Dearest Betty

Letter # 103
May 23, 1951
Good Morning, Darling

Didn’t write yesterday, just didn’t feel up to it for I had sort of planned on getting on my way to you, now I have another month to sweat out. But I am sure-- as you say the time is getting shorter & shorter. As I told you, they didn’t let the fourth group go on the last list so they all are on this one---oh yes, we also got to rotate two officers. The first to go from Artillery and who was on it? TATE. What happened? He was taken off by Regiment and Reserve Captain put on it.. A Captain who no one ever liked, Everyone seems to think Tate & I have both been given the shaft but as he told me the longer we stay over here, the less likely we are to have to come back sooner.

Well, enough of this sort of stuff.

We move today as you know by my letters & by the news we can’t trust the S. Korean Army so they are being pulled off the line & American troops going in---ah, I suppose they will use them for patrols but the Army 2nd Division just to our right flank, have been catching Hell & big enemy concentration is being built up to hit again see we are moving over to give them a hand up. If the Laundry men do hit we will bounce a few off their heads.

Well everyone is back from Chow and I just can concentrate so better stop now and get to moving around. Got two letters from you last night, mailed the 11th. Well I’ll write again soon, there are four people sitting around my bunk talking to me.

All my love,

Bill