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Show Men On Korean Front Dig In For The Winter Jay Lowe, in a recent letter to his father, wanted information re-, layed to the Springville Herald that he gets his home - town newspaper even on the front lines in Korea, where he is stationed with the infantry. Located on the west central front, about 12 miles from Kuf-wah, Kuf-wah, he says that for the present pres-ent they expect to stay at this location and are digging in for the winter. The men are busy digging dig-ging warm-up bunkers measuring about 12 by 440 feet, for each platoon. pla-toon. The dugout keeps the boys warm in the winter weather. He says it doesn't seem likely that the Chinese will try to break their line now, although during the past few nights with a beautiful beauti-ful full moon, they were afraid of being hit.. Jay reported that one of his buddies had been injured and was now having a pretty good time in tho hospital, with clean sheets and a soft bed. He said that he felt well but did wish he could come home. On the front line rations, he said quite often they are half-hungry. ' He doesn't expect ex-pect to be given his rotation furlough fur-lough for some time, possibly in January, he stated. He has recently received the promotion to sergeant first class. |