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Walk for Peace
Silent Candlelight Vigil
Pray for Peace in the Mid-East
November 15, 2000
Meet at Rudder Fountain at 8 p.m.
And Walk to Evans Library.
Candles will be provided.
All People Praying for Peace in the Middle-East
are Welcome
Sponsored by: Hillel, Wesley Foundation, St. Mary's
Catholic Center, Latter-Day Saints Student Association
and United Campus Ministry
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Islamic World Exhibition
Come enjoy several cultural
displays as well as some great
international Free food!
Monday, Nov. 13th
MSC212
from 11am -3 pm
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Cat Stevens’ Journey to Islam
Come find out what made Cat
Stevens, a pop star of the 70’s,
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Tuesday, Nov. 14th
MSC 228 @ 8:30pm
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Palestine: Past, Present and Future
A detailed lecture on the
history of Palestine and
its current situation.
Wednesday, Nov. 15th
MSC 226 @ 7:00pm
X # Islam in America
A convert's perspective on how
Islam is making an
impact in this country.
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Thursday, Nov. 16th
Rudder 301 @ 7:00pm
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693-5463 or 846-7718
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The Battalion
Korean War veterans brought his
tory to life for Texas A&M students
Wednesday when a group of Marines
spoke about their experience in the
"forgotten war"5() years ago. Sitting
s erect on the dias, their shoulders
squared toward the audience, some
of the men wore their crisply
starched and pressed uniforms from
half a century ago.
The Korean War ended in 1953
when a cease-fire was negotiated by
the United Nations between North
iand years of
communist occupation and con
tentious battle took its toll on the
American troops fighting there. Staff
Sgt. Norman Beal said that he still
feels'a kinship with the men who suf
fered alongside him in Korea.
"They are my brothers," Beal
said. "1 might not know all of them,
but they are my brothers because 1
know what they've been through."
The Marines’ history lesson hit
home with many, students.
Kris Kapchinski, a sophomore ki
nesiology major, said the veterans
helped bring a face to the stories he
reads in books.
"It definitely helps instead of
reading it in some book,” Kapchins
ki said. “You realize it's real."
During the veterans’ discussion,
Beal said that he thinks the Korean
War should not be downplayed by
labeling it an incident, or a police
action.
"I'm not saying this war was
worse than anything else, because if
anybody's shooting at you, that's a
great battle as far as you're con
cerned," Beal said. "I don't care if it's
Grenada, Panama or Desert Storm."
Several of the veterans reacted
emotionally when they told their sto
ries to the packed auditorium. Beal
said he thought the troops involved
in Korea were relatively inexperi
enced and not ready for battle. He
said he thinks that the war was worse
because of their inexperience.
"I do not want to glorify war in
any way because war is the most ob
scene activity that human beings can
get involved in," Beal said. "I want to
glorify the people who fight the war."
When the troops tried to land at
Inchon, Korea, in September 1950,
Beiil said, it was difficult because of
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Korean War veteran
the fluctuating tide, the mud flats and
a communist-held island just off the
beach that made the troops vulnera
ble to enemy fire. He said they had to
time their landing perfectly to line up
with the tides.
"If you had to pick a place to
make an amphibious landing, you
sure would put Inchon as last," he
said.
Another veteran. Marine Gunnery
Sgt. James Harper said one of. the
biggest shocks in the war was ad
justing to the weather. He said tem
peratures regularly dropped below
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the battleground. Harper
were told to leave the wndedaaif
medics so the unhurt me/icould&et|
to safety.
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going to fight our way out.' So4
stuck our chests out and siaffii
back," Harper said.
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the troops had to continue fightingl
sub-zero weather. He saiditwasbfl
to see so many people dead.
"We had men that put
up in front of their sandbags,"!
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frozen bodies while [the Chines
still came."
Harper and Beal visited professd i
Arnold Krammer's Americanhistoi!
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H i story at A& M for 27 years, <
said he thinks firsthand testimonial 1
are effective for teaching history. f|
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the students as I can," Krammersi|
"Why should they learn it from si]
who learned it from a book, if leaf,
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them what it was like?"
Haiper and Beal know first haul
“It's nasty; it stinks, and it's dtl
gerous,” Beal said. “But we'vegoh]
have somebody there."
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