professor han: how was pyoktong? mr. petrey: miserable at best. professor han: tell me the details. talk to young kids and what you went through there, details. mr. petrey: we did not have enough firewood to keep us warm. the korean homes has -- have a flue that goes under the floors and keep the house warm if you have enough wood. the winter of 1950-1951 they did not stockpile the wood. the homes that were commandeered from the korean people. they took what they needed. they had no wood to keep the place up with. we slept 10, 12, 15 people per room. that is cozy. you get close. of course, lice was bad. professor han: yeah. mr. petrey: everyone was lousy. we picked lice off each other as best we could. you cannot get rid of those things. those that were able would go into the fields or forest and gather firewood. we were able to gather enough wood to heat the floors in the homes. i think that was the saving promise there. things did get better. the reservoir was frozen. we had to walk across the ice into the hillside. after the chinese were able to get boats in there, that came late