[fso301]

One of my Dad’s best friends was in the Pacific and he died in 1960 at age 41. I don’t remember the circumstances but Dad said he had it rough.

Quite a few went home to suffer a variety of vague maladies resembling auto-immune responses and ultimately succumb to the condition. What they actually had was probably a parasitic infection.

[laplata]

Quite a few went home to suffer a variety of vague maladies resembling auto-immune responses and ultimately succumb to the condition. What they actually had was probably a parasitic infection.

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Good thought. My Dad spent 4 months in the hospital in India with some kind of infection and Malaria and Dysentary.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

What they actually had was probably a parasitic infection.

That sounds about right. Years ago I talked to a doctor who was familiar with the history and he told me that Pacific vets died by the thousands in late 50's & early 60's.