This is the city of Taejon. It is what a city often looks like when armies fight over real estate. We had traveled by boat from Hamhung to Pusan where we unloaded and headed north. We stopped at Taejon for the night. Some friends and I found a wine shop in town that was still in operation. We spent the night around the charcoal stove the shop owner had and drank warmed wine for most of the night. It was good to relax for a while and feel a little safer.

For Christmas I sent my little brother Loren a couple of packages of army Hershey bars (48 bars to a box). They are special chocolate that doesn't melt as easy and they were readily available whenever you wanted any. One nice thing they did in Korea. You did not have to have any postage on letters or packages. You just had to write "FREE" on the letter or package.    Hi-Res Pic (119K)