Re: ROKA Comfort Women

[<RonaldS842@aol.com>]

In a message dated 2/22/02 4:19:59 PM, ysk@kimsoft.com writes:

<< As per the native ladies, US military camps were surrounded by brothels 
and the MPs handed out free condoms as GIs left the camps.   As I recall, 
there were groups of Caucasian women cohorting with the officers.  Were they 
"comfort women" of a sort?



ysk >>

Hi jsk-

   The tone of your remarks sound a little sarcastic but maybe this is just 
what I have come to expect of you. This is a sensitive topic but an 
interesting and legitimate one and I'll wade in to test the waters. Please no 
flames.
   The whole idea of our own "comfort stations" is foreign to us and probably 
against military law but American boys are at least as horny as anyone else 
and so they don't mind being entertained by the local women. And being 
lectured and protected is in order. Read about the American civil war general 
Hooker for some interesting background here.
   There were stories about American nurses "moonlighting" in Korea for a 
price. I was tempted but never partook but I believe the stories. Safer than 
the locals.
   The whole idea of comfort stations leaves a bad taste in our mouths and 
I'm not sure exactly why. I think the reason is that the stories we read are 
that these women were invariably mistreated. 
   Besides, every boy wanted to find out for himself the truth of the stories 
of horizontal versus vertical :-)

Ron

Ron