Chapter Seven
A Bright Future
The DC-4 carrying Gus and Soo-ah prepared for landing at Pearl Harbor Airfield. It was a sunny Sunday morning at about 10:00 o’clock. They’d departed Seoul Saturday evening, then landed at Midway Island to refuel before leaving early the next morning.
Chaplin Ross performed a ceremony for Gus and Soo-ah Saturday afternoon at the field hospital. The nurses organized a small reception, then the newlyweds left for the airfield.
Lt. General Hodges cabled ahead to Hawai‘i and arranged for Gus and Soo-ah to enjoy three days of leave, also arranging for a car to meet them at the airfield to take them directly to the hotel. Gus was a true American hero, with many battlefield commendations, also credited with saving the lives of nine of his brothers in arms. He rec
