Gordon Evans
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Gordon Evans served in World War II in the South Pacific with the United States Navy and in the Korean War with the United States Army as a Switchboard Operator. He completed his basic training at Camp Cook in California and was then shipped to Korea. He recalled the living conditions in Korea as being cold and harsh. He shared how the orphanages were full and that the children suffered the most in war. He found the Korean people to be very gracious but very desperate. He was grateful to have served his country.
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Living Conditions
Gordon Evans descries his shelter as a hole in the ground with a tent over it and a pot belly stove for warmth. He remembers only having a hot bath once in six months and having to line up like an animal to be deloused.
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Children of War
Gordon Evans describes feeling that children of war suffered the most. He tells of a young boy he came across who was alone in the cold with no coat and how he took the child in as his own houseboy. He remembers the orphanages being overrun and children having nowhere to live but on the streets.
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