Dearest Betty

Letter # 17
October 19, 1950
At Sea:

Dearest Betty:

Well, my last two letters didn’t get off the ship, so I will drop you another line now for they will all go off tomorrow. We will enter the mine fields out side of Wonsan Harbor at six tomorrow morning and anchor by eight. Should get mail thru too.




We have had a nice quiet trip this time, nothing like the one from Kobi. I overhauled my jeep and now have it in good shape.

Can’t say what we will do here as this part is secure so if we do make a landing it will be a full one. I can’t see any reason for our being here in this place. The Army seems to be doing OK after we showed them how. Just hope they can hold on to what they have. The news seems very good as we get it from Tokyo, but as I have found out you have to some times take our news with a grain of salt.

Wish I knew when we will be going home. I just can’t seem to realize we have only been away from the U.S. a few days over 2 months. Seems like more like years and I really miss my home and little family including Joe and Kit. By the way is Kit still Kit or Kate?






(Joe was our dog who came from Sloppy Joe's in Key West. Kit was the cat we hadn't figured out if it were a he or she.)