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&...& Words in Korean
Max helped Soon-Lee out of the jeep. They had bee searching for two weeks for Lin Tam a Chinese doctor. Four weeks before they had managed to locate a South Korean refugee who knew Soon-Lee's family and had been captured with them. He had observed as several Koreans including Soon-Lees family were pulled out of line and taken to what the guards called &The Last Stop&. According to the refugee Doctor Tam was the one who was making the decisions and may have further information. Two weeks later, they learned that Doctor Tam was still in Korea and had opened a clinic on the border. After this, it was a simple matter of asking around in areas near the border for the location of the clinic.
When they entered the clinic a clerk approached them and asked &"are you injured?"&
&"No"& Klinger replied in Korean, &"We are looking for doctor Tam."&
&"This way please"& the clerk said as he lead them into a ward that reminded Klinger of the post-op ward at his old MASH unit, although there were less patients. Dr. Tam was on the far side of the ward giving a patient some medication.
As they approached him he stood up and gave Klinger a hard stare, "Do I know you" he asked in English, "no wait I do know you, you were the driver at that prisoner exchange I arranged Corporal Kalor, Kangor Linger or something like that, what can I do for you."
"Its Klinger and we are searching for my wife's family, we understand that near the end of the war you sent several prisoners to a prison called &The Last Stop&."
"Doctor Tam looked thoughtful and finally gave a sigh, "yes I do and it was not just the end of the war but all throughout in fact several undisclosed military prisoners were sent there as well. I do not know where the prison is and was thoroughly disgusted that my government would do something so dishonorable, but if I recall right your unit was the 4077th correct."
"Yes, what does that have to do with anything" asked Klinger who was slightly confused by the abrupt change in subject.
"During the war a member of your unit came through here as a POW and was eventually sent to that prison he gave me a letter and the location of a hidden stash of penicillin. All he asked in exchange was that if I ever had the occasion to deliver the letter I was to give it only to a member of the 4077th. It may or may not help you but I have fulfilled my part of the bargain good day to you." With that, Doctor Tam opened a drawer and removed a letter, which he handed to Klinger.
As Klinger and Soon-Lee walked back to the jeep Soon-Lee looked curiously at the letter, "are you going to read it" she asked.
"I guess I should" Klinger replied as he unfolded the letter and began reading.
To whom it may concern
I am writing this letter to ensure that I am not listed as dead, my guard has taken great delight in telling me that myself and all others that were taken from the wreak of the plane are being taken to a secret prison to be used as labor in building weapons. There are several things you must know, first of all the Chinese must have inside help if they managed to move us from the wreak before rescue parties arrived. In addition, it seems that they are sending a lot of prisoners to that prison. Finally, I plead with you to free my fellow prisoners and myself.
Truly Living
Lt. Col Henry Blake MD
Klinger stood there in shock Henry had died four years ago but the writing was unmistakably Henry Blakes. After a brief conversation with Soon-Lee where he explained who Henry was they got into the jeep and began there drive to Seoul Klinger needed to get in contact with Major Houlihan who after a year stateside rejoined the army for the Vietnam war, her contacts at I-Core would be invaluable in solving this mystery.