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The Korean War Educator has a standing invitation to all Korean War veterans (any branch, any MOS, any rank, any era) to post recollections of your time in the Korean War on the KWE Website, whether you wish to share just a story or two or your entire memoir. Pictures are welcome, too.
Send your memoir or short story, or that of your loved one, via email in plain text format, pasted into an email, or as a Word document attachment. The KWE webmaster requests that you not send your memoir/story material to the KWE as a PDF file unless the PDF file is suitable for posting as is. As an alternative to email, if files are too large to email, you may also mail your document and picture files to us on a CD you have created. Also state in the email (or in a letter to us) that you are giving us your permission to post your memoir on our website. We cannot and will not post without written permission. It should be clearly understood that once a memoir is edited by the KWE staff, a photo album is created by the webmaster, and it is published on the Korean War Educator in good faith, permission to publish cannot be reversed.
Send Pictures as Attachments. Pictures should be sent as JPG file attachments to your email. Please do not include the pictures within the "body" (message) of the email itself. They will be unusable. We cannot stress enough the importance of sending them as attachments.
If you need to discuss your memoir or short story before sending it, contact us.
Only one black American (Jesse Green Harmon) has stepped forward to share his memories of the Korean War. The KWE is extremely concerned about this, so if anyone can help resolve this problem by sending Lynnita the contact information for black Korean War veterans, please do. Also, few female Korean War veterans, or Air Force/Navy veterans have participated in this project. No Coast Guard members have shared their memoirs/short stories either. The KWE is willing if these veterans are willing.
Veteran Ralph David, a participate in the KWE's Memoirs project, tells us that an article entitled, "The Healthy Type" appeared in Scientific American (June 2008). In it, the writers stated that writing your memoirs is a healthy thing to do! It said:
Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. But besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery.
Stay healthy! Participate in a KWE online interview. The end result is a full-length memoir written by you with our director, Lynnita's free help (no hidden costs).