June 2, 1951
Yonju
(If you enlarge this map, you can see WonJu just below the line that is the 38th parallel)
Hello, Darling
Lots of moving so no mail for me and none for you. Lots of rain and today very pretty. We have had showers all week but they left today. Plenty hot and lots of flies around. Lots of unburied dead cause it. So far we have had pretty good camping places. Don’t know what lies ahead.
Saw one of our planes shot down today, pilot bailed out. Wasn’t enough of the plane left to tell what sort it was. We have received some mortor fire but now are out of range. Sure as Hell been pouring out artillery fire on the Chinks.
Heard a good one today from a prisoner we captured. He said Russia had given us the Atom bomb to drop on Japan and that we didn’t have any more and that if we didn’t get out of Korea , Russia would drop one on New York City. He believed that too. We are in a dead spot for radio so don’t get much news. The rotation draft for this month that I wanted to be on was knocked off. Glad I didn’t make it now. Too many casualties the past two weeks.
Damned flies are eating me up so I’ll close now, Darling.
With all my love,
Your Bill
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