CSB:
I read his Platoon Leader article. Sounds pretty accurate for that period of the war. I went through Camp Drake and the same route to the Japanese troop carrier ship. I don't remember the voyage to Pusan being 36 hours. It seems like it was an overnight trip. (But I do have the CRS syndrome.) We slept on typical japanese mats ship board and I don't remember any food being served on board.
The ship was clean as most Japanese facilities usually are. I had no inter-action with the crew; however, the female crew member that knocked out the soldier sounded interesting!
We were able to smell Pusan quite a few miles before we landed there. The replacement depot was a real mess! Most everybody was being sent to the 1st Cavalry division, 8th Cavalry Regiment as they had lost most of that Regiment at that time. I was lucky and went to the 25th ID and the 27th (Wolfhounds)
My CSR came to.: My Japanese troop carrier left from the US Navel base at Sasebo Japan. I made two trips on it both to Pusan. The first one to the repple depot and by train to the MSR and the 25th ID. The other back to Korea to Pusan after being wounded and air lifted to Japan.