Mishmash - My After-Mash Experiences

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center><B style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /></B></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center><B style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal> </B></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center><B style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal> </B></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center><B style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal> </B></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center><B style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal>Mishmash My After-Mash Experiences</B></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center><B style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal>A Pictorial Memoir</B></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center>Richard (Dick) Kahn</P><H1 style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><EM>A Synopsis</EM></H1><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>Mishmash has a review of why the United States intervened in the Korean Conflict emphasizing college deferments occupation duty and overall military service.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>I describe how the Korean people lived in the countryside in peacetime in a postwar country. The period of acclimation and assignment from the 21<SUP>st</SUP> Medical Regiment to Able Company at the D.M.Z. depicts many experiences with the military and the Korean people.</SPAN><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 11pt> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 11pt> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>Able Company was the first line of defense in case of a North Korean attack. The military setup with my medical responsibilities and situations are explained. My first R and R in February 1956 was in Tokyo. There were training activities leading up to Able Company's relocation south of the DMZ.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>At that time I volunteered for permanent guard duty at the 21<SUP>st</SUP> Medical Company.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>I write about the prevalence of prostitution revealing my personal experiences. </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>April and July 1956 I went on two Religious Retreats to Japan. September 1956 religious services were arranged for the Jewish Holidays at the 8<SUP>th</SUP> Army Headquarters. </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>For my final R and R in November my companion arranged for me to stay with a Japanese family followed by touring Niko National Park.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>Traveling home on emergency leave was quite an episode! </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal