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Show PAROWAN TIMES. PAROWA I'At.K UTAH MARCH !' utiU bell dm KQi i there reply oi nestiuciiou to the enemy nd u unl oi silence would pievail A ieellu u close, slaudmit IVlldl'Mog 1 am sur. salt ibe great power ol tb- Navy tone lanu of the aien hard Vc and ligbiing Heie I ata again only a da) later. a our ship I Cadei Kr eeon, Uldn t hale a clianco 10 Mulsh Just moved day bdore yesterday at my son oi Air hour I to had night then and then ..gain lat - l Just didn't have any Pendleton uf gun. I rout Midnight til 4 this morning wotM to make the mong a time left to myself. We are still awaiting the gtuug it oitr with, but to be get will sited Slate, jpj glad landing ou the beach and he rushed tight now Is a crucial time over here aud nothing tan will move who recently we e a that chain Slates Nam or hastily decided upon There is are de-- j in today as the tide is talrly calm right now and they the several tiding Just what to do movements t ed by the our about i In news . I ure that getting you (wg gu.ss I hate something much better than I ran relate them to you but The trip, taajqJ to write about It seems aud this to tin- i the way everyt ng better l or touch JO to rdatioa, is happening. We are out numbered oer here .Military nod NtlJ aes and again we were pushed out of ure worse- - than that in niot of four day, u Seoul and right now they are fighting right over here troin that lime lug , all Field and Artillery a we cau ee the guns of the Infantry and over 4tb o( the like It July Just last and the time, night and llte w,lh here with all the flares and fire and Drelng. barracks even and most part The weather here is bitter cold tor the It cut Just time d all the we are with all the clothing that Pendleton i ia hj, through you at a good pace. Standing tlnn watch lut night. Andy at the Academy, (t, and I. we got to the point where we were so cold finally we of the Pistol Club heaian to warm up. different cold than we have at home it set Railroad (Tub. you Just cant get used to It t'lub During foougl 1 So lar we have only had about 2 air attacks and then they be ua- - assistant were run away so that no damage was don- - to our ships The company- - intrjaaiiJ men on the beach in the infantry need the equipment that we team. are carrying so had hut we Just can't get it to them Just yet. Before enteriai jg. Yesterday evening one of the hips of our lotnmand tried to rnai.e Pendleton attended ;y, on beach the a lach landing and they are still sitting there -without any water under them, due to the fact that we had a 28 tty of Utah for t10l foot tide come in and just put them high and dry so that is graduated from I speak of a School in 1HC why we have to be so cautious, you know- When I tide wave really mean a good one and something you wouldn't Upon graduates but surely something to see. Our ship tosseil and idans te eater it aj believe pos-iblrocked all night in its path. branch. Looking at the remains of the town of Inchon through glasses there i evidence of hard fought battles all around and with the town of Seoul only is miles away and the enemy on this side of there leaves only 15 miles or less distance between forces. We have about given up hopes of getting any mail for some time now and can't even say when we can get to mail the letters that we are writing now. but we hope to go back to Pnun In at least a week and less if we are able to make the landing safely. I am very poorly equiped in the art of letter writing as is visible but as we have traveled about in the short time I have been here. I atn fasinated by the distinct difference found so have a strong contray to our wav of life. You might say that desire to write as is the case for sute, and I enjoy taking time out from the work of the day and being here in the office alone ENJ01) and try as best I can to protray the surroundings as they appear to me. Living at liontr in the land of Zion so majestic and serene G I think that we fm' to gaze around us and marvel in the ever; increasing ways in which we are so highly blessed. For the most STEAIG! part 1 feel that we take for granted that the wonderius features found within are something never to be taken from us or exiled under the brutal hand of any ruler. We live in a land to be B01 proud of in every respect, our families that we so dearly cherish and never the fear of want, then by all means wp have much amous to he thankful for at the close of each day. 1 could talk on and on I guess, but I must dose for now as have to go to work shortly now so I'll let my story rest for the time being. My deepest love and blessings are with you at all times as I miss each of you know vour's are guiding me at all times. very much and look forward in the near future, when democracy will once again prevail, to being there at home with you. I remain as always. Your Loving Son. Gordon udoi I Letters from Men In The Service aal -ud I interewt lo our readers I one of many letter which have been receivi d by parents in our community. This Is one way for ijh to I'allite Just what hardship and discomforts our boys are bavins to endure. d. brother or any serviceman If you have a letter from your or woman and would like It published, please brine, or send, it to the Times and we will be happy to print It, r Of Below Is a Gordons pai-m- letter written to his parents by Gordon L. Halterman. are Mr. and Mrs Marion Halterman of Parowan Iti February, 1.;.1, INCHON, KOREA l.oved Ones; Well pull up the easy chair and make your self comfortable and Just follow along with me for a short tour on this side of the world s have seen it tn the short hut rather colorful period that I have spent here to date. As seem to always have a strong urge for reminising maybe we urn shuns some of my thoughts and in that way you can land the extreme different of the way of life here ilrh we are accustomed to. in Korea at the small harbor town of Pusan was different from the way had pictured it. In that actually visited a War ravished community such as me finds there. The town is small and rather compact and built around the harbor which is a rather large one and at one time somewhat picturesque. As fishing was always a main means of life to the people there they leave not built up industry or agriculture but merely prolonged life with the bare necessities which in their case is little or nothing compared to the needs required by people of our statue. The people live a quaint and very easily going life. Then came the gready men from the north eking power and prestage and leaving behind nothing but poverty even lower than they were accustomed to and instilling in the minds of the people only a savage desire towards everyone in order to suffice the needs of life. Today in going to that tow n one t'ii ds sickening poverty at every move rake and ruined land. Due to the fact that the people from the north had to move farther down south away from the crucial hand of the enemy conditions have even grown worse in most instances. But even so with the help of the IT. S., sometimes called the I'nited Nations, their lives are being spared and their burdens of war lightened somewhat. Truly a sad sight in every way hut of course something that follows hand in hand with war. From Pti-r.- n our travel commenced to another even smaller harbor town called Ulsan, showing worse effects front the result of battle hut for the present time at least silenced to the roar of guns and clashing of forces. By now only a handful of civilian- still live there along with a large number of soldiers using the small port as a loading dock for the Navy and a little train travel that ihey hare there. There in Ulsan our ship was loaded with Negro soldiers and their equipment that consisted of trucks, sea going ducks, fuel tankers and a few trailers. The soldiers numbering about 110 were further accompanied by about 20 small boys all Korean that were left homeless orphans and were picked up by the soldiers, given clothes and used as house boys and K P.'s etc. There age ranging from 10 to 15 years of age and all capable of providing for themselves in any way. even to the point of using weapons if the need be. Of course our ship is capable of carring about 150 troops our crew so our conditions are not too crowded in that respect but in the minds of most of the men one black boy is too many, ha ha. Rut to add to the mixture some more 150 Korean laborers were brought aboard to work with the Negroes where ever they were going. They are friendly to us of course but never-th- e less very unpleasant to carry. They were put down in our v hich is already filled with equipment and there they til their departure from our ship. !n no way could explain in writing the reeking odor that they posess, uncouth manner in which they live here, but rather something that has !o he seen to he deemed possible. Thus our first duty was assigned and our destination unknown, for the present time. The following day we learned that we were heading to Inchon Beach Head, provng ground for many assuits during the present war battle ground for enemy and friendly forces alike. We were escorted hero by other ships more equiped for attacks than ourselves and 'ssening our danger should there be any alerts. We arrivf here at Inchon yesterday about noon and were re-- q uired to anchor a safe distance out here in the bay due to the rising and falling of the tide in ibis area. We spent day at our guns making sure there uwkl be no order and readying the ship for a "t has not come. A- - eon as nightfall all d. by that mean ;.j) light- - were t out Hi' ..iicxeP by !! ng the the I. in f the Dearest 1 1 1 ' be-id- - Mld-hi.ta- es iu ni-ll- -- e. IFT. 1 1 I 1 rX 4f "Ten per cent of the money received by Utah's colleges come from taxes paid by our state's mines and smelters. This means that everyone of our 18,000 college stuinstitutions receives dents in from mine his education toward $40.00 and smelter taxes." -- state-owne- i H9 d Straight rS! . Bear?.' National DL'tiiic' i |