Saigon
Wednesday, 24 November 1965
Well, I'm still on quarters for a few days yet. The swelling and infection in the jaw is still present, so they are now trying to get rid of it with antibiotic pills. If that doesn't work, I reckon they will go back in again and do some more cutting to get rid of the infection once and for all. I sure hate it if they have to. But whatever must be done will be done. The swelling is pretty good-sized---about like a golf ball.
Am tired of laying around the room, but don't want to go out either. Just a case of being miserable. Am mostly drinking fruit juices for my meals as the mouth is too sore to chew on anything. I have a good supply of juices and canned milk so will do all right in this regard.
The diary of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Paris Clark, Jr., U.S. Army Transportation Corps, who served as Chief, Movements Branch, Transportation Division, J-4, MACV, from June 1965 to December 1965, and Special Assistant to the J-4 for Coastal Shipping from December 1965 to June 1966. Edited by John R. Clark.
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