Whenever we saw trains pass by going south there were thousands of civilians riding on top of the cars fleeing the war up north. The Chinese had taken Seoul again. Christmas is close at hand. You can always discover how the war is going by the direction the refugees are going. The weather is extremely cold but these people are riding on the top of the train to escape from the advancing Chinese army. As you can see from the clothes we wear the weather is still cold. The army has issued fur-lined parkas. I still have mine today.