Fireman Walter Edwin Thierfelder media room
Fireman Thierfelder served aboard the destroyer USS BARTON in Korean waters. He was the youngest Uservice member from R.I.
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Story of 6.25 Foundation
The 6.25 Foundation was established with the goals of honoring the fallen soldiers of the Korean War (June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953) and expressing the gratitude of the Korean people to the people of America. We aim to do so by supporting elementary level literacy more broadly, so that America’s youngest generation
Story of 6.25 Foundation
The 6.25 Foundation was established with the goals of honoring the fallen soldiers of the Korean War (June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953) and expressing the gratitude of the Korean people to the people of America. We aim to do so by supporting elementary level literacy more broadly, so that America’s youngest generations may better understand the importance of those soldiers’ sacrifices and of liberty.
The Foundation partners with elementary school libraries in a fallen soldier’s hometowns. We offer them a one-time donation to augment their K-5 resources, and to name the children’s section of their buildings after the soldier. In addition to honoring the soldier, we hope the naming helps American grade school children feel connected to someone from their town who, in some cases when he was not much older than they, perished in a war for democracy in a faraway land called Korea.
The Foundation typically seeks out schools with lower reading grades, as a way to maximize the impact of its funding. The libraries usually purchase new volumes of age-appropriate nonfiction; they may also use the funds to create a reading space for children if they don’t already have one. Some of the libraries and schools have built upon the initial gift by creating related programming. One school, for example, celebrated “Korea Month,” every day of which the librarian shared a new fact or custom about (South) Korea.
The first soldier honored was Cpl. Richard L. Bolognani, a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He and thirty other soldiers were drowned by a flash flood while crossing the river near Inje on August 18, 1952. The Foundation donated $5,000 in his name to the Readsboro Community Library, in Bennington, Vermont, on October 29, 2020. With the donation, the library was able to repurpose an existing space and create The Corporal Bolognani Children’s Reading Room.
The delivery of the donations has become an occasion in itself for the Foundation to raise awareness. We have visited the recipient libraries in person and presented the check, along with a handmade plaque for the children’s section, during dedication ceremonies attended by the local schoolchildren, teachers, and respective school board representatives.
At each visit, we have always been received warmly and enthusiastically. We are very grateful for that. Many schools are located far from where we are, in Rupert, Vermont. We drive with joy and admiration for the beauty of America: the mountains of Tennessee, great plains of Wyoming, scenic Idaho, hills of West Virginia, historic towns of Mississippi, the Grand Canyon State of Arizona, the industrial state of Michigan, and many trails that built America. Sometimes the roundtrip journey has been 2,000 miles, and other times as much as 7,000 and 10,000 miles.
Friends
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2026
Kyeongsoo Kim
Tong-Hui Kim
Seung Il & Ai Soon Hong
Laura & Dr. Nicholas
Seung-ho Park
Rev. Michael Park
Moo Jung Cho
Woongil Francis Lee
Hyo Kun Hahn
Seung Il & Ai Soon Hong
Hyobin Im
Young Sei Lee
Rev. Michael Park
장소현
Bob & Janet Postma
Schools
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Schools
Readsboro Elementary School
GW Carver Elementary School
Whitehall Elementary School
Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary
Kaycee School
Camas Elementary School
Doe Elementary School
Ripley Elementary School
Workman Elementary School
Pittsburg School
Eisenhower Elementary School
Randall Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary
Shreve Elementary School
Washi
Readsboro Elementary School
GW Carver Elementary School
Whitehall Elementary School
Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary
Kaycee School
Camas Elementary School
Doe Elementary School
Ripley Elementary School
Workman Elementary School
Pittsburg School
Eisenhower Elementary School
Randall Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary
Shreve Elementary School
Washington Elementary School
Keating Elementary School
Amelia Earhart School
Winnemucca Primary School
Jones Elementary School
Jonesboro Elementary School
Union County Elementary
Susanna Moodie Elementary School
Tae Baek Middle School
Bullion Primary
Geronimo Elementary School
Potter-Dix Elementary
Pine Ridge School
Lewis and Clark Elementary
Wibaux Elementary
Fort Jones Schools
South Conejos School
Alvis Elementary School
Fort Kent Elementary School
Buckland-Shelburne Elementary
Six Mile Elementary School
Hamilton County Elementary
Southside Elementary School
Cumberland Elementary School
Osan Middle School
Sacred Heart Elementary
Lake Superior Elementary
Arthur Stanlick School
White Rock Elementary
Don Gill Elementary School
Clintonville Elementary School
Cedar Bluff Elementary School
Forest Hills Global Elementary
Willard Elementary School
Kahuku Elementary School
Thomas Jefferson, Joliet, IL
Maesan Middle School
Forest View Primary School
Sussex Montessori School
Belmont Elementary School
Ocean State Montessori School
Northwood Elementary School
Ewha Middle School
Capitol Hill Montessori School
Busan Middle School
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MISSION
The 6.25 Foundation honors the sacrifice of American soldiers who gave their lives in the Korean War by visiting their hometown elementary schools across all 50 states, dedicating library plaques, and making donations in their memory.