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Interviewer: When you arrived at Pusan, what was your impression? We didn't go, we didn't go into harbour, we just dropped the convoy off at Pusan and then we went on a patrol. Interviewer: Where did you patrol? Out on, off the west coast up towards Inchon and, and further north. Interviewer: Were you concerned at the time about enemy action? Only one night we had a, we were cruising and we were up quite far up near the Yellow River and, doing anti-submarine searches, and, the, about nine o'clock at night, it was pitch black and there was a report that there was a motor torpedo boats in the area so we went back to the station, I was a little concerned that night. But what it was it was a radar ghost and they finally found it, well, they soon found that out and we just carried on with our patrol. Interviewer: And a radar ghost is of course a false image? A false image, yeah. Interviewer: So this patrolling that you were doing as far up as the Yellow River was primarily for anti-submarines. For us it was. Sioux was basically an anti-submarine ship. Interviewer: And then after that patrol was completed, where did you go then? We went back to Sasebo, and we, we never went along side anywhere, we anchored out and we stored from American supply ships. Interviewer: Tell me, at Sasebo, what was your impression of that city? You said it was an occupied, still occupied portion of Japan. What was your impression? Well it was, it was, still, this is ‘51 so it was still quite, there was still a lot of damage. Houses are, were very fragile, you know, sliding walls, you could slide the house away if you wanted, slide enough walls, and it was dirty. Japanese people were good. Interviewer: The impression you had was that they had, were still recovering from the damage of World War Two. Oh yes. Interviewer: And you say that their attitude wasgood towards the Canadian servicemen? Yes. Interviewer: How long would you stay in Sasebo? Oh we would, if we, we would do a fourteen day patrol and be in for four days. Interviewer: And these patrols would continue throughout the duration of your tour there? That's right.

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