Getting Hit by Mortar Fragment

I was hit in the head by a mortar fragment. And at the time, I was … my job in the battalion was the intelligence sergeant. The intelligence unit was about nine men strong, I guess. It was our job to keep the map boards up, and deal with the planning. My particular job, when I got wounded, was carrying the CO’s map board. So I was right there, at the head shed there, seeing everything that went on. I had headaches for a spell, so they thought that I should have, you know, some nursing care. So they sent me to Japan, where our wounded went. And I went to the Australian camp, and somehow or other, I missed getting to the hospital. And I was sent back to Korea from the Australian camp there. And I was put under arrest, for escaping the hospital I never went in. And they sent me back to Japan, to get my formal clearance out of the hospital, of all stupid things.