Dearest Betty

Letter # 28
November 13, 1950
Dearest Betty

Now for the human side of the news. Mo Ji, our room boy came in this morning and ran right to the stove and by god he was cold. Plenty of ice every place. He is a kid about 12 years old. He was bare footed and had a pr. Of light cotton pants on and thin as my skivvies. A short coat & that was all so I measured his foot and drove My jeep to Hamhung 10 miles and got him a pair of shoes made of canvas and auto tires. Cost 1500 wons (rate of ex 4000 for $1.00) came back and we made him scrub back about 2 years of dirt and every one pitched in---I gave shoes, socks and pr. Of dungarees too small for me. Street a long sleeved under shirt, Jones long johns, Fizzell a cap; and I dressed him from floor up. You never saw such a happy fellow. He grabbed a broom, swept clean, brought a case of water, got all my dirty clothes to take home to wash and then asked to be allowed to go home. He came back this afternoon with his daddy who wanted to know if he had stolen the clothes! When we made him know it was O.K. he started crying and ran off. After a while he came back with a big basket of apples. So now it seems we have inherited a Korean Boy. Seems the Russians took all the clothes away from them. Mo is a nice kid tho, washes all our mess gear & keeps things clean.

Well Sugar it is bed time now. With all my love.

Your Bill