19/5/53

Hi Doll,

Whatever it is, you win. I don’t remember what it is I said, and it probably wasn’t anything intelligent. I seem to have the knack, fortunate or otherwise, of putting my foot into my mouth without any trouble at all. I’m sure, though, I was just fooling around and hope you’ve taken no offense. Sounds to me as though you’re a little squeamish, or else you’ve never had a really good meal of worms and grubs. Why just this evening we had a lovely green grub salad that went over big. Everybody liked it. They’ve really been giving me the hook around here the last 3 days. I’ve gotten 10 hours sleep in the last 72 and last night was the finish. The gooks hit the ROK division to our left last night and we got out and showed ‘em what American artillery really is. In a 3 hour and 45 minute period we fired 2282 rounds at them. I don’t understand what type of people they are, though. The final analysis showed that the gooks threw in a full regiment and they just kept on coming. For a full three hours they kept on advancing thru that murderous fire, which included 3 light battalions, 2 mediums bns. and 3 batteries of heavier. I just don’t know what makes them walk straight into that kind of death but it must be dope or something of the sort. Last reports I heard at the end were over 300 killed and heaven knows how many wounded. And now tonite we’re expecting a regimental attack in out sector. Tanks have been getting ammo in all day, so we’re ready for them. Heck, I’m not mad at you. Life is just too easy and short to bother getting mad.

Love, Frank