Re: Generic Term

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In a message dated 5/2/2002 11:20:26 PM Central Daylight Time, swan@haysco.net writes:


>    I don't know why someone hadn't bandaged his hand. All I know is he sat
> there staring at me, while chewing the gum someone had given him. As the
> blood from his injured little hand dripped on the floor.
>
> Bob Dove


Bob
Your story brings to mind my experience seeing little Korean kids in such pitiful conditions.
As an artillery F O ( forward observer ) on the MLR we would be relived every 30 days and given other duties for 30 days. This particular time I was sent back to the rear with 15-20 KSC ( Korean Service command ) to cut timber for artillery gun pit  construction just in case we had to fall back . We set up camp along a stream and the perimeter guard was provided by ROK soldiers . Many
times I had seen little Korean kids come down from the hills and wait for a chance to run to the sump hole , where we scraped out what we didn't eat from our mess kit . The ROK soldiers would run them off
 with rifle butts . 
 One evening in camp from my tent I saw a little kid wading in the stream and he would catch a crawdad
and immediately eat the whole thing . I gained his confidence ,after a few tries,and he would hide in my
while I went to the mess tent and brought my overly full mess kit back to the tent . This went on until my 30 days was up and I had to return to the MLR .
 I will never forget that little kid and wonder what ever happened to him . 
 It seems it was easier to forget the killing on the MLR than it was to forget those little pitiful Korean kids .
   Jerry    F W    51-52