Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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PusAN, KoREA I-liked To The Top oT a mounTain overlooking Pusan, Korea, Today IZ6 lvlayl. The ciTy is almosT circled by high ridges and nearly all oT Them are compleTely covered wiTh Ter- raged gardens, VegeTables, barley and rice are The only Things grown on These paTches, and They grow luxurianTly. They are all TerTilized wiTh nighT soil lhuman dung and urinel combined wiTh cow manure. This The naTives dump in large piTs l0xl0x4 TT. deep lrock lined Tanksl, sTir wiTh a long pole, leT dry and Then spread on The gardens. Small sTreams and springs Trickle in The ravines and are diverTed Tor irrigaTion oT The Terraced areas. They produce good crops, using all hand labor: and I presume rice is scyThed and Threshed by hand as machines could noT TuncTion on The sTeep inclines, Tor I saw many winnowing baskeTs in The quainT naTive shops as I passed. The rice is green, 4-5 TT. high now and in good head, and should be ready To harvesT in 4-5 weeks. IT we aTe Their IeaTy vegeTable crops we would have To cook Them well TirsT as They would all carry The germs oT dysenTery wiTh which human e.xcremenT here is Thoroughly innoculaxTed. , ' The Tish markeT aT The harbor edge was also in The iTinerary. They were cleaning, selling and salTing shark, snapper, halibuT, horse mackeral, Tuna, baby squid, clams and oTher shell Tish, seaweed, and many oTher marine gleanings whose names I did noT know. IT was all quiTe TragranT buT inTeresTing and enjoyable. Curiously shaped iunks wiTh large, square- rigged sails oT plaiTed maTs were skimming silenTly abouT The harbor. . OuTwardly The people appear healThy, muscular and very hardy, Though I had no chance during a Three-hour soiourn To geT any ideas on disease prevalence. The women and girls are unaTTracTive, buT I always geT an inner Thrill waTching The lined Taces oT The very old, weaThered and wrinkled, Tending small children, baking over Tiny charcoal ovens in The sTreeT, babbling in Their naTive Tongues. From Their inguisiTive glances and my reTinue oT waiTs, 'Twas plain To see ThaT I was by Tar The greaTer curiosiTy. - The Town iTselT is more like one oT our TronTier Towns, Though They do have a Trolley line and small overcrowded buses. AT The sTaTion was a small boy oT 8 or 9 playTully kick- ing a Tin can wiTh his good leg-The oTher leg was cuT oTT above The knee. .A Tew old rickeTy cars chug and snorT over The dusTy, rocky, narrow roads, blowing Their wheezy horns inTerminably. STrangely enough, Though, I saw no one run over. Along The ThoroughTares green scum clings Tenaciously along The open diTches, bub- bling wiTh Thick slime-These are The Tly-inTesTed open sewers carrying human Teces and urine and oTher sewage and garbage Trom The crowded shacks To wider Trenches. These in Turn enTer large sTorm drains 40 TT. wide and 20 TT. deep which Tlow inTo and poluTe The harbor waTer. These huge moaTs have sTeep walls oT rock wiTh mud boTToms, and These carry The collecTed sewage and aT Times The Tloods oT heavy rains. On The paTches oT dried mud -surrounded by slush and ooze Torming The Tloors oT These wide sewers is agmosaic oT Tiny shacks less Than one Third The size oT our one-car glxalnage. They are builT oT Tlimsy scrap packing boxes wiTh unTolded paper boxes Tor rooTs .ole Tamilies live in Them., cooking ouT-oT-doors. God knows where They go when The spring TorrenTs sweep The Tlimsy shelTers inTo The sea. hThey musT be Ted and cloThed and shelTered, given The baresT essenTials oT bread and a c ance-IusT a TighT1ng chance To beTTer Themselves so ThaT They can help each oTher. lvlulTiply These Tew by 800 million oT The diverse populaTions OT The world and iT will Telge nO+E.insTyein To TaThom ThaT The harvesT is greaT and The laborers Tew Nourish an sus ain T ese we musT do To survive. Else we will succumb To sinisTer Torces in The world Today. X

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