Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 158]

Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 158]

111 Friday 11 a.m. Hello, sweetie - Just a quickie to get the enclosed off to you. Spent the morning on an inspection tour of the Korean camp along with an American doctor, a Japanese doctor, a couple of men from the dispensary, my assistant camp leader…the American doctor, a pleasant man of about 48, is quietly setting out to reorganize sanitation regulations and personnel and to make both effective. (They had grown rather lax after the initial effort.) The object, of course, is to prevent the flourishing of flies and mosquitos and the method to limit the number of water containers for each house, see that water in all drum cans (used for washing) are covered with a film of oil, prohibit leaving food and trash around, etc. As you approach them fresh from Western civilization, all the houses seem a shambles (the living conditions were quite tidy before the war); however, on closer inspection there is a conspicuous difference between them from a sanitary standpoint. Some are buzzing with flies and some are free of them. Off to chow, and then directly to the Education Office and my new job. Initially it consists of reorganizing the records, getting acquainted with the eleven teachers and deciding on a principal, checking the lessons which are submitted each Friday for the following week. The teachers have had little experience and are something of a challenge. Til later, darling Warren

1945-01-19

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