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Show spent seven enjoyable days sight. seeing and learning something about the Japanese people and their customs. They are a remarkable remark-able people. We visited the Imperial Im-perial Palace while there but no one was allowed inside. I think my most enjoyment came from drinking a glass of milk again. It has been a long time. I'm sweating out rotation now. Just waiting for time and stateside state-side orders. Again I would like to thank you for the paper. I've appreciated it very much. Respectfully yours, Cpl. Bert Gividen US56133613 Co. "B" 11th Engr. Bn. (C) APO 264 San Francisco, Calif. Serviceman Gives Fine First-Hand Account of Experiences in Korea To Uie Springville Herald: I would like to thank you and my home-town, Mapleton, for making mak-ing the Springville Herald available avail-able to me and other servicemen of our community. For twenty-one months I have been well informed inform-ed concerning home and surrounding surround-ing areas. I am deeply indebted to you for your concern in our welfare wel-fare and morale. To give you a brief idea of my travels and experiences I would start January 27, 1953. We reported report-ed at Ft. Douglas for induction and then proceeded to Ft. Orod Calif., for processing. Ft. Lewis! Washington was my basic training area. On completion I was sent to Ft. Ord, Calif., for an eight week leadership school. After seven days leave I reported at Ft. Lewis, Wash., for shipment to the Far s ihg some high school classes for men to complete their education, at least high school. I was instructing in these classes until July and then I became section sec-tion leader and BN TI&E NCO. Out of the seven men in the section, sec-tion, by then, we had five LDS. In August our ' Battalion was called on instant notice to report at the railhead for shipment to Pusan as a riot squad. Strikes were expected and so was trouble. We were there for five days but nothing happened. In September we held our church quarterly conference and ' Elder Harold B. Lee, accompanied by President Robertson of the Japanese Japan-ese Mission, presided. The conference confer-ence was a great success. Very impressive im-pressive and I also met many old buddies. Melrose Singleton was there from Springville. Immediately following conference confer-ence the Second Division prepared to leave for the states and we found ourselves being transfered to different units. I am here at Co. "B" 11th Engr. Bn (C). Much different dif-ferent than the infantry and I like my job as unit administrator. Our unit is adjoining the 36th group air section. That has given me a chance to fly in a helicopter since being here. Really "some experience. ex-perience. The pilot was Lt. Fisher from Salt Lake City. I just recently returned from R&R to Tokyo, Japan, where I East. Twenty-one days after leaving leav-ing Seattle we landed at Inchon, Korea. My first glimpse of Korea and her people rendered nothing but sympathy. Kids flocking to the train begging for food, were dirty and dressed in rags. What food we had was soon distributed but hungry hun-gry mouths were still pleading. I was more interested in the little girls because they seemed so lost and helpless. It was a most depressing de-pressing sight. No one can understand under-stand the plight of the Korean people until they see it for themselves. them-selves. War is so useless. I eventually ended up in Co. "G" 38th' Infantry Regt. of the Second Division. The company was one of the units on outpost for the division. divi-sion. From our location we could see Red Chinese activity and previous investigations proved them to be working on bunkers and digging the heart out of the mountains. Many said they were building cities and factories inside the mountains. I spent Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years up' there just watching and waiting and wondering wonder-ing about that truce agreement. During this time we had some Red Chinese come across the DMZ and give themselves up to our company. com-pany. Some were caught trying to steal our winter clothing, especially especial-ly our boots. This was happening with all other units along the DMZ. Just after New Years I was transfered to Battalion Headquarters Headquar-ters to work in the TI&E section. Our job was to educate the GI's lacking an eighth grade education and to teach the Puerto-Ricans how to speak a little English. I am proud to say that we never had one man from Utah in our schools. Later on we started teach- |