Manchester (CL 83) - Naval Cruise Book

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War is costly. War demands planning, men to do the planning, and eourage to accomplish the plan. War saps strength from the warrior. A ROK Marine stands on a cold and lonel hill hy his tent. His purpose; keeping alive, seeing that his countrymen and counlr staN alive.

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J K i L, ■ ■•IM-- «ff , The children of Korea are the same as any other children. They hke to smile and consider the world a good thing, even with a war in their backyard. But they have a definite serious side. They are little men and little women and soon they must play the role of the grownup in this war ravaged land. They are faced with disease. The rate of deaths among them is high while the chances of survival through childhood are low. But, in spite of hunger, poverty, and a war, they stand erect, proud, and it is seldom that a child can be seen crying.

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War takes human life and where it does not take it often marks. JVounds are common but the strangeness and fear which comes to wounded men will never be common. The war in Korea is blood and disillusion, a blanket covering the deepest wounds.