JMJ

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Ok Bung Village 51

Dear readers,,,,,I still have to get in the garage to find my papers for Christmas,,but I shall continue and finish the Korea,,story..then on to the good old US and A,,,Phillip Meyer S/sgt Ret...Yes I did drink a few beers,,,
                                                                         JMJ
Village Ok Bung,South Korea?
"L" Co.5th RCT 24th Div,,
Phillip Meyer S/sgt Ret
                                                                   April 51
   We arrived at the Village of Ok Bung just as the snows were starting to melt.Now we lived in little shacks but still not able to take showers,On our left the medics set up a little place across the little road
the Mess hall.A little PX our favorite drink called a "toddy" a chocolate drink..Our duty guard the tungsten ore and go on patrols to find any enemy infiltration...I went on RR (rest and recuperation) to Japan.The train took us to Puson.On the southern tip of Korea..as we waited to go we went to the service club and saw the soldiers who had performed in Fort Jackson SC.Then the joke they told ..Can you believe I remember it all these years,The Joke,,,,,,A soldier had a friend in the biology dept in college.So he sent him some tobacco from a Korean cigaret He just told his friend to analyze it..A couple of weeks later.he received the letter His friend said I hope you are safe and come home soon and Oh yes..Your cow is very healthy"I flew in my first airplane....We sat facing each other.We went to Osaka Japan..
.I drank milk first time in months...bought a radio which needed a special voltage regulator,,I went to the same bar saw a magic show the magician took out a small fishing pole let the hook fall in the audience and on it a small fish..Yes I had a few,,(many) beers,At the end I ran out of money and those cute Geisha girls
said we will buy you the beer and they did,,On the airplane back I was recovering,,,when we arrived in Korea we were told to take a fatigue jacket to keep us warm.I took one with Cpl stripes but I was back to PFC which I was when I reach the company..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,More later,,Phillip Meyer S/sgt Ret