Letter # 5
August 25, 1950
Aboard Ship


Dearest Betty,

One day is just like another --- breakfast---school---dinner---school---supper---mill around on deck till it cools off enough to go below and try to sleep. Ran out of cigarettes yesterday—had to wait till our turn today to get some---Sea Store cigs are $1.00 aboard here. Passed the 180th Meridian, so lost one day—fouled up the training schedule. I gave lectures on the B. A. R. yesterday—today I had the new 3.5 Rocket---that is the new weapon for tanks. Dope is we will be in Japan Monday---don’t know what part yet. We are supposed to stay four days---combat load out in L.S.T.’s. Looks like an amphibious landing to me---my guess is up around Inchon---may be wrong---we have lots of amtracks. Now to unload and reload an entire division in four days I will be crowded for time again in Japan. We have no stamps on this ship so will have to try to get some in Japan. Mail is free from Korea so if I can’t tell you where I am, as soon as you see a letter with FREE on it you will know.

(Dad’s letters were never censored because he would give
little secret clues as to his whereabouts. )