Both the U.S. and Britain had established policies which took into account the hardships of the Korean winter; individuals in American battle formations were rotated every six months while the British, in general, required the troops to serve not more than one winter in the theatre.13 The 2nd Patricias had served one winter and in December 1951 would have been in Korea a year.
On les logeait et on les nourrissait au centre de permission d’Ebisu, que maintenait la Force d’occupation du Commonwealth britannique (à prédominance australienne), bien que les lumières plus brillantes du centre de Tokyo parussent plus attrayantes aux yeux d’un grand nombre.