Canopy Roads of South Georgia

Agents on the Case of the Korean War Marker

Having found for the widow Joyce Feazell a tombstone noted by her late husband, John Feazell, on a propaganda pamphlet dropped by the North Koreans in Korea about 1952, Agent John and Agent John are happy with their sleuthing:

Picture of John N. Feazell Jr. and John S. Quarterman by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 June 2010.

Here is a picture of my father, David S. Quarterman, Jr. (1914-2005), with his friend, John N. Feazell, Sr. (1930-2008):

Let's See the Marker from the Korean War

The widow Joyce Feazell wanted to actually see a tombstone noted by her late husband, John Feazell, on a propaganda pamphlet dropped by the North Koreans in Korea about 1952, Previously we discovered it was real and where it was likely to be.

Joyce called in a field agent to go find it: her son John N. Feazell, Jr., who lives near Savannah. Joyce reported back on 5 June 2010:

It is in the Cemetery you referred to. John went and found the marker and took this picture so it is for real.

Picture of the marker in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Georgia, by John N. Feazell, Jr., 5 June 2010.

As I remarked to Joyce:

You can see how PFC Horner's daddy might have been upset, having already lost every other immediate relative.

Too bad the North Koreans used it in their propaganda.

She agreed.

Roll credits.

-jsq

Searching for a Marker from the Korean War

Continuing the search commissioned by the widow Joyce Feazell for a tombstone noted by her late husband, John Feazell, on a propaganda pamphlet dropped by the North Koreans in Korea about 1952. Previously we determined the tombstone was real. So where is it?

Remember the front of the pamphlet gave a location for the tombstone. A bit of work with google maps showed the highway between Bloomingdale and Pooler would be US 80. So far, so good. Let's try to narrow it down.

The deceased's last name was Horning, and there is something called Horning Memorial Cemetery near Bloomingdale. But that's not on US 80; it's on US 17 between Bloomingdale and I-16.

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That might be the right location, but even though google maps has pretty good resolution there for both satellite and streetview images, the stone doesn't appear to be there.

Ah, but the book

On the Case of the Korean War Marker

The widow Joyce Feazell asked me to find a tombstone noted by her late husband, John Feazell, on a propaganda pamphlet dropped by the North Koreans in Korea about 1952.

Here's the back of the pamphlet:

Note John's hand-written note:

Found near the fort of GI Baldy, 26 March. Is it true?

So I told Joyce I didn't know, but I'd take the case.

The back of the pamphlet has a transcription of the tombstone pictured:

A Request from an Old Friend: Find Me a Tombstone

On 3 June 2010, Joyce Feazell asked me this question:

John, have you by chance ever seen this in your travels around the Savannah area? I found this in some of the stuff John had in his Korea scrapbook.

Here it is, yellowed and tattered:

John Feazell, who was principal at all three of Pine Grove Elementary, Hahira Middle School, and Lowndes High School when I was there (I sometimes thought he was protectively following me around), had a scrapbook of pictures and other material from his service in Korea as a Sergeant in the Army. He had showed me this item some years ago. It's a propaganda flyer, one of many dropped by the North Koreans on Allied troops.

It reads:

A FATHER'S MEMORIAL TO SON KILLED IN KOREA

A Savannnah, Ga., father has ordered this big boulder-type memorial to his 19-year-old son who was killed in action in the fighting in Korea. It will be placed on the edge of the highway between Blomingdale and Pooler, Ga., U.S.A. THE POLITICIANS ELECTED IN 1952 ARE JUST AS READY TO SEE YOU KILLED AS THOSE ELECTED IN 1948. THIS WAR IS SENSELESS! GET TOGETHER TO STOP IT!

OK, it should be possible to find a large block of stone like that. The game's afoot, as Sherlock Holmes would say!

-jsq