Show STRAWBERRY Ronald Giles visits Lott family here by Reta Lott I had a very pleasant and most interesting visit with Sergeant Ronald Dick Gines and his wife this past Sergeant has just returned from a years over stationed in various cities in He was with the First Sergeant spent quite a bit of time in in North other cities were and He also received a six weeks special training in And when he was he received a merit rating for excellent for his year in Since World War Korea has come to have the closest relations with the United Many Americans have had intimate contact with the country and its Thousands of our countrymen have fought and died along side Korean and other allies Korea in defense of Korea is cone of the major outposts guarding the free world against Communist It is to maintain tills guard at maximum effectiveness that our boys have been sent to is a typically Asian with customs and ways of life different from ours in many and with characteristics distinctly its It is a land of of beauty of tradition and of intelligence and But the people are eager to are friendly to the United and so to develop e a modern nation of During its long history Korea has had several The one that la the old is or of the Morning You find this in the natural charm and beauty of the country and the friendliness and warm hospitality of its Korea has aj number of religions whose belief 3 and practices are very different from Some of their religions arc of Heavenly There are many christian of several as well as and other Korean farming methods are but are the main farming and oxen are still used as the chief source of The number of agricultural and vocational schools are at near a large research and training center has been Rice is the chief crop percent of total grain as well as the preferred food in the Korean diet which consists chiefly of and Most farmers raise such vegetables as turnips and especially apples and persimmons are grown in various Other agricultural products include buckwheat sweet and while and type of which is used for and Raw silk in Air service within Korea is provided by the Korean National The highways are built by the United States Army and the ROK and are are in poor Much tea and coffee is the water is usually boiled before progress is being made recently to purify the Because Korea is west of the international date line it is always a day ahead of the United when it is in Seoul it is Sunday in New and Well I guess this could go on and and I found it most Sergeant Gines brought back some lovely which included several beautiful paintings done on and a few Oil and just a few hints on any Army operator's allowed them to But 35 miles per hour is the maximum And in some places I should like to a little thought and quite a bit of praise goes to these who leave our country and go to these other to help maintain our peace and Sergeant Gines and family will leave this to spend some time with Gines in Then they will go to Fort near Dallas where he will receive training in a helicopter |