Re: Attitudes toward Korean War

["Glen Boren" <firegod@kansas.net>]

Don't feel alone on that. The Red Cross did the same thing during WW II
also.
Glen

----- Original Message -----
From: <Jwscpd8@aol.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: Attitudes toward Korean War


> In a message dated 08/01/2001 7:20:42 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> LACarr@aol.com writes:
>
> << I left Korea the Red Cross was on hand to sell us coffee and
>  doughnuts.  >>
> The Red Cross was a surprised to me.   On 22 February 51, I ended up in
the
> 4th Field Hospital in Taegu and as I was lying on the bunk the next
morning,
> I see a Red Cross lady with a cart coming down the aisle and going to the
men
> on the cots.  We did not have regular hospital beds.   When she came to
me, I
> saw Hershey bars, gum and things I had not seen since I had left Japan the
> first week in January of 51.
>
> After I got I few of the items, it was then I was told, I had to pay for
> them.  I found it hard to believe that I am in a hospital and have to pay
for
> a candy bar that I am sure was donated to the Red Cross.
>
> This also told me where all the good stuff was, as it was not on the MLR,
it
> was in the rear, being sold.   Did not see any gum and etc ever again,
until
> I landed back in Japan in November of 51.
>
>         John
>