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Public ForurKorean Pupil's SympathyTo the Editor:A great many letters have been crossing the Pacific these late years, both from the U.S.A. and from Korea. A letter of special interest was enclosed with a letter from Lt. Charles S. Gerrish Jr., a graduate of our Portsmouth High School and the University of New Hampshire, serving with the U. S. forces in Korea, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas, S. Ger-xish of Kittery Point, during the late cold weather period.The enclosure we speak of was a letter to the young lieutenant from a high school student, of the great South Korean city ox Kwangju. One may be a bit surprised that the letter from this boy (or girl?) is not one of destitution and self-pity, but is one that expresses sympathy for the soldier out on the sub-zero front. The letter, of average school pupil penmanship follows, with Spelling copied sic:“Kwang-ju high school1st grade 4 classKorea Dece 16th 1952 “Dearer UN forces than most of all. We Korean students, are sending heart* gratituas for you ^brilliant victory. Now at North Korea the serve cold winter has,visited all through, the fronts. Whentver we think about yours hardships that you suffer from suclt cold weather we student feed rather sorry emotion that we are studmg beside hotfireside. '•••“But all of this our happinessowe to you herioic struggle against the cruel communists. We all Korea Student send you many many thanks again. And we believe strictly that'not only our Korean peace but all the Free Nations peace will be astealished by your saint deedsWe are alessing your health and good luckMay god he with you. Truly youHan Yong Su” The envelope is something of a curiosity. Addressed:To our U N forces fighting at the Korean fronts”All upside down to the envelope flap. Apparently no postage stamps used for Korea letters at present.Speaking of the cold in Korea, the weather is wintry there well above the 38th parallel, in its season, In an earlier letter, Lt. Gerrish mentioned the space-heater fire going out in “Frozen Chosen at 3 a.m. that day with it. 10 degrees below zero. The wash water froze and a. battery for his radio froze up in the new shelter he and another officer occupy.He says this home is nice, withmatched boarding and roofing paper. Much better than they, had in the big squad tent with eight officers. His “home” is within sound of the battle line firing and rumbling near the city of Yonchon, which, normally peopled. 300,000, about equivalent to the population of 15 Fartsmouths, It now “consists of a shell ridden bank vault and concrete smoke stack.C. S- GERBISH'Slanted View'To the Editor:‘ This letter has reference to a news item which appeared in the May 27 last, issue of Tfee Port** mcufc Herald. The item apparently was meant to print facts to a Senate hearing on Bill No. 95concerning the water situation m Portsmouth and surrounding communities. • .Your news report states tnar
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Wed, Jun 03, 1953
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