Korea Strait (2007)
“his feeder giggled. He grinned uncomfortably and obeyed. The morsel approached on chopsticks, hovered, teasing him, then was plopped in with another musical laugh. Stir-fried pork, he guessed. But he’d decided early in the endless progression of spicy dishes, noodle dishes, kimchi, not to ask. Across the table, the others were laughing at him.
He wasn’t used to being fed, much less by a woman in a flowered kimono. But their host had been insistent. And since he’d turned down the soju the rice w...hiskey, he figured it’d be best to go along.
The rest of the TAG team, under Henrickson, had gone on to Pusan. Now five men and one woman sat in stocking feet around the low red-lacquered table high in the 63 Building, the loftiest skyscraper in Seoul. Commodore Jung sat beside Commander Hwang, backs to a charcoal-glowing fireplace. Dick Shappell, the heavyset blond captain named Harry Leakham—commander, Destroyer Squadron 15—and Captain Carol Owens, the U.S. naval attaché to the Republic of Korea, rounded out the guests.MoreLess
He wasn’t used to being fed, much less by a woman in a flowered kimono. But their host had been insistent. And since he’d turned down the soju the rice w...hiskey, he figured it’d be best to go along.
The rest of the TAG team, under Henrickson, had gone on to Pusan. Now five men and one woman sat in stocking feet around the low red-lacquered table high in the 63 Building, the loftiest skyscraper in Seoul. Commodore Jung sat beside Commander Hwang, backs to a charcoal-glowing fireplace. Dick Shappell, the heavyset blond captain named Harry Leakham—commander, Destroyer Squadron 15—and Captain Carol Owens, the U.S. naval attaché to the Republic of Korea, rounded out the guests.MoreLess
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