50s Frog Magazine Vol. 12
Page  8

each other fairly well and between  the Koreans, the team and the ships crew all were eating 3 meals per day in the small galley. Seems we spent most of the time standing in line.
  The Korean’s seemed fascinated by  the food and would invariably fill their trays to overflowing. During this time trying to get a shower or go to head was next to impossible-–the Korean’s fascination with hot running water meant for the most cold showers.
  To our surprise we found that these troops were North Koreans who had defected to South Korea prior to hostilities. Most of them had
lived and grown up in the area where we were going to drop them off. They knew the area where we were going to drop them off. They knew the area well and had relatives in the area. All this would insure positive effect -tiveness in their ability to disrupt the enemy.

the area for hostiles. While the scouts were doing their thing we loaded two LCPR’s with gear and troops, towing several ten man rubber boats, we oved in close to the beach and waited for the scouts to signal. When the scouts signaled “all clear”- we put the troops in the rubber boats and took them ashore. Each of our rubber boats  made several trips ferrying troops and gear ashore.
  Undoubtedly we made more noise than a clan- destine operation  should and so the last trip we noticed a bonfire back  from the beach. Thinking we had been compromised, we quietly approached the fire expecting a fire fight-–-it turned out to be Korean fishermen celebrating a good catch and, no doubt drinking local white lightning. We extracted as quietly as we had come and noi shot was fired. Luckily  we walked away without a scratch and without being seen or compromised.
  We often wondered and discussed what happened to     the Koreans whom we dropped off in Indian Country but have never