MEN AT WAR: Don't Worry

At a U.S. command post in Korea, an infantry captain returning from fallen Taejon ran into a major who was on his way back to Japan. The infantry officer asked the major to take a message to his wife in Tokyo, was told: "I'll do better than that. Talk into this recorder and I'll take your voice back to your wife." The captain's message, punctuated by the noises of the command post, was broadcast last week by the Columbia Broadcasting System. This is what he said:

"I don't know where to start on this. These last three weeks have...

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