15/11/2012
We went to Korea in September 1950. We saw our first combat soon afterward, but this is not a story about that. In November 1950, the Bob Hope show came to Korea. Actually, Bob Hope wasn't the first show to come to Korea, Al Jolson was. Al and I went to see the show and it was good.
later that night I got an awful somach ache and Al took me to the aid station. The Doctor on duty examined me and said,
"Well Lieutenant, you've got appendicitis!" They shipped me out by helicopter to the MASH unit and I was operated on at 4:00 AM by a Major Schulz. Heavy German guy with a big belly and a very thick German accent. They shipped me to Japan for R & R. I was put in the officer's ward and I was the only officer in there at the time.
A few minutes after I got there, a pretty little redheaded Nurse came in to take my vitals.
"And how are you feeling, Lieutenant?" She asked. She had a heavy accent and I noticed right away that she had a very nice butt.
"I hurt like hell!" I answered. She gave me a shot of something and in no time I wasn't felling any pain. She went about taking my vitals like she was good at her job and knew exactly what she was doing.
"My Name is Helga, I'm the Nurse assigned to this ward." She told me. In a couple of days, when I felt like it, I went exploring and found some wounded from the Seventh Division in an elisted man's ward. After that, I hung out with them and Helga. Helga seemed to spend a lot of her time with me, even though we got some more wounded officers in the ward. She didn't neglect her duties though.
After about a week, they let me have a pass to go into town. Helga and I went on her day off. I got a good tour of the town of Tachikawa with her guidance. I had to stop and rest frequently, after all, I was recovering fro surgery. That evening, we went to Helga's quarters. She poured us some wine and we sat on the couch and drank it. She put down her wine and kissed me to my surprise, but I sure enjoyed it too. She held the kiss for a long time, then she shuddered.
"Come on!" She said and took my hand and led me to the bedroom. She undressed quickly and she really was a redhead. Damn, she was nice. I hadn't been wrong about what a nice ass she had. We worked on my clothes and soon had them off too. She pulled me down on the bed and we kissed and caressed for awhile. She got as hot and flushed as could be. She pulled at me,
"Nun, fick mich!" She said. This translates as "Now, Fuck me!". As I moved between her legs, she grabbed my dick and put it in her pussy. She was as hot as a furnace and wet. She wiggled and twisted her ass frantically as we fucked. We came almost at the same time. She threw her ass up to me and shouted something in German, I don't know what she said. She shuddered and shook violently and her pussy snapped violently at my dick.
She fell in a heap after a few moments, babbling something in German. Again, I don't what she said. I speak German, but the German/Americn dialect(my Parents grew up in the hill country of central Texas, near Fredricksburg) is somewhat different from the dialects spoken in Germany.
After awhile, I fucked her again and she was really wild. She pounded her ass about the bed frantically, yelling in German. This time she came before I did. I thought she was going to claw me to pieces. Her pussy seemed about to take my dick off. Her entire body throbbed. She didn't recover right away, but lay under me quivering and shuddering for what seemed to be a long time to me. I fucked her again after a longer time. This time we came almost together and again she went wild and clawed me all over, especially my butt.
I had to be back at the base by twelve O'Clock, but we went back to her quarters the next couple of days and fucked our brains out.
A Doctor came in a couple of days later and examined me and said,
"Well Lieutenant, I think we can send you back to duty, you're recovering nicely. Helga looked stricken.
"I was hoping to have you awhile longer!" She said.
"Duty calls!" I respoded. My fight back to Korea didn't leave until the next day, so I spent the night with Helga. We fucked all night long. Helga didn't have orgasms as often as Virginia or Shorty Girl, but she had several that night. She pounded her ass about the bed frantically, shouting in German and clawing me to pieces ever time she came.
I flew back to Korea and to Hell the next day. Al and I had dinner with the Greek Brigade at Christmas. An excelent dinner of roast lamb with mint sauce. The wine flowed like water and they had belly dancers for entertainment. In January, I was promoted to First Lieutenant and became the company Adjutant. We were put in reserve with the 187th Airborne and the Commonwealth Brigade.
Most of us got R & R's and, naturally, I went to Tachikawa to Helga. R & R's were typically five days during the Korean War. Helga and I fucked like there was no tomorrow. On the third day of my R & R, we made love like maniacs for an hour or so. We lay in each other's arms. I suspected that Helga was falling in love with me.
"Helga, do you love me?"" I asked her bluntly.
"Yes, I do! With all my heart! I have loved you since I first saw you!" She replied.
"I don't know if you expect marriage to come from this. I am very fond of you, but I don't really know if it's love or not." I said. Helga grew very quiet for a moment.
"As much as I want to marry you, I can't. I thought you already knew that I'm already married!"
My erection dropped like a rock. I hadn't known. How was I supposed to, she had never mentioned it.
"I can see by your face that you didn't know, oh Ray, I'm so sorry! I really thought you knew!" She said.
"NO, I didn't know! Helga, if you're married, then what are you doing here with me?" I asked.
"My Husband, Robert, is a Doctor at Tokyo General. He's benn having an affair with a Nurse there. We're seperated. I have gone back to my maiden name." She replied.
"Do you want to divorce him?" I asked.
"Yes, but I'm Catholic and my Father would die if I got a divorce!" She replied.
"Let's just keep on like we are." She suggested.
"Fine with me." I said. Our love making was somewhat subdued after that.
I went back to Korea after my R & R was up, back to Hell. In April, 1951, I got Hepititis and was sent to Tokyo General. They shot me full of penecillian. I was yellow all over. I went to sleep and when I awoke, Helga was there.
"How are feeling, darlig?" She asked.
"Sick as a dog!" I replied.
"You have 'Yellow Jaundice', you're very sick." She told me.
"Field Marshal Rommel had that!" I said. Strange what one thinks of sometimes.
"I was so frightened. I was afraid we were going to lose you!" She said and put my hand to her cheek. Her cheek was wet and I knew for certain then that she really did love me. I had lost my high school sweetheart and I had feelings for Virginia, but I discovered I also had deep feelings for Helga. It was a confusing time for me.
It was then that I noticed how thin Helga was.
"Are you alright, Helga, you seem to be awfully thin." I asked.
"Been working hard, we have a lot of wounded from Korea!" She replied. I was young and in good shape, so I recovered rapidly. In a week I was walking around. Helga came from Tachikawa every chance she got. They let me have a pass and Helga and I went to a hotel and fucked our brains out.
"How's your marriage going?" I asked.
"About the same, Robert wants a divorce, he wants to marry the Nurse he's having the affair with." She said.
I went back to Hell(Korea) again. About a month later we took part in "Operation Piledriver" in late May and early June 1951. I was wounded in "Piledriver" by friendly fire. Shrapnel broke my right at the knee. I don't begrudge the wound, if Captain White hadn't called in our artillery on our own position I don't think any of us would have gotten out of there for we were being overrun. Al came and took me to the aid station. He saluited me as he left. Al would have made a good Prussian soldier, very dedicated to duty and very dedicated to military tradition. Al never called me by my first name, although I was his Brother-In-Law for twenty-six years and he still hasn't to this day. Thelma does though.
They out a cast on my leg at the MASH unit, about ten miles behind our lines. I was then flown out to Japan, to the hospital at Tachikawa AFB. That was fine with me, Helga was at Tachikawa, or so I thought. As a corpsman was getting me settled, I asked him to get in touch with Helga and he looked unconfortable.
"She's not here anymore, sir. She shipped out statside day-before-yesterday." He said. Just then the head Nurse came in, Captain Molly Schmidt.
"Molly, where is Helga?" I asked. She sat down on the bed and took my hand.
"We shipped her to Walter Reed. Ray, Helga has cancer, she's dying!" I was floored. Helga was only twenty-four years old.
"This can't be happened to me again! I've already lost one girfriend and now I'm going to lose Helga!" I blurted.
"Ray, Helga's the one dying!" Molly said.
"Of course, forgive me!" I said contritely.
I never went back to Korea after that. The high command figured I would be of more value to the Army if I were used to train young troops for what combat was really like, something like that so I guess. As soon as I got back to the states, I took leave and went to Walter Reed, which is in Washington, DC. Helga couldn't have weighed more that seventy pounds. It was obvious she wasn't going to live very long. There was a man and woman there that I didn't know. They both bowed.
"Ich bin Helmut, ihre Brueder und Die ist meine Frau(I am Helmut, her Brother and this[she] is my Wife) said the man. I offered my hand and they both took it tentatively, they both bowed again. Helga woke up then. she started to cry when she saw me.
"I told then not to let you come her!" she sobbed.
"Don't worry about that, I'm here!" I said.
"Ich liebe Dich, Ray!(I love you, Ray!)"
She said. It was the last thing she said to me. Helga lapsed into a coma and died three days later.
Her Brother and I had her shipped back to Darmstadt for burial. I met her family. They all seemed to like me.
Helga left a big hole in my life. I knew at last that I had really loved her. I went back to the states and went on duty as company Adjutant in an infantry company. When the promotion lists came out the next month, I was promoted to Captain and took over an infantry company. Several things happened after that and I have already posted that story.