March 13: Up at 8:30. Same old routine - wash, coffee, cigarette and then sweat out breakfast. No sun - have not seen it now for a few days. General Gung gave us a talk on the Communist Army - very interesting. Kamiak got a sword.

Front, L to R: Kelsey and Osterhouse Rear, L to R: Lt. Etling, Guerrilla, Capt. Humby, Guerrilla Commander

Dolan thinks the plane we heard the other morning was ours that came to drop supplies. Drank too much wine after supper with Mr. Lee - lost my knife.

March 14: Slept till 9. Quit smoking as of today because I think that we will have to walk out in the end. Eight of us walked to Dolan’s house and spent about three hours there - nice day and the sun is out again. Got my roll of pictures and all but one came out OK. Wrote a speech on the B-29. Will not have to give it until the seventeenth. Still no message and I am ready to walk out right now. Bette taught me patience and I am sure practicing it here. Wall of building fell almost on top of us while walking to Dolan’s and it would have killed us. Guess we are not out alive yet. Weather getting cold and windy again. Boys played volley ball after supper - to bed at 9:30.

March 15: Up at 9 - this sack time will spoil us. Am almost finished with the second Readers Digest. Am taking vitamin pills Dolan traded me a few days ago. This message came today - “Lat 38, Long 116 rescue B-29 crew that went down Feb. 2.” The message came six weeks after we crashed. We sent another message today. Six of the fellows are ready to walk out in a couple of days but I think I will wait till we get some sort of an answer. Dust storm in the afternoon - cold day. To bed at 7:30.

March 16: Up at 9 - coffee, cigarette - am smoking again. Saw B-29 at 10:30 - very high - almost overhead - big vapor trails and they stayed a long time. Glad to see that the boys are still there. Still no answer. Lovell and Wells gave speeches. Took some pictures. Still taking vitamin pills. Weather nice but still a little too cold to travel. Saw Drama at night (La Guri) and left when half over. Sang them song and saw Wong and his Captain. To bed at 12 - the latest yet here.

March 17: Up early (8) and ate early but won’t give speech till this afternoon. Took some pictures and watched soldiers at target practice. Talked with Gen. Gung and six will leave day after tomorrow - rest, including me, will leave a week later. Gave speech about the B-29 and us and enjoyed it. All the big shots were around until after supper. I read and to bed at 8:30.

Buildings we lived in at Chin-Cha-Chi Headquarters, Fouping. Note at left are three of our orderlies and special guards.

[1. In speech, was very vague about details of the new B-29. I had also
warned Lovell and Wells regarding their talks. They asked many
questions but we played dumb. Good thing - because in a few
years these same fellows were flying against
our B-29s in North Korea!]

March 18: Cold, no sun, little snow so stayed in bed until nine. Did not eat until 10:30. Practiced basketball and read all day. Supper at 5:30. Wong and friend came with copy of route we travelled and they will make a copy of it here. Still no message and none of us can understand it - have just about given up. Today is Sunday but you would never know it. It will be great to go to church again - a big church back in the States. Still pray every day and every time the bells ring around here I think about church and Notre Dame. Read at night and to bed at 8:30.