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I was age 20 when I landed in Korea as a replacement for the 5th RCT, USA. Being from Chicago, I never gave it any thought to a problem of any kind once I were to be in the mountains, nor did I see anyone else have a problem. I climbed those mountains just like anyone else at that time. The one thing that hit me one night, was night blindness, which did not last long. I needed another kid to hold my belt and get me to the top of the hill.
The guys that smoked, still smoked regardless of how high we were at any time.
When I was hit with frost bite of the fingers, I was sitting on the bank of the Han River not far from the capital so, regardless of being high or low, it was in the low lands that I become afflicted with frost bite.
John Sonley Korea a1951
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