I'm the "gent" asking Marion. I can imagine malaria being a problem in North Africa, Sicily, coastal Mediterranean France, etc. but what about Benelux and Germany? Did you vets have to take daily or weekly pills? Those with answers can e-mail me direct, too: mr.gsd(at)netscape.com, if you'd rather. (I have a terrible time logging on to forums like this... takes me half a day to figure out how). For example, where is the "SEND" icon to click on now??? (I'll try "add reply") Fred
Received a question from a gentleman today and thought I would post this and my response, so all can benefit and join in too, if they wish:================
I thank one of our KW vets for leading me to this excellent resource on malaria in the Korean War era:
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/KO...ecad2/ch6-2.htm
It was very helpful.
I wonder... any of you who were fighting in Europe in WW2 (or researching that war) ever hear of malaria there? I doubt it,
as in all the 15 years I've been going to Europe each summer, I think I've seen only one or two mosquitoes. I know it was a problem in the Pacific theater.
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Malaria was quite prevalent in WWII and not just in the Pacific. This is well-documented and I've many personal stories from my VI Corps vets. Malaria was particularly virulent in North Africa as well as Sicily and Italy.
Here are some instances from my forum, that discuss both theaters and personal accounts.
http://208.109.212.45/forum/index.php?act=...ighlite=malaria
Here a just a FEW links that discuss malaria in the ETO:
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/VV/Views/Exhib...ive/typhus.html
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/orgadmin/
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3395...%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/index.html
http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytex...hona/index.html
http://history.amedd.army.mil/ANCWebsite/A...ntroduction.htm
Marion Chard