The month started with all the Company elements stationed in and around Hongchon, South Korea. The assignments were: one twenty-four hour Traffic Control Post detailed to the Bailey bridge across the Honchon River; one twenty-four hour Traffic Control Post at the intersection of road 24 and 29 southwest of Hongchon; one eight hour Speed Check Point between Jadd Check Point and Hongchon; Prisoner Guard detail; POW enclosure supervisor’s.

The Honor Guard personnel have five physical security assignments: the War Room; Commanding General’s Office; Commanding General’s Van; Crypto Compound; and the Post Exchange.

2 June The Company lost additional personnel from transfers, eighteen enlisted men to the 3rd Infantry Division, and fifteen enlisted men to the 2nd Infantry Division.

3 June The Company were assigned the following additional personnel for rations: Four officers, twenty-one enlisted men, ten DAC’s, fourteen Interpreters of the 521st MISD.

6 June Two enlisted men were assigned to transport one general prisoner (U.S.) from the Company Stockade to Tokyo, Japan. This left only one prisoner remaining in the stockade.

9 June CPL Michael Wardinski and CPL Clarence Smith were promoted to Sergeant and departed the Company for Fort Ord, California, to attend Leadership School, preparatory to entering Officers Candidate School.

The Company began operating a refugee collecting point physically situated near Hongchon. The refugees were collected and brought to the collection point and held until there were enough to fill a truck. The MP’s stopped empty trucks heading to Wonju, loaded the refugees into the trucks and send them on their way.

The Company also posted two Road Patrols, one in Hongchon and the other from the Company Command Post to Hongchon.

During the proceeding week the Company processed two-hundred and ninety-nine POW’s, evenly divided between Communist Chinese and North Korean. Many of the POW’s were wounded and taken to the MASH in Hongchon.

There has also been a noted increase in enemy officers being captured. The Company furnishes the vehicles and MP’s to go forward to pick up the officer POW’s, often traveling as far as forty miles each way.

10 June Entertainment arrived in the form of the Camel Caravan, a very good show, most of the Company got to see it.

16 June The previous week saw a decline in POW’s totaling only one-hundred and twelve, very few Chinese Communist, mostly North Korean and a few civilians.

23 June The previous week saw a continued decline on POW’s with a total of only ninety-four, all were North Korean and civilian.

26 June MSG Cecil B. Harwood, formerly the First Sergeant of the Honor Guard [X Corps], was discharged to accept the rank of Warrant Officer.

30 June The POW count for the past week continued to decline with a total of fifty, none were Communist Chinese.

The Company lost seventeen enlisted men who rotated back to the states. All of them were Honor Guard (X Corps HQ), who had combat time.

Every man in the MP Platoon of the Company is now eligible for rotation, some of them were awarded three months and some six months of Class A Time. (link form)

The morale of the Company is very high due to the rotation factor, plus the talk of a cease fire and possible armistice, although there is quite a lot of skepticism as to the good intentions of the Chinese Communist Forces and North Korean Peoples Army. The beer rations are coming in regularly. Fresh meat and vegetables are also a regular fare these days, including ice cream, periodically.