, a state draft coordinator, oversaw the
process.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #1.
Month/Day/Year: October 18, 1950
Segment Number: 18
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Army Corporal Albert Griffin, Jr. of 2421-A
North 6th Street recuperates at home. Griffin was injured in Korea and
received the Silver and Bronze Stars. He is seen in uniform with his
mother and brother George.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #1.
Month/Day/Year: November 29, 1950
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Pvt. Valdor John was welcomed home by his
parents and others at Mitchell Field. John was one of 21 survivors of
a group of 376 Americans taken on a death march by the North Koreans during
the Korean War.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #2.
Month/Day/Year: December 20, 1950
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Pfc. Victor Waskiewicz got to spend
Christmas with his family. He was called home from Korea because of
his mother's illness. He is shown at home with his wife, sons, his mother
Theresa Engel and mother-in-law Bertha Hopp.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #2.
Month/Day/Year: December 20, 1950
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Pvt. Valdor John is made a chief warrior by
the Oneida Indian Tribe. John survived a death march in Korea.
The ceremony took place at the Collins-Meyer VFW Post. John received
a 34-feather headdress. See script for names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #2.
Month/Day/Year: December 27, 1950
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Pfc. Donald Champlin and his mother
decorate a Christmas tree. He was called home from Korea because he
received an appointment to West Point. Marine Master Sgt. Kenneth
Stetzel, fiancé Caroline Gretza, and family are seen. He lost an eye
and expects a discharge from the Marines.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #2.
Month/Day/Year: March 21, 1951
Segment Number: 10
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Employees at a store wrote a long letter to
Howard De Fouw, a former employee, who is now stationed in Korea. The
letter was so long it had to be wound onto rollers. It cost $2.38 to
mail the letter. See script for names of employees.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#4.
Month/Day/Year: April 11, 1951
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Margaret Higgins, a correspondent for the
New York Herald Tribune who covered the Korean War, visited Milwaukee.
Ray Weisbrod of the Milwaukee Civic Alliance is seen talking with her.
She commented on U. S. policy in Asia, on Communism, and the Korean
War.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#4.
Month/Day/Year: April 11, 1951
Segment Number: 10
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Sgt. Kenneth Stetzel married Caroline Gretza
at St. Hedwig's Church. He and his groomsmen were all injured in
Korea. See script for names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#4.
Month/Day/Year: May 9, 1951
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Sgt. Otto Schultz and Corporal Thomas
Galloway, Jr. visit with each other. Both were in Korea and were the
first soldiers from Milwaukee to be sent home under the Army rotation
system.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#5.
- Month/Day/Year: May 30, 1951
- Segment Number: 5
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Marquette University students Ned Gambsky,
Bill Curzi, Bill Field, and Tom Thompson give their opinions on the federal
draft examination - they all thought it was pretty easy. Includes
footage of men taking the test.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #17.
- Month/Day/Year: June 13, 1951
- Segment Number: 13
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Prospective draftees were guests of honor at a
dinner at the North Shore American Legion Post. Members of the Post
talked with military men and potential draftees. See script for names.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#17.
- Month/Day/Year: August 1, 1951
- Segment Number: 8
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Badger detachment of the Marine Corps
League held a picnic at Lincoln Park for men who were wounded in Korea and
were receiving treatment at the Great Lakes Naval Station. Members of
the Marine Hostess Club also attended the picnic. See script for
names.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#18.
- Month/Day/Year: August 22, 1951
- Segment Number: 4
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Staff members of the Red Cross and Junior
League Blood Center donate blood for the Blood for Defense program.
See script for names. Mayor Zeidler makes an appeal for blood donors
and explains why the need is so great.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #19.
- Month/Day/Year: September 5, 1951
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of the bands, floats and other units
taking part in the Bond Parade down Wisconsin Avenue. Medal of Honor
winner Sgt. Einar Ingeman rides in a car in the parade.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is no script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see
videotape #19.
- Month/Day/Year: October 10, 1951
- Segment Number: 4
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A blood drive for soldiers wounded in Korea
was held in South Milwaukee. Among the donors was Polish immigrant
Edward Abramowicz. Sgt. Ralph Kloskey, wounded in Korea, came to thank
the donors. See script for additional names.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #20.
- Month/Day/Year: November 14, 1951
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Twenty four representatives from nineteen
countries participating in the United Nations military force in Korea
visited Mayor Zeidler's office. Australian Keith Meggs was part of the
group that emphasized UN military unity, donating blood and defense
bond drives.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.
- Month/Day/Year: November 14, 1951
- Segment Number: 8
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. An Armistice Day ceremony was held at
Boys' Tech High School. William Skibinski performed taps. Korean
War veterans Nelson Wranghan and Phil Wilson, both alumni of Boys' Tech,
came to the service.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.
- Month/Day/Year: December 5, 1951
- Segment Number: 3
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Major W. A. Shockley and Colonel A. M.
Mixson presented posthumous awards for heroism in Korea to Josephine Thomson
for her son Joseph, to Mary Kercner for her son Steve Vertcnik and to
Blanche Jarvey for her husband.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.
- Month/Day/Year: January 2, 1952
- Segment Number: 7
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Marine Captain James O'Moore was home in
West Allis for a holiday visit. He is seen with his stepfather William
Hultquist. O'Moore talks about his experiences as a helicopter pilot
in Korea evacuating the wounded.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#6.
- Month/Day/Year: January 9, 1952
- Segment Number: 6
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Junior League Blood Center mobile unit held a blood drive at Hill's Department Store. The blood was
collected to help soldiers in Korea. Store manager Samuel Anderson and
veteran Leroy Berndt gave blood. Virginia Wejta was one of the
nurses.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#6.
- Month/Day/Year: January 23, 1952
- Segment Number: 8
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Nine Powers models from New York were in
Milwaukee to publicize the introduction of a new Chevrolet model car.
While in town they were escorted to dinner at the Schroeder Hotel by Korean
War veterans. Sgt. William Wedeking escorted model Mike
Sweeney.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#6.
- Month/Day/Year: February 20, 1952
- Segment Number: 9
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Milwaukee's Air Force reserve wing held an
open house at its Mitchell Field hangar. The day included a parade, a
presentation to Mrs. Edward Stoll whose son was missing in Korea, and the
chance to see equipment, like an anti-aircraft gun, up
close.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#6.
- Month/Day/Year: May 14, 1952
- Segment Number: 3
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Lt. Colonel Melvin Blair was the main
speaker at the Association of Commerce luncheon during Armed Forces
Week. Frank Greusel and Harold Falk are seen with Blair who comments
on the war in Korea and the progress of the truce talks.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#7.
- Month/Day/Year: July 30, 1952
- Segment Number: 5
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. WAC and WAF recruiters met at the Cudworth
Legion Post for a three-day meeting. Korean War veterans participated
in the lowering of the colors. Among those present were Lt. Viola
Moeckel, Lt. Col. L. J. Harness and Captain Juanita
Biddle.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#7.
- Month/Day/Year: September 10, 1952
- Segment Number: 8
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. An Air Force helicopter lands at WTMJ-TV's outdoor
studio during Gordon Thomas' show "Time Out With Thomas." The
helicopter is the kind used in Korea to evacuate wounded and is piloted by
Captain Harry Wiltse. Thomas takes a ride on the running board.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#8.
- Month/Day/Year: September 17, 1952
- Segment Number: 5
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The "Blood for Korea" open golf
tournament was held at the North Hills Country Club. Participants,
including Leo Sansouci, donated a pint of blood to the Junior League Blood
Center as an entry fee.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#8.
- Month/Day/Year: October 15, 1952
- Segment Number: 6
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Vincent Hallinan, the Progressive Party's
candidate for president, visited Milwaukee. Hallinan called for an
immediate end to the Korean War and the withdrawal of troops not only from
Korea but also Europe.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#8.
- Month/Day/Year: October 29, 1952
- Segment Number: 1
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Milwaukee Council of the Navy League
held a Navy Day dinner at the Schlitz Country Club. Marine Corps
Commandant General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. talked with Irving Seaman and
Irwin Uihlein. Shepherd commented on his recent visit to
Korea.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#8.
- Month/Day/Year: November 12, 1952
- Segment Number: 3
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A ceremony marking Armistice Day is held
outside the Junior League Blood Center. Air Force Colonel Robert
Montaigne greets Korean War veteran Sgt. Joseph Kirby who donates a pint of
blood for soldiers wounded in Korea.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#8.
- Month/Day/Year: December 17, 1952
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A scroll signed by almost 3,000 Milwaukee
County residents is transported by the Red Cross to Korea. Mayor
Zeidler brought the scroll to the airport. One of the donors, James
Hintz, has a son in Korea. See script for a list of
names.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#9.
- Month/Day/Year: April 22, 1953
- Segment Number: 4
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Members of the
"Flying Badger Wing" gather to honor Capt. Henning Anderson, Lt. George Lehrman and Capt. Leroy
Aschenbrenner. Jimmy Aschenbrenner accepts the award for his father who was killed in Korea.
Col. Morley Slaght takes over command for Col. Robert Montagne.
- Notes: The film is black and white (negative) and does not have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: May 13, 1953
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Air Force Lieutenant General Orval Cook and GM executive George
Mann tour the AC Sparkplug plant.
Both men spoke about the important role precision instruments play in the
United States' efforts in Korea.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#12.
- Month/Day/Year: May 20, 1953
- Segment Number: 4
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. South Korea's ambassador, Dr. You Chan Yang,
met with the president of the Wisconsin Manufacturer's Association, M.C.
McIver, and vice president Robert Ewens, at the Pfister Hotel. Dr. Yang spoke
of the desire for peace in his country.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#12.
- Month/Day/Year: May 27, 1953
- Segment Number: 4
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Wisconsin's Red Arrow Division conducts
tactical maneuvers for spectators at State Fair Park. Civilians get a
view of what is happening every day in Korea: explosions, wounded soldiers,
helicopters, and prisoners of war.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #12.
- Month/Day/Year: July 15, 1953
- Segment Number: 1
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Three fighter aces from the Korean war,
Capt. Joseph McConnell, Col. Royal Baker, and Capt. Manuel Fernandez visit
the AC Sparkplug plant in Milwaukee to see how vital flying equipment is
produced. See script for names of workers.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #13.
- Month/Day/Year: July 29, 1953
- Segment Number: 4
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Lt. General Doyle O. Hickey was the featured
speaker at the reunion of the Third Armored Division in Milwaukee.
Hickey talked about the United States' experience fighting in
Korea.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #13.
- Month/Day/Year: August 12, 1953
- Segment Number: 6
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin's senior
senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, comments on
developments in Europe, Korea, and the rest of Asia.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #13.
- Month/Day/Year: August 19, 1953
- Segment Number: 6
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The China-Burma-India Veterans' Association
met at the Schroeder Hotel. National commander Robert Bolander,
retired Lt. General Lewis Pick, and Lester Dancker talked. General
Pick commented on the truce in Korea and the St. Lawrence
Seaway.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #13.
- Month/Day/Year: August 26, 1953
- Segment Number: 1
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Private Clarence Raasch of Cudahy was
welcomed home after being a prisoner of war (POW) in Korea. He was
surprised by relatives and friends with a party. Raasch talked about
his experiences in a POW camp.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #13.
- Month/Day/Year: August 26, 1953
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Pfc. George McGowain visited his brother
James in Milwaukee. He was a prisoner of war (POW) in Korea for two
and a half years. He talked about his experience in a POW
camp.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #13.
- Month/Day/Year: September 9, 1953
- Segment Number: 5
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Private John C. Vinceris, a prisoner of war
(POW) in Korea for nearly three years, was welcomed home with a party.
He talked with Joseph Horvath, commander of the South Milwaukee Legion Post,
and Lt. John Hughes, a POW in World War II.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #13.
- Month/Day/Year: September 30, 1953
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Marine Corporal Daniel Yesko sat with his
brother, son, and daughter after returning home from Korea. He was a
prisoner of war (POW) for 33 months. Yesko talked about his
experience in a POW camp and how he heard that the Milwaukee Braves were coming to
Milwaukee.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #14.
- Month/Day/Year: November 4, 1953
- Segment Number: 6
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Jan Hajdukiewicz, from Poland, was sent to
Korea by the Soviets as a neutral interpreter. He asked an American
officer in Korea for asylum. He told his story and talked about
Communism at the South Side Armory. He was interviewed by Judge Frank
Gregorski.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #14.
- Month/Day/Year: December 2, 1953
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Edward Topping of Dexterville re-enlists in
the Army. Topping was a prisoner of war (POW) in Korea for 33
months. A member of the Winnebago Indian Tribe, he was sworn in by Lt.
Col. Thomas Stacy. He was home for two months before
re-enlisting.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #14.
- Month/Day/Year: June 2, 1954
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Twenty-five children from Korea tour the
United States in an effort to raise money to help rebuild Korea. The
children sing "Oh Susanna" and "Old MacDonald."
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #16.
- Month/Day/Year: September 8, 1954
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Former Master Sergeant Farrell Brauer of
Waukesha received the Bronze Star from Maj. Joseph Drees and Col. Claude
Shaver. The presentation was made during WTMJ-TV's "Man Next
Door" program. Brauer was a prisoner of war (POW) for 28 months
in Korea.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #22.
- Month/Day/Year: May 17, 1963
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of a two part series.
Congressional Medal of Honor winner Einar Ingeman of Tomahawk is
interviewed. He talks about storming two machine gun nests during the
Korean War and the serious wounds he sustained.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: July 30, 1963
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. The segment looks at David Seiler's
life. Seiler grew up on a farm in Theresa, WI. He was in the
Army and was killed by a North Korean ambush while patrolling the
demilitarized zone in South Korea. Erich
Seiler, David's father, talked about the premonition he had the night before
his son died.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
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