Dearest Betty

Letter 102
May 21, 1951
Good Morning,

Well, rain rain rain and another rotation draft. Yes, they made four S.Sgts. so far out of the 3000 that the paper said that was being made, but we can’t send any staff home this time and I remain first on the list. Sounds like a lot of B.S. and a big run around to me.

We received a ration of beer last night, eight cans and a friend of mine gave me a case but you know me, I don’t drink too much beer so I divied up with Street & Nester. Still stays cold here at night but warms up during the day, that is when it isn’t raining.

I was beginning to get my hopes up of getting out of all this sooner but when this list came out with only 23 men on it from the 7/11, Staff NCO & officers just aren’t being rotated.

Received your two letters last night and glad you went out to the Club, Sugar. Boy the place sure must be changed, don’t sound like I’de like it very much. So Hunkey “shipped over” eh? Will he stay aboard ship or has he worked his bolt for a transfer? We are betting he will be back to J’Ville before the year is out.

Jimmy has been around all morning. Doesn’t get any sleep at night---too much shooting. We fire all night and of course the Laundry men usually attack at night but our lines are holding. The Army & ROK’s are falling back on the East & West sector leaving us up front in the central part.

All my love
Your Bill