Dearest Betty

Letter # 67
March 24, 1951
Chang-ni

Dearest Betty,

Rec. two letters from you last night---12 & 13. Sorry you haven’t been hearing from me but when I check back to see when I wrote those letters you received. It wasn’t too long ago allowing 10 days both ways but it sure as Hell seems a long long time since we were that far back.

Frank Cutting dropped by to see me today. Looks well expects to go home soon. Will be so glad when I can tell you I am on the way.

No, Darling, I haven’t seen a movie since I was in Masan. We have strict black-out up here and don’t see how anyone forward of our guns would dare to have a movie unless they were in a tent. That may have been the answer.

I see Novak every day. He seems a little sour because we don’t hook him to our generator but it only puts out 300 watts just enough for our radio, lights, & Tate’s light. Any way he has two Coleman Lanterns and a battery radio so don’t need electricity. He does a Hell of a lot of griping any way.

We got some help today. New Zealand Artillery unit joined us with 36 25 pands a little longer than our 35 mil. Guns and not quite as large as our 105 mil. They seem like a pretty good bunch of men.

(inserting handwriting below about the guns etc)

Today I made hash. Found a piece of beef no good for anything but stew so I made hash. Had quite a few people in for chow.

Well, Sugar Pie, don’t know what will happen next for we can hit the 38th Parallel from here.

I’ll close now, Sugar & listen to 20 questions.

All my love to the both of you.

Forever yours, Bill

Thanks for the comment, Keith

Miss Brooke,

I believe the text about the guns refers to the the N.Z. 25 pounders. The QF 25 pounder was the primary British field gun from WWII through the 1960s. It had an 84mm bore which would make it "a little larger than our 75mm guns and not quite as large as our 105mm."